Dr Shane Kelly who has more than 35 years’ experience in the health care sector, 20 of which have been in public and private CEO roles, took over as Group CEO in April 2018.

Unlike undergraduate degree programs that take up to three years to complete, Notre Dame’s diploma is the first post-graduate paramedicine program to be offered in WA.

The Ordine della Stella d’Italia is an annual distinction bestowed by the President of Italy, in recognition of the merits acquired in the promotion of the friendship between Italy and foreign countries – Perth Catholic Archdiocese Emeritus Archbishop Hickey was this year a recipient in Western Australia.

New Norcia’s fine olive oil has won five awards for its 2022 vintage at the Australian International Olive Oil Awards dinner.

We are called in every place by our words, how we speak to one another, by our deeds, to bear witness to the new reality, said St Mary’s Cathedral Dean, Rev Dr Sean Fernandez, speaking on Friday 25 November, the United Nations (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Speaking for the annual end of year Mass for Caritas Australia, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe reminded those present that the Church should always be the first healer of wounds and warmer of hearts to all those we meet.

Perth has last month been host to special guests from Aid to the Church in Need, with National Director, Bernard Toutounji thanking benefactors for their support and discussing current projects.

Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Mykola Bychok CSsR has last month given an update on the situation in Ukraine during the plenary meeting of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, requesting that bishops hold a special collection to “support refugees and people in Ukraine during this winter, which will be the most challenging for our country for decades of independence”.

The Poverty In Australia 2022 report by the Australian Council of Social Service and UNSW Sydney, shows that 16.6 per cent of Australian children (or 761,000 kids) lived in poverty in the 2019/2020 financial year.

This was just one of the facts surrounding Child Poverty presented by Centrecare Inc Director and Valuing Children Initiative Co-Founder, Adj. Prof. Tony Pietropiccolo AM who was recently a keynote speaker at the Anti-Poverty Week 2022 Symposium.

In a Pastoral Letter published in October last year, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said the confessional experience is a personal encounter between that person and Christ.

However, the law that obliges the priests to violate the seal of confession if they receive information about the sexual abuse of minors or vulnerable people has this month come into effect, Tuesday 1 November.