By Jessica Kenny The Focolare movement in Perth has been celebrated at a Mass led by Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton on Vocations Day. Joining Bishop Don as concelebrant was Fr Anthony Rathinim, parish priest at St Denis Church, Joondanna. While the closing of the Focolare Centre marks the end of an era in Perth, the community will continue to foster and share the unity they have been nour...

Catholic Health Australia has called on the Albanese Government to legislate a minimum 90 per cent benefit-payout ratio for private health insurers, warning that voluntary action has comprehensively failed and patients are paying the price. The latest data reveals just 85.6 cents of every premium dollar is now reaching patient care, down from 91.9 cents before the pandemic. Had the payou...

As winter approaches, the St Vincent de Paul Society is calling on Australians to support the Vinnies Winter Appeal 2026, with new data showing the increased depth of financial pressure now facing households already struggling to get by. A new YouGov survey commissioned by St Vincent de Paul Society found more than half of Australians (55 percent) say they have had to reduce spending on ess...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe’s LifeLink Day for Catholic Schools Initiative will hold extra significance in 2026 with commemorative prayer cards provided to every Catholic school student, teacher and member of staff across the Perth Archdiocese. Gifted to the Perth Catholic school community by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, a total of 85,000 prayer...

Researchers at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) are concerned that social media is a contributing factor to the declining rates of youth literacy in Australia. Research shows that since the pandemic there has been a massive increase in youth social media usage, while at the same time young people are spending less free time on constructive hobbies such as reading. Literacy among ...

Next month, the Wanneroo Parish community will gather in prayer, song, procession and celebration in honour of their patron saint – as they have done for the past 93 years. Shaped by the migrant story of the Church in Western Australia, the annual feast or festa of St Anthony has been celebrated in Wanneroo since the original St Anthony of Padua Church opened in 1932. In the early days, ...

The Record Editor Jamie O'Brien speaks with Bishop Makysim Ryabukha from the Exarchate of Donetsk in Ukraine, a region currently under Russian occupation. Since being installed as Auxiliary Bishop in December 2022, some 10 months into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Bishop Makysim has driven more than 50,000 kilometres near the largely occupied areas of Eastern Ukraine to tend to ...

Speaking at the 2026 Clergy Conference, held Tuesday 14 April to Thursday 16 April at Newman College Amphitheatre, Archbishop Costelloe headlined the conference with his speech entitled, ‘Do you love me?’. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. As Christian disciples, and therefore and in a particular way as ordained ministers in God‘s Church, we have to know about Jesus, about who He was ...

By Sandra Waters On Sunday 12 April, St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Trayning celebrated her centenary with some 60 people attending the special Mass celebrated by Fr Mark Rucci. Joining St Joseph’s regular parishioners were visitors from Beacon, Bencubbin, Mukinbudin, Koorda, Perth and even Tasmania. Sisters Dora and Frances McGuire, Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, were in a...

“We have gathered around this Migrant Cross, a sacred sign inviting us to recognise the dignity of every person, and to welcome the stranger as Christ among us,” Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said recently. Celebrating the Welcome Mass for the Migrant Jubilee Cross, Archbishop Costelloe was joined by concelebrants Fr Paul Hyunh, Fr Thomas Zureich, Fr Yosep Remegius Asnabun, Fr Chrispine ...