This year – staff from across the Archdiocese gathered Friday 7 August at St Mary’s Cathedral Parish Centre to honour the outstanding contributions of two remarkable women— Carey Brown and Doris Zembonetti.

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...

You are a sign of God's care for His people Bishop Don told the congregation at the 2026 Eucharistic Celebration with Church Personnel on Friday 7 August at St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. All of you, in one way or another, are touching the suffering of others, the needs of others, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has told the personnel and volunteers of the ...

The relic of Saint Carlo Acutis on display in the St Mary’s Cathedral crypt. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. By Jamie O'Brien and Phil Bayne Perth pilgrims have flocked to venerate the relic of St Carlo Acutis, the Church's first millennial saint, during the relic's national mission. St Mary’s Cathedral, St Michael the Archangel Chapel in Leederville and Sacred Heart Church in...

Let us be generous with ourselves and allow God to work through us, Bishop Nelson said at the National Vocations Awareness Week Mass on Sunday 2 August. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. We all have the vocation to live holy and Christian lives, to be always Christ-like. This is the general and common vocation of all of us, of all the baptised, Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po has said. ...

Bishop Don Sproxton, Ambassador Keith Pitt, Bishop Nelson Po and Archdiocese Chancellor and Executive Director, Daniel Lynch. Photo: Michelle Tan/Archdiocese of Perth. Perth Auxiliary Bishops Don Sproxton and Nelson Po have last week welcomed Australia’s Ambassador to the Holy See, The Hon Keith Pitt, who was in Perth to deliver a lecture at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantl...

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...

St Mary's Cathedral is opening its Grand Organ to the public this season with a four-part concert series, held on Sunday afternoons from August to November. It brings together a recitalist from the Sydney cathedral, two of the Cathedral's own musicians, one of the country's leading saxophonists, and the youngest players from its Junior Organ School. A visitor from Sydney opens the series...

Belonging Beyond School is a new initiative designed to support Year 10 to Year 12 students with disability - and their families - as they prepare for life after graduation. Leaving school is often described as one of life's great milestones, according to Personal Advocacy Service. For many young people, it marks the beginning of exciting new opportunities - finding employment, pursuing ...