If you were to compare your faith to a car, is it bringing you closer towards God? Or is it unused, stalled or steering off course? This was the main idea for the Jumpstart – Reignite, Re-energise Retreat organised by the Santa Clara Parish in Bentley with assistance from the Catholic Youth Ministry of Perth.

The Knights of the Southern Cross are preparing for World Youth Day in Brazil by holding their inaugural KSC Perth Archdiocesan Youth Soccer Cup on June 29. Organisers are encouraging parishes and groups throughout Western Australia to get their teams ready to play at Mercedes College, Perth.

Twice, fire nearly destroyed the life of Robert Falzon, yet it is exactly what is needed to rejuvenate the Church today, he told over 80 men gathered in Perth on May 16.

More than 600 people gathered at Bove Farm, south of Busselton on Sunday, May 5, for the annual Busselton May Rosary Celebration. The event is held in honour of Our Lady at the Queen of the Holy Rosary Shrine located on the property and has been celebrated every year since 1980.

Greenmount man, Trevor Knuckey, has announced his intention to establish an Aboriginal drop-in centre in Midland, and is calling on the Church in Perth to help.

The end of the Year of Grace was a time to take stock of what the Holy Spirit was saying to the Church and reflect on what the year had meant, Perth Year of Grace coordinator, Paddy Buckley, said last week.

A recent education symposium in Perth showed that the loving arms of Our Lady of the Missions founder Sr Euphrasie Barbier RNDM still span the world. Principals from more than 30 RNDM-founded schools in Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh, England, and India gathered at Sacred Heart College in Sorrento to honour her charism and to look for ways to share and collaborate.

In new ways and old, large numbers of Catholics honoured Our Lady of Fatima in Fremantle on Tuesday evening May 13.

A book on Brigidine Congregation history, which was written by Dr Janice Garaty, was launched in Perth by an ex-student of the Brigidines, Associate Professor Rosanna Capolingua at the parish centre of St Cecilia, Floreat Park at 2.30pm on Sunday, May 19.

Perth’s Right to Life Association took to the train stations and the streets as part of its annual ‘Life Week’ held from May 6 to 11. The group distributed flyers to hundreds of people in Fremantle’s Kings Square, at Perth train station, and in the Murray Street Mall during the week.