Following the lead of parish priest Fr Robert Carrillo, Canning Vale parish have established an ongoing mission to support impoverished people on the island of Negros, in the Philippines. In June 2012 a group of 11 parishioners joined Fr Carrillo on a mission to Bacolod where they visited schools, parishes, a slum area, an aged priest’s home, the seminary, the social action centre and a ...

A pastoral care worker married to a Melkite priest, an artist who wants to explore the concept of pilgrimage and a wheatbelt resident who hopes to share a deeper experience of the Scriptures with her family, parish and school were the winners of the first BJ Hickey Biblical Foundation scholarships last week. Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey was on hand at the Faith Centre last Wednesday ...

After more than 10 years of hard training, a first year Physiotherapy student from the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus has fulfilled a childhood dream of winning a gold medal at the Rescue 2012 Life Saving World Championships in Adelaide. Brittanny Brymer, representing the City of Perth Life Saving Club, was part of the Under 19 Women’s team that claimed first place...

“I was aware I couldn’t cook - and that after retirement I would need to,” Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey told The Record this week after completing a three-month cooking class at Mercedes College. Archbishop Hickey would almost certainly have to be the oldest student ever to graduate from Mercedes, located just over the road in Victoria Square in Perth’s CBD from the Cathedral House o...

Port Kennedy l St Bernadette’s Catholic Community’s Carol Service [gdl_gallery title="Port kennedy St Bernadettes Catholic Community" width="130" height="100" ] St Bernadette’s Catholic Community joined together to welcome and awaken the coming Christmas Spirit at their annual Carol Service on December 10. The congregation enjoyed the talents and enthusiasm of over 130 bright-faced childr...

More than 90 young people congregated in New Norcia from December 5 to 9 for the annual Embrace the Grace Conference organised by the Archdiocesesan Respect Life Office. Our theme for this year’s conference, Life & Grace, was unpacked by some brilliant guest speakers travelling from all over Australia to be with us. National speakers, Jonathan Doyle of Choicez Media and Anna Krohn fro...

Being alone with God was not the only goal for the youth of St Emilie’s parish in Canning Vale who began preparing for Christmas with a three-day retreat and camp at the beginning of Advent in Busselton. The aim of the retreat – held at the Catholic Youth Camp –  was to re-ignite the flame of faith among young Catholics of the parish. Twenty eight youth, aged from 15 to 29, were led b...

If each person has been created with a space in their heart that only God can fill, then it is the role of ordained ministers to help people realise that longing, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said at an ordination to the diaconate last Friday. Archbishop Costelloe ordained St Charles seminarian Brennan Sia at St Mary MacKillop Church, Ballajura on December 7 in front of a congregatio...

Monsignor Sean O’Shea, one of the most beloved priests of the archdiocese, passed away on Friday, December 7, aged 87. The Irish-born priest was known throughout Perth’s Catholic community for many roles, especially for his work based in Fremantle as a chaplain to thousands of seafarers who visited the port over decades and as chaplain for nearly ten years at Rottnest Island’s picturesqu...

Kindergarten and Year 1-3 students of Good Shepherd Primary in Kelmscott wowed an audience of parents, relatives and staff on Wednesday, December 5 under the direction of Music teacher Diana Newman with their story of the curious sheep who stumbled upon the Nativity at Bethlehem. Photos: Peter Rosengren