Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey was the Spiritual Director at a Lenten Renewal Program at St Francis of Assisi Parish, Maida Vale over the weekend recently.
The University of Notre Dame Australia celebrated the 10th anniversary of the School of Medicine on its Fremantle Campus last weekend.
The Archdiocese of Perth was once again gifted with the fruits of its seminaries last Friday with the priestly ordination of another four men.
Mature-age Counselling graduate, George Prince, has recently secured a position with Western Australian drug and alcohol support provider Holyoake; an opportunity that arose after completing his practicum with the organisation as part of his degree at The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle.
St Mary’s Cathedral exploded with dulcet tones recently as part of the Perth International Arts Festival. Attendees came to listen to a concert by UK performers, The Sixteen, who are internationally recognised as one of the world’s greatest ensembles.
Cristian, a 33-year-old farmer, lives in a remote Andean village in Peru. His community lives a traditional life and, until recently, the closest water source to Cristian’s village was more than a kilometre away, so they had no running water and no irrigation for their farms.
As the West Coast Eagles unveil the club’s 2015 season catch-cry “The West is Ours”, attention for one player this past week was on higher matters than just the footy season.
Abbot Thomas Anton Handgrätinger O Praem, International Abbott General of the Norbertine Order, travelled from Rome to spend time with the parish and school community.
The extraordinary tenacity, fidelity and determination of Ireland’s most famous saint was praised by Archbishop Tim Costelloe this week at the annual St Patrick’s Day Mass, held on 17 March 2015 in St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth.