Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey has been announced as the patron of the restoration of St Jerome’s historic church in Spearwood. Built in the wake of the Great Depression in 1934, St Jerome’s Church had lain dormant behind security fencing for some years while the Archdiocese of Perth decided what to do with the much loved building. “People have expressed a will that it should be kep...

The University of Notre Dame Australia presented one of its longest serving staff members, Rev Dr Russell Hardiman, with the Distinguished Service Medal on Thursday, August 2, 2012. The Distinguished Service Medal, which recognises staff for their exemplary service to Notre Dame, is one of the highest accolades awarded to staff by the University’s Vice Chancellor. Dr Hardiman was pres...

Kolbe Catholic College in Rockingham held its inaugural LifeLink Day Fair on August 10. LifeLink is a coalition of welfare agencies supported by the Catholic Church. The initiative of Archbishop Hickey, who established it in 1994, LifeLink seeks to provide financial support to 12 welfare groups in the Church, such as the Daydawn Advocacy Centre, the Emmanuel Centre and Catholic Migran...

Volunteers and supporters of The Shopfront in Maylands celebrated the homeless outreach centre’s 10th anniversary last week alongside many of the people the centre has helped over the years. More than 70 people gathered in the concrete backyard of Shopfront, which was decorated with garden chairs, flowerpots and streamers by students of La Salle College for the special morning tea. Sh...

Seven hectic weeks gave way to a moment of triumph for Sacred Heart Parish, Highgate on Saturday night, as they celebrated the completion of their historic church’s restoration. Here are the photos from the celebration taken by Robert Hiini, a journalist from The Record. [gdl_gallery title="sacredheart" width="175" height="100" ]

A Vietnamese Bishop, priests, relatives and the Perth Catholic Vietnamese community turned out in force to support Carmelite nun Sr Quynh Mary of the Most Holy Trinity as she made her solemn profession at the Carmelite Monastery chapel, Nedlands, on Saturday, August 18, before Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and concelebrating priests. Bishop Paul Bui van Doc, Bishop of May Tho in Vietn...

Australia’s first ever conference on the New Evangelisation recently concluded in Sydney and Perth’s Fayann D’Souza was there to experience it. Before I attended the Proclaim 2012 conference, the New Evangelisation was something of an enigma to me. I remember speaking to a friend about it, not so long ago. It was a conversation which raised, for me at least, some very relevant questio...

The popular Portuguese celebration of Our Lady of the Mount saw even greater numbers than usual last Sunday with the special visit of a priest from the same town in which Mary is said to have appeared. Over 300 parishioners from the Portuguese community came together, on August 19, to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Mount, a traditional Portuguese devotion, at Holy Cross Parish in...

Seven hectic weeks gave way to a moment of triumph for Sacred Heart Parish, Highgate on Saturday night, as they celebrated the completion of their historic church’s restoration. It was almost seven years to the day that parish priest Fr Peter Bianchini launched the Heritage Appeal Fund for restoration work on the beloved city church. Fr Bianchini and parishioners were joined by Archbi...

Mission statements are not enough, only embodied values make Catholic health care worthwhile, former managing director of a US based international investment giant told Australian Catholic health care professionals on Monday, August 20. Speaking to around 380 delegates from Australia, Singapore and New Zealand, Chris Lowney,  Trustee of the US-based Catholic Health Initiatives, said he h...