Tania Spiteri, Lecturer in Health Sciences at The University of Notre Dame Australia, is this month conducting vital research with the National Football League (NFL) in Dallas, USA to improve the performance standards, on-field decision making and fitness capacity of 160 officials.

The Members of St John of God Australia Limited have announced the appointment of Sister Anne Derwin as a Trustee of St John of God Health Care (SJGHC) and a Director of St John of God Limited.

Former Archdiocese of Perth Communications and Media Manager James Parker has last week met with AFL team the Adelaide Crows Chaplain Mark Purser to talk about Sports Chaplaincy and the role he has played at the club following the tragic death of Coach Phil Walsh.

“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.