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.

Friends and family recently mourned the passing of Kevin Desmond (Des) O’Sullivan, a man whose endless qualities as mentor, teacher and leader were praised by those fortunate enough to have known him. Mr O’Sullivan passed away peacefully on 5 October 2015, having lived an eventful life beside his wife of 56 years, Barbara O’Sullivan, his five children Mark, Julie, Peter, Rebecca and Margaret, as well as eleven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

More than 200 people attended the annual Mass for deceased members of the Catenian Association of WA held on 4 October 2015 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth. Celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, the Mass featured as the most important event in the Catenian calendar and offered members an opportunity to unite in support of widows and family members of deceased Catenians.

Conversations about the shared journey towards reconciliation and healing took centre stage at a recent colloquium co-ordinated by several agencies and organisations from the Archdiocese of Perth and government bodies. The evening colloquium, entitled Coming Home Together, took place at the Redemptorist Retreat House in North Perth last Wednesday, 21 October and was attended by more than...

Fertility specialist and founder of FertilityCare and NaProTechnology (Natural Procreative Technology) in Perth, Dr Amanda Lamont, is preparing to open a new practice in January 2016 – much to the delight of couples experiencing sub-fertility problems.

The Emmanuel Centre and the Catholic Ministry for Deaf and Hard of Hearing have this month come together as a community, in response to the Archbishop’s blueprint for bringing the Church to Christ and Christ to the Church. The Way Forward was launched in parishes across Perth on September 19 and 20, inviting the Perth Catholic community to respond to a questionnaire that will in turn guide the pastoral needs of the Archbishop and the Archdiocese in the years to come.

The pursuit to support and nurture women in times of need is behind Santa Maria College graduate Madison Boot’s decision to study at The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus.

More than 100 people from across Perth last weekend gathered to honour the work done by the Right to Life Association Western Australia. The 35th Annual Dinner, which was held at the Pagoda Restaurant in Como, served to support the independent, non-denominational group that lobbies state and federal government in defence of life of all human beings from conception until natural death.