Servite Catholic College in Tuart Hill celebrated one of its most important feast days on April 8, that of the Annunciation. Students and staff filled the school hall for the Mass, which was celebrated by Fr Vincent Gilbertraj OSM. the school’s chaplain.

In 1973 the Servite College in Tuart Hill was the first Catholic school in Perth to introduce girls into their school and a Mass to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the event was celebrated on February 18.

The school and parish of St Lawrence in Balcatta hosted a soccer competition on April 7. Sixty players took part in the St Lawrence Parish Cup, which was held at a nearby oval during the afternoon.

The University of Notre Dame Australia has recognised and celebrated its students and staff members for outstanding academic achievement in 2012 at its annual Awards Ceremony held in March.

The visit by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB to our parish, Holy Spirit, in City Beach, was encouraging, enlightening and a refreshing event. Parishioners were keen to see their new Shepherd for the first time in the flesh.

Seventy-three young Catholics from the Perth Archdiocese will attend World Youth Day in Brazil later this year as part of a Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM) group.

When most of Perth will be tucked warmly in bed on June 20, as temperatures head toward zero, a number of CEO’s from organisations across the state will be braving the elements in an effort to draw attention to the growing number of people enduring the hardships of sleeping out.

For a group of WA’s seminarians, their invitation to attend a special Mass in Osborne Park on April 7 was an opportunity to observe parishioners’ appreciation of “a caring priest in action”, for a pastoral job being well done.

The impact of social media can significantly impact decisions made in a courtroom, sometimes preventing an accused from receiving a fair trial, according to research conducted by an academic in the School of Law at The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus.

Three young Catholics will perform at a concert on April 27 at the Infant Jesus parish hall in Morley to raise funds for the work of Pregnancy Assistance.