This weekend, new ground will be established for the Australian Catholic Church as the first ever launch of an Archdiocesan-wide Safeguarding Project is presented across the parishes of the Archdiocese of Perth.

An intergenerational partnership, between Trinity College students and residents at Catholic Homes’ Archbishop Goody Hostel in East Perth, is resulting in some unlikely friendships between students and residents who are bonding over technology and the mysterious ways of the iPad.

Sister Veronica Willaway OSB, an Australian Aboriginal Sister from the Yuat Noongar tribe , recently shared parts of her fascinating and eventful spiritual journey with the Communications and Media Office for the Archdiocese of Perth.

In a time when it’s becoming increasingly difficult to sustain local youth groups, Ignite Youth has lit a new flame in the Archdiocese of Perth.

As part of the 2015 LifeLink Winter Appeal, the eRecord is this month taking a closer look at the work undertaken by organisations such as Identitywa, Centrecare, Daydawn, Emmaus Community, Centacare Employment & Training, Djooraminda, The Shopfront and Catholic Outreach.

Lesmurdie resident Colleen Grant is approaching her tenth year of volunteering at Mercy Health’s Villa Maria home in Lesmurdie.

The University of Notre Dame Australia and the Sisters of St John of God will welcome visiting scholar, Father Thomas Scirghi SJ, to the Fremantle Campus to deliver two free public lectures in July 2015.

The Bishop of Bunbury, Bishop Gerard Holohan, has this week written a Pastoral Letter, following the release of Pope Francis Encyclical Letter, Laudato Si’.

While Western Australia has, in past years, been in the spotlight for its mining boom and significant financial growth, the struggle of its homeless population has often fallen into the background.

Archbishop Costelloe’s recent pastoral letter on the ‘same-sex marriage’ debate was last week met with mixed reactions.