The Permanent Deacons following their Ordination to the (Permanent) Diaconate on 29 June 2006 at St Mary’s Cathedral (prior to the renovations), with now Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey (centre) and then Office of the Permanent Diaconate Director, Fr Peter Bianchini; Patrick Seatter (now deceased) Greg Lowe, Patrick Moore, Albert Aitkinson, Damian Gorian, Trevor Lyra, Bruce Talbot, Paul Russe...

A circa 1915 portrait of Monsignor Hawes. Nearly 70 years after his death, the Catholic Church has taken its first formal step toward declaring him a saint. Photo: Sourced. On a hill in the Bahamas, in a cave he fashioned into a burial place with his own hands, lies Monsignor John Cyril Hawes, dressed in a Franciscan habit, arms outstretched in the form of a cross. It is exactly how he a...

The conference will be staged alongside the meeting of the Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry and its advisory council. Image: ACMRO. The dynamic role that migrant communities play within a synodal Church will be the focus of the Eighth Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) National Conference. Held from 25 – 26 August, the conference will be stage...

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...

Authentic formation is not about limiting freedom but cultivating the ability to make faithful choices through prayer and discernment. That was one of the powerful and inspiring messages delivered by Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po in his address to the Catholic Man Breakfast Series facilitated by menALIVE on Thursday 11 June. Some people might have raised their eyebrows and thought, ‘Why him...

The 60th anniversary Mass was Mazenod College’s first to be celebrated at the Cathedral. Photo: Eric Odong. By Fr Michael Twigg OMI In 2026, the Mazenod College community celebrates 60 years of Catholic education in the Oblate tradition. On Friday 22 May, more than 1100 members of the Mazenod and wider community gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral to give thanks to God and celebrate the C...

A celebration of the life and legacy of Sr Irene McCormack was held on Saturday 16 May at St Joseph’s Convent, South Perth, on the 35th anniversary of her death in 1991 when she was shot by Shining Path terrorists in Huasahuasi, Peru. The day also marked the 160th anniversary of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, founded in 1886 by Mary MacKillop (now Saint Mary of the Cross – Au...

Australia’s Catholic bishops have been told Myanmar is going through a “polycrisis” five years after the military coup. Speaking on the opening day of the biannual plenary of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference in Sydney on 8 May, Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, said his country was going through simultaneous economic, employment, social, health and education crises. Pr...

By Carol Glatz The Catholic Church is the guardian of hope, whose members are called to speak clearly against all evil and in defence of human life, Pope Leo XIV has said. The Church, as "the pilgrim people of God on earth," he said during his general audience in St. Peter's Square on 6 May, "reads and interprets the dynamics of history through the Gospel, denouncing evil in all its form...

Since their arrival in Fremantle in 1894, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate have found a home in Western Australia. In 2026, Mazenod College in Lesmurdie celebrates 60 years of Catholic education in the Oblate tradition. In 1966, two Oblate priests and the Australian Province had a dream – to provide quality Catholic education for boys in Perth’s hills area and to many others across the state ...