Couple-parent families, especially those on low incomes, will bear the burden of Labor’s decision to support government cuts to Family Tax Benefit Part B (FTB B). Chief Executive of Catholic Social Services Australia, Marcelle Mogg, said that Coalition and Labor should not be taking FTB B from low and middle-income families with school-age children. “Cuts to FTB B should not discrimin...

Archbishop Timothy Costello has this week responded to the news from the Federal Government, announcing the distribution of visa’s to refugees in Syria.

The outstanding support and positive participation in LifeLink Day has seen Our Lady’s Assumption Primary School Dianella and Trinity College East Perth being named as the recipients of the 2014 Archbishop’s Spirit Award.

Scenes reminiscent of processions held in southern Italian villages to honour the saints could be seen through the streets of Fremantle on Sunday, 25 October 2015.

The Australian branch of a Catholic movement, which began in Spain in 1944, held its biennial National Encounter in Canberra from 16-18 October. Members of the Australian Catholic Cursillo movement gathered at the Greenhills Conference Centre to celebrate their charism with a series of talks, meditations and related activities.

The 2015 Archbishop’s Christmas Appeal was attended by 150 priests and parish representatives from across the Archdiocese last week came together at St Mary’s Cathedral as part of the liturgical service and launch of the appeal, presided over by Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton.

Local not-for-profit organization, MercyCare, is shining a spotlight on a volunteer program supporting elderly readers ahead of state-wide Seniors Week celebrations.

As part of the launch of the 2015 Archbishop’s Christmas LifeLink Appeal, Identitywa CEO Marina Re spoke about the work of the disability care provider, telling the story of five-year-old Sadie and her family and how the support they have gained from Identitywa has changed their lives. Below is the words of Sadie’s mother Lynley, and her experience of receiving the life-giving support th...

By Marco Ceccarelli As Bedford Parish Priest Fr Dat Vuong was watching the FIFA World Cup being played in Brazil last year, he noticed the promotion of a slightly different version of soccer that caught his eye – Walking Soccer. The idea of a soccer game played by people walking around kicking a ball immediately appealed to Fr Dat, who after years of playing for parishes across the Ar...

Lay faithful across the Archdiocese now have the opportunity to explore Pope Francis’s latest encyclical Laudato Si’ – On Care for Our Common Home – through an exciting series of events.
The first of these events was last weekend launched at the Redemptorist Monastery Church in North Perth.