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.

ALMOST 200 people gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral in Perth to celebrate a special Mass to mark National Marriage Day on August 13. Despite protestors planning a rally against the event, only about a dozen same-sex marriage advocates stood outside the Victoria Square Cathedral gate handing out flyers for a rally supporting same-sex marriage next month. While the gathering attracted a r...

CARMELITE NUNS in Nedlands have discovered a way to make Communion hosts that have almost all gluten content removed. The low-gluten hosts are now available to parishes to allow coeliac disease sufferers to receive Holy Communion without fear for their health. Sr Joanne told The Record she has been making a small amount of the altar breads since March. “Basically, I started it when...

EXTENDING Sunday trading hours may cause “significant damage to society” according to a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Perth. State Commerce Minister Michael Mischin is considering extending working hours on Sundays in Perth by an additional two hours last week. Sunday trading in Perth has operated from 11am for the past year, but the Minister is weighing up whether shops should ope...

Hundreds of members of Neocatechumenal communities across Perth – from the very young to the very old – joined together to celebrate the ordination to the Diaconate of Crispin Chanda Witika at St Gerard Majella Church in Westminster on August 14.

Expectations are high for this year’s “An Hour for Sheen Concert” with three outstanding Perth artists joining Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey in his first performance since 2009.