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 ...

In an historic moment, the remains of Perth’s first Catholic Bishop, John Brady, will be laid to rest in St Mary’s Cathedral Crypt on 2 August.

“Satan is a defeated enemy, but he is still able to conduct guerilla warfare on humanity”, said Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Julian Porteous, who received national attention for his efforts to highlight the importance of the Rite of Exorcism that was once part of priests’ basic training. Photo: Supplied. By Anthony Barich Australian clergy involved in carrying out exorcism, an ancient m...

Inaugural UNDA Nursing Chair promotes research, clinical nursing links Professor Leanne Monterosso THE University of Notre Dame Australia has unveiled its new School of Nursing and Midwifery, with a special focus on research. Professor Leanne Monterosso, the inaugural Chair of Nursing and a former midwife and neonatal nurse, will initiate and conduct leading edge research programme...

Deacons Marcello Parra, Wilson Donizetti and Antonio Scala were ordained to the Diaconate on Thursday 26 May. Photo: The Record/Peter Rosengren. Perth Archbishop Barry Hickey ordained three new deacons for the Archdiocese of Perth on Thursday evening 26 May before a congregation of approximately 300 people. The three candidates for the transitional diaconate kneel before Archbishop Hicke...

By Anthony Barich THE experiences of disadvantaged people are the key to building a truly inclusive Australian society, not forcing people to rely on charity, St Vincent de Paul Society national council chief executive Dr John Falzon said. St Vincent de Paul Society national council CEO Dr John Falzon talks to media at the Society's 2011 Winter Appeal launch at the Perth Town Hall on 25...