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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Young people challenged to become instruments of peace
Archbishop Costelloe challenged young people across the Archdiocese of Perth to become instruments of peace. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth.
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has challenged young people across the Archdiocese to become “instruments of peace” and people of practical compassion.
Speaking to Catholic secondary school students from across Perth at the 2026 Secon...
A passion for justice remembered – Sr Irene McCormack
A celebration of the life and legacy of Sr Irene McCormack was held on Saturday 16 May at St Joseph’s Convent, South Perth, on the 35th anniversary of her death in 1991 when she was shot by Shining Path terrorists in Huasahuasi, Peru.
The day also marked the 160th anniversary of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, founded in 1886 by Mary MacKillop (now Saint Mary of the Cross – Au...
Give young people a fair go in the workplace: ACBC
Across Australia, many young people are striving to find their place in a labour market that is increasingly complex and uncertain. Photo: Adobe.
Australians have been urged to use the Feast of St Joseph the Worker (1 May) to reflect on young peoples’ struggle for secure work.
Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service chair Bishop Tim Harris said the Catholic Church had ...
Report highlights new ways to listen to poor
Listening and responding to the cries of the poor and the earth is central to the mission of the Church. That is the conclusion of the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service in welcoming the release of a major new international report.
Australian Catholic University senior lecturer in theology Dr Sandie Cornish coordinated one of ten study groups arising out of the XVI G...
Bishops statement an invitation to listen and to act
An invitation to listen and to act. Image: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
Australia’s Catholic bishops have urged courage and tenderness in addressing the nation’s cost-of-living crisis in their latest social justice statement, The Cost of our Living: Economic and Social Justice for the Common Good.
“Across Australia, many of our sisters and brothers are burdened by the rising c...
Church marks International Day of People with Disability
The Catholic Church in Australia is committed to upholding and protecting the dignity and wellbeing of all people with disabilities.
Child Poverty Report sounds alarm bells for Australia’s future
The Australia Institute’s report found people were overwhelmingly supportive of government measures to reduce child poverty, with four-in-five (81 per cent) agreeing that household income support payments should be set at a rate that did not cause any child in Australia to live in poverty.
St Joseph the Worker message urges action against sexual harassment
The message addresses the prevalence of sexual harassment in the workplace, mindful that the Catholic Church employs more than 220,000 people in Australia.
People of faith say ‘no’ to fossil fuels in global Week of Action
In support of the Laudato Si’ Movement Divestment Day of Action, a small prayer gathering was held at St Mary’s Cathedral on Thursday 9 March. Photo: Beryl Rahman.
Aussie Bishops lament family, domestic violence in annual justice statement
In releasing the 2022 Social Justice Statement, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said the teaching of Christ urges us to promote relationships marked by respect and freedom rather than coercion and control.
