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Belonging Beyond School: navigating life’s challenges after school

A new initiative has been launched designed to support Year 10 to Year 12 students with disability and their families as they prepare for life after graduation. Lead by Personal Advocacy Service, Belonging Beyond School works in collaboration with Catholic Youth Ministry, Catholic Family and Justice Support Services, Identitywa and Catholic Education Western Australia. Belonging Beyond S...
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Belonging Beyond School is designed to support Year 10 to Year 12 students with disability, and their families, as they prepare for life after graduation. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth.

Merredin Parish called to hope beyond the golden era at centenary Mass

Merriden Parish Priest Fr Phillip Perreau, Woodvale Parish Priest Fr Stan Bendowski, Auxiliary Bishop Dson Sproxton, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Fr Andrew Bowron, Central Wheatbelt MP Lachlan Hunter and parishioners Heather Giles and John Jeffreys. Photo: Em Louise Photography. "We are called to be faithful disciples of Jesus, not in some imagined golden age, but in the reality of our...
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Merriden Parish Priest Fr Phillip Perreau, Woodvale Parish Priest Fr Stan Bendowski, Auxiliary Bishop Dson Sproxton, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Fr Andrew Bowron, Central Wheatbelt MP Lachlan Hunter and parishioners Heather Giles and John Jeffreys. Photo: Em Louise Photography.

St Bernadette’s Catholic community supporting the Stella Maris mission

Deacon Greg Lowe, Fr Giovanni Raffaele, Deputy Principal Tracy Cosgrove and Claude Coutinho formalise the partnership. Photo: St Bernadette's Catholic School. Following the recent opening of the new Stella Maris Seafarers Centre in Rockingham, the St Bernadette’s church and school community in Port Kennedy has established a partnership with the centre to support its mission of providing pas...
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Deacon Greg Lowe, Fr Giovanni Raffaele, Deputy Principal Tracy Cosgrove and Claude Coutinho formalise the partnership. Photo: St Bernadette's Catholic School.

Belonging Beyond School: navigating life’s challenges after school

Belonging Beyond School is a new initiative designed to support Year 10 to Year 12 students with disability - and their families - as they prepare for life after graduation. Leaving school is often described as one of life's great milestones, according to Personal Advocacy Service. For many young people, it marks the beginning of exciting new opportunities - finding employment, pursuing ...
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Belonging Beyond School is a new initiative designed to support Year 10 to Year 12 students with disability - and their families - as they prepare for life after graduation.

Wanneroo parish living St Anthony’s example of spirituality, welcome, witness and mission

In the word of God, we don't just encounter words, we encounter Jesus Christ Himself. If we are to be witnesses to Jesus in the world, that can only happen from our own relationship with Jesus; not from our knowledge of Jesus, but from our relationship with the person of Jesus, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn, Vicar General of the Perth Archdiocese said recently. Delivering the homily at the ...
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At the heart of the celebration is St Anthony, a beloved Franciscan saint known for his preaching, charity and deep spirituality. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth.

God does not choose the qualified, He qualifies those He has chosen

Authentic formation is not about limiting freedom but cultivating the ability to make faithful choices through prayer and discernment. That was one of the powerful and inspiring messages delivered by Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po in his address to the Catholic Man Breakfast Series facilitated by menALIVE on Thursday 11 June. Some people might have raised their eyebrows and thought, ‘Why him...
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Bishop Nelson shares a lighter moment with the audience. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth.

Kwinana Parish marks 70 years of fidelity to the Lord

“This morning, as we celebrate this wonderful anniversary of 70 years of fidelity to the Lord here in this parish, maybe we should listen to the Lord once again, take the words to heart and respond to them,” Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB told parishioners gathered at St Vincent’s Catholic Church, Kwinana, Sunday 14 December. Archbishop Costelloe was principal celebrant at a Mass of...
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Archbishop Costelloe joined Kwinana Parish Priest Fr Thi Lam in the turning of the soil for the new parish centre, Sunday 14 December, 2025 Photo: Jamie O’Brien.

Ocean Reef Church celebrates forty years of faith inspired by the Holy Spirit

More than 200 parishioners and friends past and present gathered in celebration. Photo: Michelle Tan. The Holy Spirit has empowered you as a community to achieve extraordinary things, magnificent things, such as the building of this church so soon after the parish was established, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has told the St Simon Peter Church community in Ocean Reef. Delivering h...
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More than 200 parishioners and friends past and present gathered in celebration. Photo: Michelle Tan.

Centenary celebrations for St Mary’s Merredin

St Mary’s Merredin will celebrate its centenary over the weekend Saturday 1 August and Sunday 2 August. Image: Supplied. Parishioners, students, families and friends past and present are warmly invited to share in the centenary celebrations of the St Mary’s parish and school community in Merredin that will be held over the weekend Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 August. The occasion will be mark...
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St Mary’s Merredin will celebrate its centenary over the weekend Saturday 1 August and Sunday 2 August. Image: Supplied.

World Mission Rosary returns for May

The World Mission Rosary returns in 2026, and Catholic Mission is inviting everyone to join the daily online Rosary prayer sessions during the month of May. Created in 1951 in the United States by the Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen, the World Mission Rosary is a unique tradition that serves as a powerful reminder that we all belong to a global Church, forming the foundations of community...
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Representing each continent with its five colour-coded decades, Catholic Mission said the World Mission Rosary is a reminder of the work we all do in our day-to-day lives in our own mission journeys. Image: Catholic Mission.

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