This year, as our Catholic community celebrates the wonderful feast of Christmas with the rest of our society, we do so at the very beginning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis. This special year began on December 8 and will conclude next year on the Solemnity of Christ the King on November 20, 2016.

A music video of a skateboarding Franciscan, who spent 14 years living in Western Australia, received an Emmy at the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on November 7.

There could not have been a better writer taking on the brief biography of ANZAC Catholic Army Chaplain Fr John Fahey than leading Western Australian historian, author and researcher Ruth Marchant-James.

The Parish of St Kieran’s in Osborne Park has undergone many changes in its 100 year history, but the spirit of community continues to blossom.

By Jennifer Lohan Bradley Barbuto doesn't know anyone with MS but will tackle 53 flights of stairs at the Central Park building in Perth to raise funds and awareness for the cause. Mr Barbuto will take part in the Enerflex MS Step Up on May 4. The event will include teams of four and solo participants; Mr Barbuto will climb the 1103 steps on Perth’s tallest tower by himself. “I ...

In an historic moment, the remains of Perth’s first Catholic Bishop, John Brady, will be laid to rest in St Mary’s Cathedral Crypt on 2 August.

Deacons Marcello Parra, Wilson Donizetti and Antonio Scala were ordained to the Diaconate on Thursday 26 May. Photo: The Record/Peter Rosengren. Perth Archbishop Barry Hickey ordained three new deacons for the Archdiocese of Perth on Thursday evening 26 May before a congregation of approximately 300 people. The three candidates for the transitional diaconate kneel before Archbishop Hicke...

By Anthony Barich Photo: Melville Perera Archbishop Barry Hickey ordained Christian Webb to the Diaconate on 20 December at Ballajura Parish Church. Webb, born in 1969, started his studies at St Charles Seminary in Guildford before attending the Pontifical Beda College in Rome, which was established in 1852 to form older men, often convert clergymen, for Catholic priesthood. He t...

A Mercy religious sister who would have celebrated her Diamond Jubilee next year passed away peacefully on 17 October 17 at Catherine McAuley Nursing Home, Wembley after a long illness.

Pontifical North American College seminarians Keith D. Romke of the Diocese of Rockford, Ill., Mark R. Payton of the Archdiocese of Perth, Australia, and George K. Nixon of the Diocese of Providence, R.I., are seen after being ordained deacons in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 7. Thirty seminarians from the U.S. national seminary were ordained deacons. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) (Oct. 7...