“It’s a vibrant evening of engaging the young people, showing them our very dynamic local Church and giving them the opportunity to network and explore.”

Twenty-three-year-old Brother Reginald Mary, formerly David Chua, is living proof that the Archdiocese of Perth is gradually contributing to the preparation of future leadership for the Catholic Church in Australia.

eRecord journalist Dr Marco Ceccarelli, who completed a PhD last year focusing on Catholic responses to Islamic terrorism, last month attended an eConference facilitated by the Maranatha Centre which looked at the question of violence and peace in the three Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

With some 50 years of priesthood now under his belt, Baldivis parish priest Father Geoff Aldous had every reason to celebrate last weekend.

The future as one of WA’s leading Catholic providers of aged care, family, health and community services has never looked brighter as the new MercyCare central office in West Perth was declared open by Premier Colin Barnett on Wednesday, 1 July 2015.

Award-winning Research and Biostatistics Support Officer Dr Paola Chivers, from The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Institute for Health Research, has received a $5,000 grant to further her research and engage with international experts in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD).

There was a sense of great excitement when eight members of the Perth and Balcatta Secular Franciscan Order last month travelled to Kalgoorlie to join local parishioners to witness the profession of seven new members into the Perth Secular Franciscan Fraternity.

“Child sexual abuse is a terrible problem, and it simply has to be dealt with. We cannot sit back and do nothing,” said Archbishop Costelloe at the official launch in St Mary’s Cathedral last weekend of the Archdiocese of Perth’s Safeguarding Project.

For parents of stillborn babies, minutes and hours become a lifetime of memories with their child. In a bid to provide greater support for these families, St John of God Mt Lawley midwife Kristy Wiegele is on a fundraising mission to provide a ‘Cold Cuddle Cot’ for every hospital in Western Australia.

The Christian Brothers Oceania has this week announced it has completed nearly 50 per cent of re-examinations of past settled matters in Western Australia, in line with undertakings made at the Royal Commission in Perth.