Western Australians came out in force on November 8 in support of the plight of 300 Vietnamese Catholic asylum seekers detained in the Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre just outside Northam.

Perth-based Catholic groups have rallied to help Filipinos devastated by Typhoon Haiyan. An estimated four million people have been affected by the typhoon which struck the county’s eastern islands on November 8, with deaths estimated at upwards of 10,000.

Brad Barbuto hadn’t been back to Bali since the bombings of 2005, but this time was different, beginning on the sandy beaches close to the Tuka Bali Orphanage where Mr Barbuto often lent a supporting hand.

A healthy future for Midland and surrounding communities is yet another step closer, with a traditional construction ‘topping out’ ceremony held to mark the St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals reaching their full height recently.

Two of the Australian Catholic Church’s most influential figures discussed the significance of faith based education within the context of a Catholic university environment with staff from the University of Notre Dame Australia recently.

St Columba’s Parish in Bayswater welcomed Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB for the first time on October 13, when he celebrated Mass in honour of the parish’s 75th anniversary.

Saint John of God Health Care (SJGHC) has purchased Mercy Hospital Mount Lawley, in an agreement that both parties hope will strengthen Catholic health care in WA.

“Shock” was the initial reaction Year 12 student Isaac Buckle had when he first heard that he was the recipient of the Most Outstanding Aboriginal Student Award in Catholic Education in WA for 2013.

A children’s book celebrating the word ‘no’ as an expression of growth and familial stability between father and child, written by an Arts student at The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus, is now available for purchase around the world.

The Anglican Archbishop of Perth has rejected calls to recognise same-sex civil unions and a diversity of sexualities in his diocese, saying that “sexual identity and theological diversity that permits abuse, promiscuity and exploitation is abhorrent”.