The Blessed Sacrament, displayed in a monstrance, was led in procession around the Cathedral. Photo: Eric Odong. Jesus, our Lord and our God, does not wish to stand aloof from us, or keep His distance from us. Rather, He is inviting us into a relationship of affection, of trusting faith and of love, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said. Delivering his homily during the feast o...

“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...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has held up Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop as the clearest Australian witness to a holiness drawn from the Eucharist, in a new conversation released for the national lead-up to the International Eucharistic Congress in Sydney in 2028. Archbishop Costelloe, a systematic theologian, joined Professor Hayden Ramsay, Chair of the Theological Commission f...

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...

The Prendiville Catholic College community in Ocean Reef is celebrating 40 years of Catholic education in 2026. It was on 13 April 1986 that Archbishop Emeritus William Foley blessed the college’s foundation buildings that had welcomed the first cohort of 85 Year 8 students when the school year started in February. William Woodruff was Principal at the time, and there were 14 staff employed...

Archbishop Costelloe challenged young people across the Archdiocese of Perth to become instruments of peace. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has challenged young people across the Archdiocese to become “instruments of peace” and people of practical compassion. Speaking to Catholic secondary school students from across Perth at the 2026 Secon...

Archbishop Costelloe assists with the ribbon cutting at the blessing and opening of the Salesian College Chadstone Mannix Campus. Photo: Salesian College Chadstone. On the eve of the Feast of Saint Dominic Savio, Tuesday 5 May, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB visited Salesian College, Chadstone, Melbourne, Victoria, where he was welcomed as a special guest to preside over the blessin...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has been re-elected President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po has been appointed to the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service. Photo: Aaron Kong/Archdiocese of Perth. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has been re-elected President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference during the May ...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe’s LifeLink Day for Catholic Schools Initiative will hold extra significance in 2026 with commemorative prayer cards provided to every Catholic school student, teacher and member of staff across the Perth Archdiocese. Gifted to the Perth Catholic school community by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, a total of 85,000 prayer...

Speaking at the 2026 Clergy Conference, held Tuesday 14 April to Thursday 16 April at Newman College Amphitheatre, Archbishop Costelloe headlined the conference with his speech entitled, ‘Do you love me?’. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. As Christian disciples, and therefore and in a particular way as ordained ministers in God‘s Church, we have to know about Jesus, about who He was ...