Addressing the scholarship recipients and their guests, Fr Vincent linked Archbishop Hickey’s decision to open a Scholarship in 2013 to his great love for the Scriptures enkindled through a sabbatical year spent in the Holy Land.

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week thanked outgoing Vicar General, the Very Rev Fr Peter Whitely VG who retires at the end of March, after more than 10 years in the role.

Episcopal Vicar, Education and Faith Formation the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn has been announced the new Vicar General, commencing at the end of March.

Formally launching the 2023-2024 Diocesan Assembly on behalf of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Episcopal Vicar for Education and Faith Formation the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn explained that convocation of the Assembly comes out of the recent Plenary Council held by the Church of Australia in 2021 and 2022.

Reflecting on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi Sunday, Episcopal Vicar Education and Faith Formation, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn writes that in response to an initiative expressed by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB in his Pastoral Letter of April 2023, and encouraged by Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter Desiderio Desideravi, the Archdiocese of Perth has been taking part in a journey of Liturgical Formation and Renewal.

In the liturgical celebration of the sacraments, important stages of life are made holy, said Episcopal Vicar for Education and Faith Formation, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn.
Speaking in the first of four videos for the recently launched Liturgical Formation and Renewal Program, Fr Vincent continued by saying that baptism sanctifies our human life, marriage sanctifies our love for another, the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick allows us to experience God entering into our suffering and the Eucharist feeds us and nourishes us for this life and eternal life. By Jamie O’Brien.

The BJ Hickey Scholarship is back in full swing doing what it does best – equipping students to travel interstate and around the world in their pursuit of the study of Word of God.

This year, scholarship recipients were invited to St Mary’s Cathedral grounds on 17 February, to receive their certificates, listen to past experiences of students who had travelled to study Scripture and network with each other.

In launching a new program of Liturgical Formation and Renewal this week, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB says it is important the Perth Catholic community reflect on what it means to be a Christ-centred Church that is prayerful and Eucharistic.

Over the next four weeks, video messages highlighting an understanding of Sacramentality, Why we Gather to celebrate Liturgy, Signs and Symbols in the Liturgy and What is Liturgy, will be shown in our parish communities.

The Centre for Faith Enrichment (CFE) has renewed its call for applications for BJ Hickey Scholarships for the year 2023, offered to lay people from the Archdiocese of Perth.

A collaborative effort by the Archdiocese of Perth Centre for Faith Enrichment and University of Notre Dame Fremantle campus has led to the official launch of a Pathway Program Towards Formal Recognition of Theological Studies on 28 February. By Amanda Murthy.

Father Vincent Glynn officially commenced his role as the first Episcopal Vicar for Education and Faith Formation and a member of the Archdiocese of Perth Curia on 1 July 2020. His appointment by Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB indicates the importance that the Archbishop places on these areas of ministry in the Church.