The decision of the Commonwealth Government to put to a referendum or plebiscite the question whether the word ‘marriage’ (currently a relationship between a man and a woman) should be used also for a biologically and psychologically different relationship (between two people of the same sex) finally gives Australians an opportunity to engage in a reasoned discussion.

Rather than spending time worrying about the end of the world, people should be using their time on earth to personally prepare themselves for the moment they will be standing before Jesus Christ, US Catholic evangelist, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers told a near-capacity crowd at St Bernadette’s Parish in Glendalough last month.

Memories of the 2009 grand re-opening of St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth recently resurfaced among enthusiasts of Cathedral music as two pipe organs were visited by their restorer, John Hargraves.

Staff and students at Mandurah Catholic College have recently held a ‘Wheel-A-Thon’ fundraising event, raising an impressive $4,000 dollars for charity organisation, Wheelchairs for Kids.

London bombings survivor Gill Hicks’ remarkable story of resilience was the focus of the 2015 MercyCare Oration held on Thursday, 24 September at the Hyatt Regency’s grand ballroom.

Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Rockingham recently displayed its multicultural dimensions with an International Food Feast.

Students from Trinity College last month participated in the Annual College Fun Run for India.

eRecord Editor and Senior Communications Officer Jamie O’Brien last week had the pleasure of taking a photo of five of Western Australia’s bishops.

Ten pre-service teachers from The University of Notre Dame Australia have gained a new perspective on their future professions after a trip to one of Australia’s most remote Aboriginal communities.

Catholic identity is really born of a particular vision of what makes a life truly, deeply and fully human, said Archbishop Timothy Costelloe last week, as he addressed some 150 staff from across the agencies and organisations of the Archdiocese of Perth.