Fr Saminedi, who calls himself ‘Fr Sam’, celebrated his 30th anniversary as a priest in April surrounded by his parishioners at Our Lady of Mercy Church, Girrawheen. Having lived a full missionary life, this anniversary marks 20 years in Perth, after spending time studying and sacrificing to educate others around the globe.

Catholics have been challenged at a special Mass at the dawn of National Volunteer Week to embrace the fullness of the faith by loving others in concrete ways. The Mass, celebrated by Bishop Don Sproxton, also celebrated the good works of countless volunteers throughout the Archdiocese of Perth.

A re-elected Morrison Government’s commitment to provide more than $20 million to expand the Sporting Schools Program to Years 9 and 10 secondary students has been welcomed by Catholic Education.

A Western Australian family have revealed their close family ties to MercyCare’s rich history after they were reunited with a painted portrait of their late loved one close to three decades after her passing.

The Marist Association of St Marcellin Champagnat hosted the 2022 Marian Lecture at Newman College and the theme for the lecture was Human Dignity – An Aussie Value?

St Mary’s Cathedral hosted both the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra Chorus for two large-scale concerts during the first half of May, successfully launching the Cathedral’s 2022 Concert Season.

Refugee Nader Hosseini, a tiler from the Hazara ethnic minority in Afghanistan has last month spoken of his anguish at being stuck on an endless loop of temporary visas.

Mr Hosseini gathered with leaders from the Archdiocese of Perth, other Christian faiths and people of good will on the lawn of St George’s Anglican Cathedral on Palm Sunday 10 April to call for a reset of Australia’s refugee policies.

Join in Laudato Si’ Week as Australians respond to the social and ecological crisis facing our world. You can choose to participate individually or as part of a school or parish community. This is a call to action to hear The Cry of the Earth and The Cry of the Poor and to engage in critical ecological and social justice action.

The ClerecWest Multi-Sports Day, which has been held for some 25 years, was this year held on Monday 2 May, and enabled clergy from across the Archdiocese the opportunity to choose between participating in one or two recreational games, including tennis, soccer, golf, badminton or ten-pin bowling.

In celebration of Good Shepherd Sunday on 8 May, also known as Vocations Sunday, Archdiocesan Vocations Director, Fr Israel Quirit, says it doesn’t matter how many times we have missed intersections or made some wrong turns, God adapts to our mistakes, changing our routes and encouraging us to “make a U-turn if necessary and when safe to do so” in order to get back on track again.