For John McCarthy, prison chaplaincy isn’t just about taking Christ to those behind bars, as Mark Reidy explains…

A weekly newspaper alone is no longer affecting all those the Church desires to reach, says James Parker in this week’s editorial.

About 700 people attended a special Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on July 25 in memory of the 298 lives lost in the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 tragedy

ONE OF THE STATE’S most historic musical instruments has been acquired by the Archdiocese of Perth, and will soon make St Anne’s Church in Belmont its new home. Built by the Swan River Colony’s first organ builder, Robert Clifton, between 1895 and 1908, the organ was recently donated to the parish by St Alban’s Anglican Church in Highgate, after it was deemed to be surplus to the parish’...

WHEN Fr Paul Raj was ordained in 1982 in Chennai, India, he never imagined he would spend the majority of his priesthood in Perth. But this year marks 25 years since Fr Raj first arrived in Australia, eventually being incardinated into the Archdiocese of Perth in 1995. Fr Raj told The Record his journey to Perth started when he migrated to Melbourne at the invitation of his brother in...

WORLDWIDE Marriage Encounter (WWME), a ministry formed to proclaim the value of marriage and holy orders, will celebrate 40 years of work in Australia on August 17. Founded in Spain in 1952, WWME spread to Sydney in 1974, and then to other parts of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. The work of WWME revolves around a ‘Marriage Encounter Weekend’, in which married couples ...

IN 1964, a young seminarian preparing for ordination to the priesthood was told to prepare for death and forget about becoming a priest. Suffering from systemic lupus, the young man was hoping to make it through the final six months before his ordination. But with the help of God, he didn’t just make it to his ordination, he went much further. Fr Anscar McPhee celebrated his Golden Ju...

THE VERY BEST of Christian artwork was on show again in Perth last week during the exhibition of submissions for the Mandorla Art Award. Paul Kaptein’s untitled sculptural artwork was judged the winner of this year’s award, with the judges describing the piece as “technically very refined”. The laminated timber sculpture was hand-carved out of Paulownia wood, and secured the $25,000 p...

In his sermon delivered to Mass-goers at St Mary’s Cathedral in Perth on July 20, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB spoke of the “terrible act of violence in Ukraine which has cost so many lives and horrified the world”, as answers are sought to questions about flight MH17.

The final edition of The Record will not spell the end of local news and events coverage, says Archdiocese of Perth communications and media manager James Parker. From early September, a new e-newsletter, together with a printed four-page newsletter, will deliver the latest news and events for the Archdiocese.