Australian Catholic University (ACU) has conferred an Honorary Doctorate on the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA), Professor Francis Campbell. Professor Campbell has served as Vice-Chancellor of UNDA for six years, commencing the role at the outset of the COVID pandemic. The honorary degree from ACU acknowledges Professor Campbell’s service to the ...

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...

Drawing on the Gospel, Bishop Kolodziej reminded the clergy that priesthood is a journey marked by both great joy and real challenges. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. During his keynote presentation to the clergy of the Archdiocese of Perth, Bunbury Bishop George Kolodziej SDS reflected on the Emmaus story (Luke 24:29–33), inviting priests to see their own ministry through the exper...

Image: CSSA. Catholic Social Services Australia is inviting interested parties to participate in a national initiative designed to gather detailed data on the operations, challenges and contributions of Catholic social service organisations across Australia.  As Australians face rising cost-of-living pressures, growing housing insecurity, increasing mental health concerns, and escal...

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...

St Mary's Cathedral is the star of a four-concert series running from August to November. Image: Supplied. There is something about the sound of a pipe organ filling a great cathedral that no recording quite captures. Often called the king of instruments, the organ can whisper like a flute one moment and shake the floor the next, and few buildings in Perth show it off as well as St Mary'...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, ninth from left, with Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, Vicar General, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn and Chief, Mission Enhancement, Dr Debra Sayce, second from right, with Members of the Diocesan Pastoral Council, who will serve a three-year term include from left, Lourdes Has, Catherine Rice, Tara Peters, Richard Miles, Wayne Bull, George Sekulla, Michael Piu, ...

The relics of Carlo Acutis on display in 2024. Photo: Archdiocese of Perth. The relic of St Carlo Acutis, the Church's first millennial saint will draw pilgrims to St Mary's Cathedral from 31 July to 5 August, as the relic's national mission reaches Perth. The relic is a section of St Carlo's pericardium, the membrane that encloses and protects the heart, measuring six centimetres by tw...

The story of one of the world's oldest Christian communities will be showcased this July in the Syro-Malabar Cultural Heritage Exhibition at St Joseph Syro-Malabar Parish in Orange Grove. On display from 24 to 26 July, the exhibition invites Catholics and members of the wider community to discover the history and rich spiritual legacy of the Syro-Malabar Church whose origins are traditional...

The Board of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Australia and New Zealand has announced the resignation of National Director, Bernard Toutounji. Mr Toutounji leaves the ACN after more than eight-and-a-half years of dedicated service in support of the suffering Church around the world. In a statement, the ACN expressed its sincere gratitude to Mr Toutounji for his leadership, commitment and ...