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Merredin Parish called to hope beyond the golden era at centenary Mass

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...
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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.

St Bernadette’s Catholic community supporting the Stella Maris mission

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...
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Deacon Greg Lowe, Fr Giovanni Raffaele, Deputy Principal Tracy Cosgrove and Claude Coutinho formalise the partnership. Photo: St Bernadette's Catholic School.

Belonging Beyond School: navigating life’s challenges after school

Belonging Beyond School is a new initiative designed to support Year 10 to Year 12 students with disability - and their families - as they prepare for life after graduation. Leaving school is often described as one of life's great milestones, according to Personal Advocacy Service. For many young people, it marks the beginning of exciting new opportunities - finding employment, pursuing ...
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Belonging Beyond School is a new initiative designed to support Year 10 to Year 12 students with disability - and their families - as they prepare for life after graduation.

Catholic schools strengthen partnerships with families through new Parent and Carer Code of Conduct

Every family at Catholic Education Western Australia’s 149 Catholic schools now has a new resource that highlights an important issue, when the adults in a school community work together respectfully, children feel safe, supported, and ready to thrive. Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) this month delivered the new Parent and Carer Code of Conduct to families on Monday 20 July, in ...
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Students perform at the 2026 Spirit of the Arts Festival at St Mary’s Cathedral. Every family at Catholic Education Western Australia’s 149 Catholic schools now has a new resource that highlights an important issue – which is that when the adults in a school community work together respectfully, children feel safe, supported, and ready to thrive. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth.

A decade of creative excellence at Seton Catholic College

(L-R) ‘Changeling’s Grace’ by Eleanor Read, ‘Like a Moth to a Flame’ by Hannah Marinovich-Zano and ‘Life’s Ephemeral Dance’ by Lauren Branch currently on display at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Photo: Seton Catholic College. When visitors enter The West Australian Pulse 2025 exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA), one of the first artworks they encounter is a lar...
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(L-R) ‘Changeling’s Grace’ by Eleanor Read, ‘Like a Moth to a Flame’ by Hannah Marinovich-Zano and ‘Life’s Ephemeral Dance’ by Lauren Branch currently on display at The West Australian Pulse 2025 Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Photo: Seton Catholic College.

Mercedes College hosts historical TEDx Event

The event was the culmination of years of planning and a commitment to empowering young women to question, think critically and use their voice. Photo: Mercedes College. Equity in education, bullying, ATAR scaling, stereotyping women’s sports, AI, politics, society’s expectations and facing our fears were some of the highly engaging topics addressed at the inaugural TEDx Youth Event hosted ...
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The event was the culmination of years of planning and a commitment to empowering young women to question, think critically and use their voice. Photo: Mercedes College.

SPECIAL REPORT: Become disciples who respond to the needs of others: Archbishop Costelloe

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...
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Archbishop Costelloe responds to questions at the Primary School Students launch for LifeLink Day, Wednesday 10 June 2026 at Corpus Christi College. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth.

Kwinana Parish marks 70 years of fidelity to the Lord

“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...
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Archbishop Costelloe joined Kwinana Parish Priest Fr Thi Lam in the turning of the soil for the new parish centre, Sunday 14 December, 2025 Photo: Jamie O’Brien.

Students contribute to a million stories for Refugee Week

The young musicians worked with a team of high-profile artists to create the music video. Photo: Poppy van Oorde-Grainger. A short documentary and original music video created by a group of Aranmore Catholic College students is set to feature on ABC iView during Refugee Week (14 – 20 June). The multilingual students, from migrant and refugee backgrounds, attend Aranmore's Intensive Engli...
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The young musicians worked with a team of high-profile artists to create the music video. Photo: Poppy van Oorde-Grainger.

Ocean Reef Church celebrates forty years of faith inspired by the Holy Spirit

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...
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More than 200 parishioners and friends past and present gathered in celebration. Photo: Michelle Tan.

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