Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton greets the parish community of Port Kennedy, Sunday 24 April, which also saw the installation of new Parish Priest, Fr Giovanni Raffaele. Photo: Jamie O’Brien. The theme of keeping the flame alive in our hearts was reflected in last Sunday’s Gospel, said Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, in his homily for Divine Mercy Sunday. Speaking at Port Kennedy Pari...

Parishes across Perth celebrated the various liturgies of Easter in a variety of ways this year, including the Vigil at Lynwood Langford St Jude’s Church, A contemplative Way of the Cross at Wanneroo and a Tableau style Stations of the Cross led by youth at Armadale Parish. Lynwood Langford Parishioners from St Jude’s Church Lynwood Langford parish came together for the Easter Vigil. ...

In a special interview during his recent visit to Perth and Western Australia, Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia Bishop Mykola Bychok speaks with The Record Editor Jamie O’Brien about his own experience growing up in Ukraine, becoming a bishop during a pandemic, as well as the current crises facing Ukraine.

A couple poses on a bench outside destroyed apartments in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, April 18, 2022, during the Russian war. Photo: CNS/Alexander Ermochenko, Reuters. The Archdiocese of Perth West Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (WACMRO) have set up a Ukrainian Refugee Local Appeal to aid war affected families upon their arrival in Australia during the comin...

A native of Brooklyn New York, new Australian Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Balvo has said the task of any Apostolic Nuncio is to be the eyes, ears and hands of the Holy Father,

“An extension of the Holy Father’s Ministry, because the Holy Father has his concern for the Church, all aspects of its life.”

Archbishop Balvo presented his credentials to the Governor-General of Australia on Friday 1 April.

Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton with the Parish Renewal Team earlier this year. In his 2022 Easter Message, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton says that the experience of Jesus, in facing his death and eventually succumbing and dying, touches on the deepest of questions we all must face. Photo: Michelle Tan. People of faith believe that “we must rise with Christ in His death.” This hopeful m...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG679qK7ZCA Nothing about our faith makes sense if Jesus is not at the centre, says Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB in his 2022 Easter Message. Referring to the words of St Paul in Romans 8, verse 38, Archbishop Costelloe said that it is Jesus who can give us the courage to face all our challenges, because He draws us into communion with Him. “...

In sharing her thoughts during Western Australian Youth Week, St John of God Healthcare Homelessness and Support Services Director Naomi Boyd says that the less visible reality of youth homelessness is that there are thousands of young people in Australia who are not yet homeless but are living in homes that don’t provide the necessary physical or emotional safety. Photo: Supplied. By Naomi...

The Walking in the Spirit pilgrimage has been prepared to encourage individuals, families, parishes, schools and other ministries to keep the Plenary Council in their prayers. Image: Supplied. Catholics across the country are being invited to participate in a new prayer pilgrimage as the Church journeys towards the Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. The Walking in...

ACBC President Mark Coleridge has said the task of the Church is to ask how to adapt to a changing environment in which a more counter-cultural Church cannot claim the privileges it once took for granted. Photo: Archdiocese of Brisbane. By The Southern Cross As the number of sporting events and other activities on Good Friday increases, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, President a...