The St Charles’ Seminary community last month took part in a multi-faith candlelit vigil on the eve of the UN International Day of Peace.

The Emmanuel Centre has this year celebrated Mental Health Week with a day of Reflection and Mass on Saturday, 10 October at St Francis Xavier Church in Windsor St, East Perth.

The musical talent of Welsh composer Karl Jenkins took on a new theme in memory of refugees and asylum seekers who have lost their lives in the search for freedom as part of a concert at St Mary’s Cathedral last Sunday, 11 October.

A new $41,000 education resource package aligned with the Australian Curriculum was launched in Broome last week, enabling schools throughout the country increased access to one of the best collections on the social history of the Kimberley.

St Elizabeth’s Catholic Primary School in Hocking has last month celebrated its official opening, with students performing an impressive repertoire of songs for guests.

Students, family, staff and special guests of the newly opened St Francis’ School Maddington have been celebrating its success since classes began in March this year.

‘Stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong’ from St Paul’s letter to the Corinthians was the theme for the annual Stronger Teens Camp co-ordinated by Perth’s Catholic Youth Ministry held earlier this month.

A brand-new Vinnies shop has opened in Mt Hawthorn and Vinnies is looking for volunteers willing to help out.

Catholic Homes Incorporated’s Lifestyle Coordinator, Trudy Turner, was last month recognised for her work winning the inaugural Bethanie Medallion for Wellbeing at a ceremony held in Perth on Wednesday, 23 September.

Adult faith formation in the Archdiocese of Perth has a new name, just in time for the new term. Formerly known as the Maranatha Centre, the Archdiocesan agency for adult faith development will now be known as the Centre for Faith Enrichment (CFE), continuing under the leadership of Director Dr Michelle Jones.