Twenty-three-year-old Julian Sieber is making his way to Sydney as part of the relocation of The Catholic Guy ministry. The Como parishioner will join at least 10 others in making the move across the country, and he told The Record he was excited about his new role as national director of creative media for The Catholic Guy and Impact Catholic Ministry. “I look forward to working on s...

Catholic priests are perhaps the lowest paid ministers of religion in Australia, according to limited figures available to the public. Parish priests in the Archdiocese of Perth are allowed to accumulate $29,000 a year from first collections at Mass, with any extra funds distributed to low-income parishes and inactive clergy. For priests who earn between up to $50,000 for the year, 60...

FATHER John Piumatti says he learnt just as much from living in Rome as he did studying there for the past two years. The former parish priest of Willagee returned to Perth recently, where he has been posted at St Mary’s Cathedral. In 2011, he travelled to Italy to commence studies of a licentiate in spirituality at the Angelicum University, less than four kilometres away from the Vat...

WHEN the parish of St Lawrence and Mary Immaculate opened its Perpetual Adoration chapel on December 8, it was a dream come true for parish priest, Fr Irek Czech SDS. Since becoming parish priest of Balcatta and Gwelup in 2010, the Salvatorian priest had often thought about introducing Perpetual Adoration. “The thought about it was like a seed within me, which had to grow for some tim...

EUCHARISTIC Adoration was once referred to as “the best, the surest, and the most effective way of establishing everlasting peace on the face of the earth” by Blessed Pope John Paul II. In Perth, there are four perpetual Adoration centres – St Bernadette’s in Glendalough, Holy Spirit Parish in City Beach, St Joseph’s in Bassendean, and now St Lawrence’s in Balcatta. But many other par...

The Catholic Church in WA is leading the nation in raising the number of people attending Mass on a weekly basis.

Tanzanian priest, and the brains behind a self-sustaining school in that African country, Fr Melodious Mlowe says the school is operating well one year after opening.

St Mary’s Cathedral parishioner Barbara Rudman has waited many years before she felt that she was ready to walk down the aisle.

Christian Brother Peter Negus isn’t sure he could be as forgiving as some of the victims of abuse he has met in his 16-year involvement with Towards Healing.

The community of Sacred Heart Parish in Mundaring is bracing itself for the effects of a fire that claimed one life and destroyed at least 49 homes on January 12.