Speaking at the National Volunteers Week Thanksgiving Mass, Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton retold how when he was in primary school at Bayswater and Bedford, schools depended on the parents, firstly, to build the school by self-help and then, continue to develop the amenities needed for a more complete education of their children.

Speaking at the 50th anniversary of the Our Lady of the Rosary Church of Doubleview Parish, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB explained that the parish, under the care of the Dominican friars, has been striving to live in communion with the Lord and His Church, and was coming together to celebrate all the ways in which the community has been faithful to this call.

ACPA President and Diocese of Townsville Communications Media Manager Neil Helmore said the Conference is this year looking to increase the knowledge of Catholic communications professionals and how they can listen, speak, and communicate with heart.

The college community, Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) representatives, and guests gathered for the blessing and opening of stages 3, 3a and 3b of the college’s construction project on Thursday, 16 March.

“God really is as close to us, and as compassionate and merciful towards us, and as loving, as Jesus proclaimed him to be,” Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said, speaking during his homilies for Easter at St Mary’s Cathedral.

The annual walk for refugees takes place every Palm Sunday, in prayer and service against the horrors of war and persecution that forces people to flee their homes.

By Bro Stephen Mensah SDB and Jamie O’Brien Archbishop Costelloe with parishioners of Sacred Heart Church, West Battersea Parish, during his visit on Sunday 5 March. Photos: Br Stephen Mensah SDB. Salesians of the GBR Province were recently privileged to host Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB at Sacred Heart Church, Battersea West Parish, London. Archbishop Costelloe was in Londo...

For the first time, more than 80,000 West Australian students are enrolled in a Catholic School, as families continue to benefit from school choice. The February 2023 State census data shows 80,336 children are enrolled in Catholic education, an increase of 4.6 per cent since 2020. Catholic Education WA Executive Director, Dr Debra Sayce she is delighted that families continue to put the...

Religious life, said Geraldton Emeritus Bishop Bianchini, is very similar to the actions of Mary and Joseph who presented the baby Jesus in the temple.

“Each time we celebrate a liturgical ritual of the church, it is an opportunity for us to open ourselves to the words and actions of each part of the ritual and allow ourselves to be transformed by the presence of Jesus Christ,” Centre for Liturgy Director, Sr Kerry Willison has said.