The 16km walk, hosted by Catholic Mission in conjunction with the Spirituality Hub Kirup, was based on the Christian tradition of pilgrimage.
This year, on 9 May, marked 175 years since Perth became a diocese. The anniversary was not formally celebrated because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and his curia wished to recognise this significant event. Odhran O’Brien, Director of the Archdiocesan Archives Office, has compiled a short reflection on the diocese’s foundation, which includes extracts from the missionaries who arrived in Western Australia during 1845.
This time of COVID-19 has been a challenge, but it has also been an opportunity for healing and hope.
IdentityWA is a household name in West Australian disability services, with the Catholic agency a beacon of compassion and quality care for some of Perth’s most disadvantaged people, those living with physical or mental disabilities that prevent them from participating independently in society.
Corpus Christi College Bateman bid farewell to their leader of 11 years when Caroline Payne passed away on 26 March.
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has last weekend reminded Catholics across the Archdiocese that Jesus is present “in these strange times we are living” during the Mass for Third Sunday of Easter.