Pia Schelfhout was presented with the FJ Larner Organ Scholarship for 2013 at St Mary’s Cathedral on April 5. The Year 12 student at La Salle College in Midland won the prestigious award after submitting an outstanding application and performing well at a subsequent audition.

Remarkable creations in beach sand including St Peter’s Basilica, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s coat of arms, the Miraculous Medal, the Annunciation and St Michael the Archangel were highlights of a Catholic sand scuplture competition last month.

A group of young Catholics in Melbourne is strengthening the image of the Church in Australia by representing it in an informed, educated and orthodox way.

Devotions in honour of the feast of Divine Mercy were held at several parishes around Perth on Sunday, April 7. In the city, at St Mary’s Cathedral, almost 300 attended the afternoon Mass at which Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB was the main celebrant. During his homily, the Archbishop said that, as recipients of God’s mercy, all need to show the same mercy towards others. “We are...

The Australian Football League (AFL) has been praised for continuing not to schedule matches on Good Friday, despite mounting pressure from clubs and other sporting codes.

The Catholic churches of Balcatta and Gwelup released a parish annual in February for the first time in their history.

Almost 150 people attended Mass to celebrate the Day of the Unborn Child at St Mary’s Cathedral on March 23. The Mass was preceded by a Holy Hour of Adoration, in which those present prayed for all affected by abortion – such as parents, children, grandparents, and the aborted infants.

Children from Years 3 and 4 at St Joseph’s College in Albany were caught up in a frenzy of excitement last week as they made congratulatory cards for Pope Francis, the first pope to be elected in their lifetime.

Community Care Coordinator Gayleen Pfefferle had been growing her hair for the past year but it all came off when not-for-profit organisation Southern Cross Care, which provides aged care, support and accommodation services hosted a ‘head shave’ on Thursday 21 March.

An Economics student at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus saw nine months of hair growth removed in minutes as part of the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave.