Merriden Parish Priest Fr Phillip Perreau, Woodvale Parish Priest Fr Stan Bendowski, Auxiliary Bishop Dson Sproxton, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Fr Andrew Bowron, Central Wheatbelt MP Lachlan Hunter and parishioners Heather Giles and John Jeffreys. Photo: Em Louise Photography. "We are called to be faithful disciples of Jesus, not in some imagined golden age, but in the reality of our...

Social cohesion grows when individuals allow their attitudes and actions to be shaped by love and humility, "Living the Gospel in Times of Social Division" suggests. Living the Gospel in these times is not a private devotion. It is a public witness that human dignity is not negotiable, that truth matters and that peace is more than the absence of conflict - it is the fruit of justice, recon...

Be large-hearted people in large-hearted schools, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said on the occasion of the 180th anniversary of Mercy Education. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. Be large-hearted people in large-hearted schools, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said on the occasion of the 180th anniversary of Mercy Education. Archbishop Costelloe was speakin...

What face of God do you allow to shine through your life and ministry? That was the thought-provoking question Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB posed to staff and guests at the blessing of the new Catholic Regional Tribunal of Western Australia office on Tuesday 28 July.  Quoting the same question Pope Leo XIV asked a group of Italian bishops while speaking about leadership and m...

By Joel Hall As the 2026 Catholic Social Services Western Australia (CSSWA) Awards hover on the horizon, last year’s winners have reflected on the processes that led them to be worthy recipients. Employee of the Year Ian Smith said he was humbled and honoured for not only receiving last year’s award but for doing pastoral care work for Catholic Homes- the service for which landed him the...

Deacon Greg Lowe, Fr Giovanni Raffaele, Deputy Principal Tracy Cosgrove and Claude Coutinho formalise the partnership. Photo: St Bernadette's Catholic School. Following the recent opening of the new Stella Maris Seafarers Centre in Rockingham, the St Bernadette’s church and school community in Port Kennedy has established a partnership with the centre to support its mission of providing pas...

As places explicitly dedicated to the formation and support of young people, educational institutions must build communities in which the “God question” is both welcomed and facilitated, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said recently. Delivering the homily at the Commissioning Mass on Sunday 12 July for St Thomas More College’s new Head of College, Mim Jones, Archbishop Costelloe refl...

Founded in Western Australia in 1922 during a period of widespread sectarian discrimination, the Knights originally emerged to support Catholics facing exclusion from employment and public life. Photo: Iceberg Media/Knights of the Southern Cross. Centenary books can sometimes feel dutiful. However, the recent Knights of the Southern Cross in Western Australia 1922-2022 is a serious work of...

Clergy from across Perth came together at St John’s Pro-Cathedral for the Retired Clergy Mass & Lunch, Tuesday 7 July. Photo: Jamie O’Brien. Some 40 retired clergy from across the Archdiocese came together last week at St John's Pro-Cathedral on Tuesday 7 July for the annual Retired Clergy Mass, followed by lunch at The Westin. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB celebrated the Ma...

What do you think God is asking of us, the Church in Australia, at this time? Archbishop Costelloe asked the members of the DPC. Photo: Phil Bayne. What does it mean to be a Christ-centred church in the Archdiocese of Perth? That was the fundamental question posed to the recently commissioned Diocesan Pastoral Council (DPC) for the Archdiocese of Perth who gathered on Saturday 4 July to ...