Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has encouraged young artists of the Archdiocese to experience the joy of working together and performing together as they share expressions of themselves, their world, and Jesus with their audiences. Students from Iona Presentation College, Mosman Park perform at the Opening Mass for Catholic Education’s Spirit of the Arts Festival. Photo: Eric Odong. ...

Every family at Catholic Education Western Australia’s 149 Catholic schools now has a new resource that highlights an important issue, when the adults in a school community work together respectfully, children feel safe, supported, and ready to thrive. Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) this month delivered the new Parent and Carer Code of Conduct to families on Monday 20 July, in ...

The Catholic Earthcare Season of Creation Gathering 2026: Listen Reflect Act online event will be held from 3 – 4 September. Image: Caritas Australia. Caritas Australia and Catholic Religious Australia have announced the national Catholic Earthcare Season of Creation Gathering 2026: Listen Reflect Act online event will be held from 3 – 4 September. An endorsed Caritas Australia init...

Nursing students from The University of Notre Dame Australia are gaining invaluable hands-on experience and a deeper understanding of rural healthcare through the University’s Remote Community Placement Program in the Kimberley. The program, funded by Majarlin Kimberley Centre for Remote Health, is delivered in partnership with healthcare providers and communities across the Kimberley regio...

As places explicitly dedicated to the formation and support of young people, educational institutions must build communities in which the “God question” is both welcomed and facilitated, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said recently. Delivering the homily at the Commissioning Mass on Sunday 12 July for St Thomas More College’s new Head of College, Mim Jones, Archbishop Costelloe refl...

By Jacinta Jakovcevic Over the past 50 years, the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) Choir Camp has inspired, educated, entertained, and enabled generations of young musicians to engage with the Church through its music. Fostering fellowship, friendship and a lifelong love of Church music worship, Choir Camp brings together young choristers from all denominations, providing them with th...

Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer in Piazza della Liberta in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, on 19 July 2026. Photo: OSV News/Matteo Minnella, Reuters. Pope Leo XIV has told pilgrims gathered at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, that the Kingdom of God grows quietly through faith, patience and humble service. Addressing the faithful during his 19 July Angelus address at Piazza della Lib...

Catholic Health Australia (CHA) is calling for urgent, coordinated reform to address hospital ‘bed block’, with new research revealing the number of days patients remained in hospital despite being medically ready for discharge into aged care has increased by 60 per cent over the past three years, at an estimated annual cost of $1.61 billion. CHA argues that addressing shortages in aged car...

Catholic Mission has announced its new look Mission: one heart many voices national conference will return in 2027 from 3-5 May at the SMC Conference and Function Centre in Sydney. The announcement, made during NAIDOC Week, reflects the committee's commitment to reconciliation and to journeying together with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The eighth Mission conference...

The centenary of World Mission Sunday will be commemorated during the third annual Kirup Camino that will be held on Thursday 1 October. Held each year to launch World Mission Month in the Diocese of Bunbury, the Kirup Camino also celebrates the feast day of St Therese of the Child Jesus, patron saint of the missions. It is inspired by the Christian tradition of pilgrimage exemplified by...