The Second Vatican Council was the universal Catholic Church’s response to God’s love and to Jesus’ command to feed his sheep, Pope Francis said, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the council’s opening.

St Benedict’s Church celebrated its 70 years of rich history through a week of festivities and was encouraged by Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB to look forward with hope of carrying out the Lord’s mission.

In anticipation of the 70th anniversary of Applecross Parish this weekend, Parish Priest Fr Nelson Po highlighted the strength and unity of the community, while emphasising the occasion as an opportunity to remember parish members of the past.

St Norbert’s College community has celebrated the 888th anniversary of Norbert’s death with an incredible variety of activities.

Bullsbrook’s Our Lady of the Revelation Church will this weekend 9 April celebrate the anniversary of the Apparition of the Virgin Mary to Luigina Sinapi and Bruno Cornacchiola.

Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has recalled the phone call he received in December 2001 to appoint him as a Bishop. The then Mirrabooka Parish Priest had just returned home when he took the call from Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Francesco Canalini.

“I remember the Nuncio saying to me, ‘I can understand you would be surprised and perhaps a little fearful, as we [fellow bishops] all have been ourselves.

“’The Lord will help you and give you what you need,’ were his exact words.”

It has been ten years since Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB assumed the role of Archbishop of Perth, witnessed by more than 1500 people who flocked at St Mary’s Cathedral Perth on 20 February 2012. By Amanda Murthy.

Since the Congregation of the Sisters of St John of God formed in Wexford, Ireland in 1971, the Sisters have readily and courageously put themselves in dangerous and unknown circumstances to care for the sick and injured, writes SJOG Health Care Group Director Mission Integration, Marcelle Mogg.

Plenary Member Sister Chitra Justin OSM Celebrates 25 years of Service in Australia on the first day of Assembly 1. Photo: Max Hoh. The Perth Plenary Members came together today, between sessions on day one of the first Assembly of the Plenary Council, to celebrate Sister Chitra Justin OSM’s 25th anniversary as a Servite Sister. “It is very special that my anniversary falls on the same d...

More than 100 guests spent the afternoon of Sunday, 19 September at Saint Mary’s Cathedral Perth, listening to an array of classical sacred music, led by Director of Cathedral Music Jacinta Jakovcevic, as part of an annual tribute to Our Lady on her birthday.