The historic St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Geraldton is set to be reinvigorated, with the diocese undertaking a series of works to help celebrate the Cathedral’s 100-year anniversary in 2016.

Sister Mary Scholastica Hartnett celebrated her 100th birthday on August 22 with her sisters and friends at Mercyville Hostel, Craigie.

The faith formation of staff and teachers at Catholic schools must be improved if Catholic education in WA is to fulfil its purpose, according to Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB. The Archbishop addressed about 200 of the State’s leaders in Catholic education on August 20 at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle, speaking on the topic of the future of Catholic education in WA. The...

IMMACULATE Heart College in Lower Chittering has received a government grant to build the first stage of its permanent primary school, with building expected to commence next year. The school, which is one of just a handful of Catholic schools that operates independently in WA, began classes in 2012 and continues to make strong progress. School principal Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis t...

An 11-year-old boy has raised more than $2,000 for an orphanage in Bali after he was inspired by the plight of children there recently. Matthew Cirocco travelled to Indonesia with his family during the April school holidays where he visited the Franciscan-run orphanage at Tuka-Dalung. The Year 6 student from St Luke’s Catholic Primary School in Woodvale told The Record he enjoyed meet...

When Jean Vanier welcomed two men with a disability to make their home with him in the French town of Trosly in 1964, he would never have thought his act of love would still be reverberating around the world today, even to the far southwest corner of Australia.

A Sydney-based expert on Roman Catholic ritual and belief said he could understand the admiration Tony Abbott expressed at the discipline of Muslim Australians earlier this month.

There was a point during the dedication of the altar ceremony at Cottesloe, last week, when the church felt like a great bellows as the community sang its eponymous hymn in honour of their patroness, St Mary, ‘Star of the Sea’.

Bishop Donald Sproxton described interior renovations to St Mary, Star of the Sea church as enhancing the existing beauty of the church during his homily at a special Mass on August 20.

Here is the text of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe’s talk on Catholic education given at Notre Dame University in Fremantle on August 20.