Sport was recognised as proverbial manna from heaven at a special ecumenical celebration at St George’s Anglican Cathedral on April 6, the first such celebration of its kind in Perth history.

More than 400 business and community leaders have participated in the Vinnies CEO Sleepout since its WA inception in 2010 and organisers are hoping there will be many debutants joining the more experienced participants at this year’s event on June 19.

More than 200 people presented themselves at the ‘Rite of Election’ on March 11 at St Mary’s Cathedral as they prepared to take their places as family members of the Catholic Church.

Almost 4,000 hours of prayer took place outside the Marie Stopes abortion clinic in Midland during Perth’s 40 Days for Life campaign, which ended on April 13.

By Jennifer Lohan Bradley Barbuto doesn't know anyone with MS but will tackle 53 flights of stairs at the Central Park building in Perth to raise funds and awareness for the cause. Mr Barbuto will take part in the Enerflex MS Step Up on May 4. The event will include teams of four and solo participants; Mr Barbuto will climb the 1103 steps on Perth’s tallest tower by himself. “I ...

By Michael Soh John XXIII College has commissioned a world-renowned artist to paint a fresco of the school’s patron saint in celebration of his upcoming canonisation. Born in New York, Dr Alan Pascuzzi is based in Florence where he is an artist and professor in fine arts and art history. His works are completed in the same way as they were created during the Renaissance period. ...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB received a jubilant welcome upon his first visit to Holy Cross Parish, Hamilton Hill, on Sunday, April 6.

Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) has joined the Slavery Free Chocolate for Easter campaign in an effort to save children, predominantly in West Africa, who are trafficked into picking cocoa to make chocolate.

Mother of three Carol Mitchell says she’s excited to be in charge of the newly established Justice, Ecology and Development Office (JEDO) for the Archdiocese of Perth.

On Tuesday, March 25, the joyful Marian Feast of the Annunciation, the Schoenstatt Shrine at Mt Richon was full as around 45 people came to witness another young adult ‘exchange her heart’ with the Blessed Mother in Schoenstatt’s Jubilee Year.