On September 8, the 2Up2Down Kalgoorlie Boulder Community Choir visited senior citizens at the Southern Cross Nursing Home in Kalgoorlie and sang the melodies that won for them First Place in the recent Goldfields Performing Arts Festival in Kalgoorlie, previously known as the Goldfields Eisteddfod. Local musician, John Joyce, who is Chairman of the 35 member choir of varying ages, has p...

The community based program that enables people to access fair, safe and equitable credit based on justice, respect, trust and empowerment was launched in August of this year at the Good Shepherd Centre in Leederville. The program known as the No Interest Loan Scheme was started by the Good Shepherd Sisters in Victoria in 1981 and provides interest free loans for individuals and families...

For the first time in the history of the Archdiocese of Perth, Mass was celebrated in Konkani, the traditional language of the people of Mangalore, a picturesque port city in India. It was a nostalgic moment for a number of families who came together at Holy Name Church in Carlisle to celebrate the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Father Greg Almedia, the parish pries...

Providing a dedicated learning environment for midwifery students to actively engage in all facets of midwifery was the impetus for establishing a Midwifery Education Centre located at St John of God Hospital in Subiaco. A result of collaboration between The University of Notre Dame Australia and SJOGSH, the new centre was funded by the federal Government’s Health Workforce Australia. ...

A seed of inspiration planted at a men’s sharing group in suburban Perth will be come to fruition when one of the world’s leading Catholic evangelists arrives in Western Australia in October. US Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, who has inspired thousands across the globe through his television show on US Catholic network EWTN, will begin his nation-wide tour at venues in Doubleview and Tuart ...

Clontarf Aboriginal College has officially opened a 40-bed girls’ boarding facility. The second stage of the college’s building program was declared open by State Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Peter Collier. The opening ceremony also included a special blessing by Monsignor Michael Keating, Chairman of the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia. Funded through Wester...

The University of Notre Dame Australia has once again received the highest accolade from its graduates in the latest results of an independent Australia-wide tertiary survey. The release of the 2013 edition of the Good Universities Guide to Australian Universities and Private Colleges has seen Notre Dame awarded five star ratings for the sixth year in a row in the categories of Graduate ...

After last weekend a Catholic orphanage in Bali is one brand new motor scooter and 40 million rupiah (approximately A$4000) better off – thanks to the newly-formed Cathedral branch of the Knights of the Southern Cross. The Franciscan orphanage in Tuka Dalung, Bali, located approximately 40 minutes drive north from Kuta, was presented with a giant-sized cheque and the new scooter on the w...

Do you have a Bible question you’d love to have answered? Would you like to study the Bible, maybe even in Jerusalem, but need a scholarship to help you out? Are you keen on becoming more at home with your Bible? You need to visit the newly launched website of The Biblical Foundation: www.thebiblicalfoundation.org.au Archbishop Timothy Costelloe recently launched the website of the Fo...

Fifteen young men attended the inquiry day for potential future priests at St Charles Seminary on Sunday September 16. It was a notable event for St Charles Seminary; it was the largest turnout that the seminary has experienced in many years. “It is important to let God open and close the doors,” Tom Coffey, aged 21, told The Record. “I am open to God’s will.” Every year St Charles...