Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has encouraged young people to look beyond themselves and become disciples who respond to the needs of others. Speaking to Catholic primary school students from across the Archdiocese who gathered at Corpus Christi College on 10 June for the Primary Schools Launch of LifeLink Day 2026, Archbishop Costelloe reflected on his own background as a teacher a...

Catholics are being encouraged to tick the ‘Catholic’ box in this year’s Census. Image: Generated. Catholics are being encouraged to identify themselves in the five‐yearly national Census that will take part on Tuesday 11 August. The Census of Population and Housing, conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), is a “comprehensive snapshot” that reveals the changing economic, ...

“This morning, as we celebrate this wonderful anniversary of 70 years of fidelity to the Lord here in this parish, maybe we should listen to the Lord once again, take the words to heart and respond to them,” Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB told parishioners gathered at St Vincent’s Catholic Church, Kwinana, Sunday 14 December. Archbishop Costelloe was principal celebrant at a Mass of...

More than 200 parishioners and friends past and present gathered in celebration. Photo: Michelle Tan. The Holy Spirit has empowered you as a community to achieve extraordinary things, magnificent things, such as the building of this church so soon after the parish was established, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has told the St Simon Peter Church community in Ocean Reef. Delivering h...

St Mary’s Merredin will celebrate its centenary over the weekend Saturday 1 August and Sunday 2 August. Image: Supplied. Parishioners, students, families and friends past and present are warmly invited to share in the centenary celebrations of the St Mary’s parish and school community in Merredin that will be held over the weekend Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 August. The occasion will be mark...

The joy of Easter knows no bounds, even if you’re located 1500 kilometres off the Australian coast, 2600 kilometres northwest of Perth, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Fr Joe prepares to light the Paschal candle during the Easter Vigil. Photo: Supplied. Such is the case for the unique faith community of Christmas Island which warmly welcomed Fr Joseph Laundy recently to celebrate thei...

Next month, the Wanneroo Parish community will gather in prayer, song, procession and celebration in honour of their patron saint – as they have done for the past 93 years. Shaped by the migrant story of the Church in Western Australia, the annual feast or festa of St Anthony has been celebrated in Wanneroo since the original St Anthony of Padua Church opened in 1932. In the early days, ...

Speaking at the 2026 Clergy Conference, held Tuesday 14 April to Thursday 16 April at Newman College Amphitheatre, Archbishop Costelloe headlined the conference with his speech entitled, ‘Do you love me?’. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. As Christian disciples, and therefore and in a particular way as ordained ministers in God‘s Church, we have to know about Jesus, about who He was ...

By Sandra Waters On Sunday 12 April, St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Trayning celebrated her centenary with some 60 people attending the special Mass celebrated by Fr Mark Rucci. Joining St Joseph’s regular parishioners were visitors from Beacon, Bencubbin, Mukinbudin, Koorda, Perth and even Tasmania. Sisters Dora and Frances McGuire, Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, were in a...

“Today, we celebrate that for 50 years, Father Kaz has done his best to be the face of the Father's mercy to his people. In each parish he has been, he has gathered people around him who can become the living face of the mercy of God - God to each other, and to the wider community in which we live,” Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said. Speaking as the main celebrant of the community M...