By Jamie O’Brien The title of the recently launched memoirs by Perth Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey was inspired by the connection he continues to have with the Goldfields. Image: Supplied. The title of the recently launched memoirs by Perth Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey was inspired by the connection he continues to have with the Goldfields. My Spirt Land was launched on Sunday ...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB greets newly solemnly professed Sr Marie Chrissie OCD, Saturday 20 January at the Carmelite Monastery Nedlands. Photo: Michelle Tan. By Jamie O’Brien and Joshua Low. The Discalced Carmelite Community at Nedlands have recently celebrated the solemn profession Sr Marie Chrissie OCD of the Holy Trinity. Celebrating the occasion on Saturday 20 Januar...

An image from the Camino Salvado 2019. The annual St Joseph’s Camino Salvado Pilgrimage from Subiaco to New Norcia is now taking bookings for 2024. Photo: Supplied. The annual St Joseph’s Camino Salvado Pilgrimage from Subiaco to New Norcia is now taking bookings for 2024. The pilgrimage is next year being offered on two occasions, including from Sunday 25 August to Sunday 1 September an...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_buwlSHEeFA Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, One of our popular Christmas Carols begins with these words: What child is this who, laid to rest on Mary’s lap, is sleeping? Very quickly, the carol moves to an answer: This, this, is Christ the King, the babe, the son of Mary. Each year, as Christmas comes around, we are invited to let this same quest...

During Advent 2022, all Australian dioceses were invited to take up a special collection(s) for the people of Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were raised to support people in the war-torn nation through the work of Mudra Sprava (Wise Action), a Patriarchal Charitable Foundation in Ukraine. The organisation has three focus areas: Evacuation of people from frontline territories, fo...

Chair of the Bishops Commission for Life, Family and Public Engagement, Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli, said the Church has been confronted with the difficult question of how to attend to the spiritual and pastoral needs of Catholics contemplating euthanasia. Australia’s Catholic bishops have released a new document to guide priests, chaplains and pastoral workers who are asked to pro...

In his second Walking Together – Weekly Thoughts for Reflection from the Synod, Archbishop Costelloe writes we in Australia had a head start in terms of what the Synod is trying to achieve.

The whole community came together in May this year for a special aerial photo at Our Lady of Fatima Primary on the oval in the shape of 100, for a drone photo shoot. Photo: Supplied/Our Lady of Fatima Primary Palmyra. By Alison Romagnolo In 2023, the Our Lady of Fatima School community has marked 100 Years of our heritage, our heart, and our home. Our Centenary journey has been an opp...

Caritas-Spes Ukraine employees were unharmed, but the warehouse with everything inside burned to the ground, including 33 pallets of food packages, 10 pallets of hygiene kits and canned food, 10 pallets of generators and clothes are confirmed as destroyed.

Continuing a tradition from previous World Youth Days, an Australian gathering was held on Tuesday to celebrate the pilgrims’ faith and their homeland.