THE PIPE organ has more power to raise hearts and minds to God than other musical instruments such as the guitar or drums, according to a leading Perth musician. Jacinta Jakovcevic, director of music at St Mary’s Cathedral in Perth, told The Record music is an integral part of the Catholic liturgy. “We have a great responsibility to the liturgy itself, but we also have a responsibilit...

The Archdiocese of Perth and the Redemptorists of North Perth have issued an open invitation to both a 6.30pm vigil service at the Redemptorist Monastery on September 2 and the 7pm reinterment Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on September 3. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB will be the chief celebrant at the Mass.

Learning is important but the truest knowledge is the love of God experienced in our own hearts. It is that ineffable understanding which Salvatorian Father Karol Kulczycki SDS tries to pass on in his priestly ministry – at the parish and school in which he serves, and as the leader of 20 Salvatorian priests and brothers serving in Western Australia and Sydney.

“My priesthood has been a beautiful way of life and I wouldn’t change a moment,” Father Stephen Cooney OPraem reflects with a distinct but faded Irish lilt. It is an impressive statement considering his vocation has extended over five decades and half the globe.

The nearly 3 million pilgrims who swept across Copacabana beach during the six-day celebration of World Youth Day returned home at the beginning of August with “clear instructions” from the Pope Francis.

The University of Notre Dame’s Dawn Darlaston-Jones will join a team of leading researchers in an exciting and unique project designed to increase the number of Indigenous psychologists in Australia.

Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey joined many Sisters of Mercy, friends and volunteers in the meeting room at St Mary’s Cathedral on July 31 to bid farewell to Sr Dolores Coffey RSM.

It might be surprising to learn that Lewis Carroll’s character Alice in Alice in Wonderland would ever be the basis of a Catholic retreat, but the titular character’s question ‘Who Am I Really?’ was the focus of participants at the young adults retreat sponsored by Catholic Faith Renewal (CFR) recently.

CATHOLIC students around Western Australia completed the annual Bishops Religious Literacy Assessment last week. Students from Years 3, 5 and 9 at Catholic schools throughout the State took part in the assessment, which is developed by the Catholic Education Office of WA and was introduced in 2006. The test examines students’ ability to recall content about the Catholic faith and asse...

DOMINICAN pr iest Fr Christopher Dowd OP celebrated his Silver Jubilee of ordination to the priesthood on July 30 at St Anne’s Catholic Church in Belmont. A large crowd gathered for the Solemn High Mass, celebrated with Fr Michael Rowe as deacon and Fr Tim Deeter as sub-deacon. The Mass was followed by dinner in the parish hall where Fr Dowd was presented with a gift and card that par...