Catholic Youth Ministry has this week announced it is inviting Perth Catholics to join in celebrations for the Feast of Christ the King. Image: Archdiocese of Perth. The annual festival will take place at St Mary’s Cathedral and is the official Archdiocesan launch of the CYM journey to World Youth Day Seoul 2027. CYM Director Adam Phillips said the Festival is a chance for the community ...

Vicar General, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn, centre, with Maida Vale Parish Priest Fr Benny Calanza, fourth from left, with acolytes and altar servers at the Maida Vale Parish Feast Day, Sunday 4 October. Photo: Eric Odong. “When Francis heard Jesus say, ‘Go and repair my house,’ he first thought about rebuilding a crumbling chapel. But gradually he realised that Christ was calling him to ...

Celebrating their anniversaries in 2024 were Fr John Jegorow, third from right, Fr Brian McKenna, third from left, Msgr Brian O’Loughlin, first from right and Fr Peter Bianchini, second from right, seen here on their Ordination day with then Archbishop Launcelot Goody, 31 August 1974. Photo: The Record. Over seven years of seminary holidays, John Jegorow worked as a postie in Bassendean. At...

Archbishop Costelloe prays during the 70th anniversary Mass for the Mount Lawley Parish on Sunday 20 September. Fr Mariusz Grzech is pictured in the background. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. “Anniversaries are an opportunity to look back with gratitude, to look around us with pride at all that has been achieved, and to look forward, full of prayer for hope for the future, Perth Ar...

In his homily for the 2026 Agencies Mass, Friday 7 August, Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton encouraged staff from across the Archdiocesan agencies, offices and organiations, to remember that we are participating in the church’s mission.

Salvatorian priests of Western Australia with visiting confreres from Poland, Fr Mikołaj Markiewicz, Provincial of the Polish Province, and Fr Tomasz Górny SDS, Provincial Treasurer, alongside Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Bishop Karol Kulczycki SDS, Bishop George Kolodziej SDS and Bishop Emeritus Justin Bianchini. Photo: Michelle Tan/Archdiocese of Perth. "To be chosen and commi...

Vinnies WA CEO Ann Curran recently swapped her office for the hustle, bustle and heat of the Kelmscott Community Kitchen where she joined the dedicated team of members and volunteers to serve meals. For the past four years, the food relief initiative has offered more than just a hearty meal; it has created a place of safety, hope and warmth where people can connect with others in their comm...

Merriden Parish Priest Fr Phillip Perreau, Woodvale Parish Priest Fr Stan Bendowski, Auxiliary Bishop Dson Sproxton, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Fr Andrew Bowron, Central Wheatbelt MP Lachlan Hunter and parishioners Heather Giles and John Jeffreys. Photo: Em Louise Photography. "We are called to be faithful disciples of Jesus, not in some imagined golden age, but in the reality of our...

Deacon Greg Lowe, Fr Giovanni Raffaele, Deputy Principal Tracy Cosgrove and Claude Coutinho formalise the partnership. Photo: St Bernadette's Catholic School. Following the recent opening of the new Stella Maris Seafarers Centre in Rockingham, the St Bernadette’s church and school community in Port Kennedy has established a partnership with the centre to support its mission of providing pas...

Fr Arulraj leads the Mass at St Cecilia’s Church in Floreat. Photo: Eric Odong. The Parish of Floreat-Wembley has welcomed Fr Arulraj Mulaguri Chinniah as its new parish priest, with his installation Mass on 12 July highlighting both the importance of pastoral leadership and the mission entrusted to every Christian to proclaim the Gospel. Presiding over the Mass, Auxiliary Bishop Don Spr...