The states newest Catholic school, Immaculate Heart College, that's been built gets blessed. It began just the way its name would suggest. With standing room only and with one united voice, guests and students of WA’s newest Catholic school, Immaculate Heart College, gathered in its Chapel to sing the hymn, Immaculate Mary, to its patron. Anticipation pervaded the Saturday, March 10 ev...

Parish priest hopes to see midnight car crash survivor locals at church. Two men in Greenwood must have wondered what had happened when they crawled out of the wreckage of the car they were driving in the early hours of Friday, 9 March. Gazing down on them from the front of the upturned car in the driveway of All Saints Church was the Blessed Virgin Mary – actually, a statue of her. “I...

Celebrations for Sister Philomena around Perth commemorate 50 years of her vocation. Sister Philomena Burrell wanted to be a teacher from a very young age. It is a career she has fulfilled and enjoyed throughout her life; a career that has included teaching primary, secondary and tertiary students, and now, as the Director of the Maranatha Centre, adults in faith formation. Sr Philomen...

Archbishop's "go to" man, Brother Murphy, offers a Scripture study course through Archdiocese's The Faith Centre. Brother Joe Murphy cfc is all for delving. When it comes to holy Scripture, he’s been teaching others to do the same for over 50 years. Recipients of his teaching passion include none other than The Faith Centre’s Fr Robert Cross to whom he taught religion in Grade 3 in Gerald...

Our Lady of Lourdes keeps it in the family with the new assistant priest joining his Uncle at Lesmurdie parish. Our Lady of Lourdes parish priest Father Kenneth Asaba (42) could not be more pleased with his new assistant priest, his own nephew Father Cyprian Shikokoti (29). Fr Asaba said if his nephew misbehaved he would be calling his mother - Fr Asaba’s eldest sister - before he called ...

Servite College students are reaching out to others like them around the globe through three pilgrimage opportunities. The only Servite school in Australia is helping its students connect to the Servite Order’s work overseas by giving them the opportunity to be part of an annual pilgrimage. Servite College in Tuart Hill offers students from Years 10 to 12, the opportunity to participate i...

Arthur White was a quiet and - as some may have judged -  a shy man. Though his many virtues had deceptively hid his strengths. After a long struggle, Arthur White, the loving husband of Gwen for 51 years and father of nine, died in Glengarry Hospice on 22 December aged 78. Large numbers packed St Dominic’s Church in Innaloo for his concelebrated Requiem Mass on 30 December. Arthur Whi...

Somascan fathers at Spearwood parish prepare to celebrate their saints feast day marking 500 years since their patron's liberation from imprisonment. St Jerome Emiliani (1481-1537) was no plastic saint - fallen one day and holy the next. When Our Lady visited him in prison and freed him from captivity, his ascent to sanctity was anything but immediate, Somascan priest Fr Johnson Malayil ...

With the university sector moving to a full demand-driven funding system in 2012, in which public institutions will be able to leverage their status and scale to chase additional enrolments, the federal government will help level the playing field for the University of Notre Dame Australia through extra Commonwealth-supported places. The private Catholic university estimates the additional f...

At the very hour the Beaconsfield parish ended eight years and 56 days of perpetual adoration, St Jerome’s in Spearwood announced it would begin adoring the Blessed Sacrament seven days a week. Adoration promoter and Glendalough parish priest Fr Doug Harris spoke to Spearwood Catholics at the 6pm vigil Mass on Saturday, 26 November, explaining the nature and benefits of adoration – both ...