As Mass for You at Home prepares to celebrate 50 years on free-to-air television, a fundraising program recently launched will help enable the ongoing broadcast of Catholic Mass. The program first aired on August 1, 1971. Photo: Supplied. As Mass for You at Home prepares to celebrate 50 years on free-to-air television, a fundraising program recently launched will help enable the o...

Geraldton residents have rallied in the wake of the ferocious Cyclone Seroja that crossed the coast near Kalbarri on the night of 11 April 2021. The ex-tropical cyclone carved a path of destruction across a 1000km stretch of WA’s Mid-West with 170km/h gusty winds. By Matthew Lau.

Plenary Member Fr Vincent Glynn is the Archdiocese of Perth’s Vicar for Education and Adult Faith Formation
The eldest of the six children, a young Vincent attended early primary school firstly at Our Lady of Lourdes Nollamara and then as a foundation student at the new parish of St Gerard Majella, Mirrabooka. He was ordained a priest in December 1982 by Archbishop Goody in St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_zLy24AME The reality for many of us, at least some of the time, is that we are afraid and we are uncertain, writes Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB in his 2021 Easter message published today, Thursday 25 March 2021. “We can often feel as if God is not there or does not care,” Archbishop Costelloe highlighted. The message, which is available v...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHqZLWUtyao Dr Angela McCarthy is a Plenary Council Member from the Archdiocese of Perth. Video: Max Hoh/Michelle Tan. For today’s Plenary Member video, we feature Dr Angela McCarthy. Her first degree from Sydney University included work in Biblical Studies and Fine Arts and was followed by the beginnings of a teaching career in Catholic secondary educati...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye70OvSHtZ0 Dr Marco Ceccarelli is a Plenary Council Member of the Archdiocese of Perth. Video: Max Hoh/Archdiocese of Perth. Our next Plenary Member is Dr Marco Ceccarelli, MA, PhD, current Director of the Centre for Faith Enrichment, the adult faith formation agency of the Archdiocese of Perth. Marco has taught European history, literature and culture ...

Our first member profile is of course, our own Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB.

Educated at St Peter’s Parish Primary School, East Bentleigh and at Salesian College, Chadstone, from where he graduated in 1971.

In 1985, Archbishop Costelloe made his Final Profession as a Salesian of Don Bosco and was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Sir Frank Little on 25 October 1986.

“Joy” was the word used by both priests and laypeople when describing the Personal Advocacy Service’s 30th Anniversary Mass for people with intellectual disability, their volunteers and families, celebrated last weekend at Infant Jesus Church, Morley Parish: an adapted liturgy that facilitated inclusion and engagement within the setting of the Mass.

“The Church remains an institution of beauty and transcendent truth, and the more it sticks to its’ core message and rich traditions… the more effective it will be.”

https://youtu.be/4dxURoVpSzQ The 2018 Embrace the Grace (ETG) youth conference vitalised some 120 Catholics to bolster their relationship with God. The attendees, aged 16 to 25, ventured to New Norcia for this year’s ETG from 5 to 9 December for the betterment of their faith journey and to integrate themselves with like-minded souls. Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM) and Respect Life Office (RLO) ...