Co-ordinated and led by the Vocations Office, the Reflection Day brought together clergy, religious sisters, Vocations Office staff and Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM) youth leaders to guide students through engaging discussions, interactive games, and personal testimonies.

Archbishop Costelloe with Episcopal Vicar for Clergy, the Very Rev Fr Minh-Thuy Nguyen, St Charles Seminary Rector Fr Francis Nguyen and Vice-Rector Fr Joseph Laundy, Applecross Parish Priest Fr Nelson Po and Yangebup Assistant Priest Fr Nicholas Diedler and Jhee. Photo: Supplied. By Matthew Purt Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this month formally accepted St Charles seminaria...

Fr Joseph Laundy being interviewed by Le-An Duong on his vocation journey into priesthood at Mater Dei College. Photo: Supplied. On Friday, 14 March 2024, the Perth Vocations Office hosted a Vocations Conversations session at Mater Dei College. Led by Perth Vocations Director, Fr Joseph Laundy, and Dr Debra Sayce, Head of Mission Enhancement and Outreach – Archdiocesan Agencies, the even...

Seminarians and clergy gathered for lunch with Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe and Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, Sunday 23 February at Cathedral House. Photo: Vocations Office. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has last week reinforced to seminarians from St Charles and Redemptoris Mater his message that with Christ as our focus, they are called to be men of communion and men who f...

Perth seminarians and aspirants have this month come together for fellowship to wrap up the 2024 year.

Over the course of the weekend, seven men were immersed in the life of the Seminary community, joining the seminarians in prayer, shared meals, and listening to a few speakers who explored a plurality of different ideas.

Recalling the inauguration of Redemptoris Mater Perth, Rector Fr Michael Moore said today all of us, filled with wonder and awe, reap and enjoy the fruits of a small seed sown, in one of the most isolated cities of the world, on the night of 15 August 1994.

As newly appointed Director of Vocations, Fr Joseph Laundy, and Redemptoris Mater Seminary Vice-Rector, Fr Josue Quej Moran step into their new roles, both leaders are committed to nurturing and supporting those called to serve.

The event, which was the finale of the week’s activities, saw 48 enthusiastic participants forming six teams.

Officially inaugurated on the Feast of the Assumption on the 15 August 1994, the now Archbishop Emeritus Hickey said at the time the Church of Perth was welcoming the appeal of the Holy Father on the eve of the third millennium for the new evangelisation.