Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB welcome more than 5500 pilgrims to ACYF19, which was held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre from 8 to 10 December. Photo: Iceberg Media. By Jamie O’Brien and Gavin Abraham Thousands of young Australian Catholics have been challenged to “go out and rebuild” God’s Church on the opening day of the 2019 Australian Catholic Youth Festival. The o...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB delivers his homily to more than 5500 pilgrims during the ACYF19 closing Mass. Photo: Josh Low. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has encouraged thousands of young Catholics to leave the 2019 Australian Catholic Youth Festival ready to open their hearts and lives to Jesus. An open-air Mass at Trinity College in East Perth was the culmination of the t...

More than 5500 young people have embarked upon Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre from 8 to 10 December for ACYF19. Photo: Iceberg Media. Thousands of young people from across the country will have arrived in Perth by this evening as the Archdiocese of Perth prepares to host the 2019 Australian Catholic Youth Festival. When combined with almost 1800 young Catholics from Western Aus...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB "hand-passes" the Australian Catholic Youth Festival 2019 to the young people of the Church in his official welcome and catechesis on Sunday 8 December. Photo: Iceberg Media. Thousands of young Australian Catholics have been challenged to “go out and rebuild” God’s Church on the opening day of the 2019 Australian Catholic Youth Festival. The openi...

The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council has commenced the roll out of the second round of the Drought Community Support Initiative after accepting the Federal Government’s invitation in early October.

With the issue of an edict by the Archdiocese of Sydney, Servant of God Eileen O’Connor is one step closer to become Australia’s next saint. Photo: Archdiocese of Sydney. By Theresia Titus Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has issued an edict calling anyone who can testify to support Eileen O’Connor’s cause for canonisation. “I call upon any and all of the faithful of this Archdioce...

In the lead-up to next month’s World Day of the Poor, the Church in Australia is recognising volunteers who work to bring hope to those in need. The third World Day of the Poor, to be observed on Sunday 17 November, will focus on the theme “the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever”. Taken from the Book of Psalms, Pope Francis said those words “express a profound truth that faith impre...

The Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart has this month elected a new Congregational Leadership Team to take forward the vision and direction of the Congregation for the next six years.

The Catholic Church in Australia has made significant progress in responding to the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse, Archbishop Mark Coleridge said this week on the anniversary of the National Apology to survivors and victims.

The Catholic Church in Australia is dedicating the month of November as a time to pray for those affected by crippling drought conditions and to pray for the gift of rain.