Work has stopped on a new church in the Lower Chittering due to a lack of funds. The unfinished, Romanesque church is located in the expanding community of Maryville Downs, about 15 km north of Bullsbrook. Construction of the Divine Mercy Church will not recommence until the parish has sourced all of the funds it needs to complete the project. Parish Priest Fr Paul Fox and parish c...

Misconceptions about the Catholic Church’s global aid charity led Daniel Chan on a journey from ignorance to awareness, one that landed him the organisation’s top job in the state. Mr Chan is Caritas Australia’s new Diocesan Director for the Archdiocese of Perth and the Regional Engagement Coordinator in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. A member of St Vincent’s parish in ...

Domestic aid efforts by Caritas Australia have supported indigenous communities in developing themselves on their own terms for the past 40 years, the group leader of the First Australians program has said. Mark Green, who heads the Caritas Australian indigenous program, which recently changed its name to the First Australians program, told The Record the initiative was with the communit...

Bruno Cordier knows exactly where the money he is about to fundraise is going. The 33-year-old Perth based Frenchman is about to embark on a 3934 km cycle from Sydney to Perth to raise money for obstetric fistula, a terrible condition which causes birthing injuries for women, especially in developing countries. Mr Cordier was inspired by a recent visit to one of Dr Catherine Hamlin’s ...

Rats, fleas, famine and sand are just some of the aspects of Fremantle that spoiled Mary Ann Friend’s experience when she visited the Swan River Colony in 1830, according to her researcher Associate Professor Deborah Gare at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus. The location of Mrs Friend’s diary has been a mystery for years. Now the journal, which includes maps and ...

Western Australia's most senior clerics gathered together at St Charles Seminary in Guildford to celebrate its Patronal Feast on November 5. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB was joined by Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey, Bishop Donald Sproxton, Bishop Gerard Holohan of Bunbury, Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome, Bishop Justin Bianchini of Geraldton and the Ordinary of the Personal O...

St Gerard’s, Mirrabooka, has a long his history of parish picnics and on Sunday October 14 the parishioners came together for a moment of communion and friendship on the grounds of St Charles Seminary, Guildford, on the banks of the Swan River. Around two hundred people turned out, enjoying the day’s perfect weather. St Gerard’s provided meat for the BBQ and the parishioners brought sala...

Michael Siciliano Bedbound and suffering from chronic back pain, Michael Siciliano was at a loss as to how to reverse more than four decades worth of damage to his spine. After working for more than 45 years in the stainless steel manufacturing industry, the only position Mr Siciliano could bare without experiencing excruciating in both legs was lying flat on his back. “I was havin...

Every human person has inherent dignity and worth. That is a Christmas message the Archbishop of Perth wants to send during a time when many people are struggling to make ends meet. Archbishop Costelloe SDB held his first LifeLink Christmas appeal earlier this month and said he hoped to raise more than $575,000 to provide support for people in need within the community. “My Christmas ...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB received a mantle of different kind from former Perth Archbishop Barry Hickey on November 4. In a two-hour-long ceremony at St Joseph’s Church in Subiaco, Archbishop Costelloe was instituted by Archbishop Emeritus Hickey as the new Grand Prior of the Western Australian Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Archbishop Costelloe was join...