In celebrating the ordination of five men to the priesthood, Perth Salesian Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said the Lord is asking them to let go of everything holding them back from giving themselves fully and finally to God; to surrender themselves to God and allow God to remake them, to reshape them, into something, or rather someone, new.

Perth man Sheldon Burke has last month commenced the last part of his journey to the priesthood, following his ordination to the Diaconate at Thornlie Parish Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Saturday 10 December by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB.

Here is a collection of notable quotes from Pope Benedict XVI from homilies, documents, messages and speeches from 2005 to 2013, the years he served as pope. They are grouped according to subject.

The Hobart Archdiocese has last week celebrated the ordination to the diaconate of Perth born Br John Joseph LEB from the Little Eucharistic Brothers of Divine Will.
His day of ordination belonged to the Church, the newly ordained deacon emphasised in his address after Mass, thanking the many who had been involved in his journey from its very beginning in Perth, Western Australia.

The doors of St Charles Seminary were opened in 1942, following the purchase of block of land known as Garden Hill in Guildford.

The Seminary has this month celebrated it’s 80th anniversary, with past and present students, rectors, and special guests coming together to mark the occasion.

29-year-old Nathan Barrie has been ordained a Deacon at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Bunbury with a Mass celebrated by Bishop Gerard Holohan and clergy from both the Bunbury Diocese and Archdiocese of Perth.

In celebration of Good Shepherd Sunday on 8 May, also known as Vocations Sunday, Archdiocesan Vocations Director, Fr Israel Quirit, says it doesn’t matter how many times we have missed intersections or made some wrong turns, God adapts to our mistakes, changing our routes and encouraging us to “make a U-turn if necessary and when safe to do so” in order to get back on track again.

“Let us never forget that God does not act in the daily lives of people through shocking acts, but in a silent, discreet, simple way, so as to manifest himself through people who become a sacrament of his presence. And you are a sacrament of God’s presence,” – Pope Francis

Together with three other priests, Italian missionary priest Fr Lucus Perozzi have hosted some 30 people in the parish of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, moved by the many examples of hope that he has witnessed since the start of the conflict.

Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has recalled the phone call he received in December 2001 to appoint him as a Bishop. The then Mirrabooka Parish Priest had just returned home when he took the call from Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Francesco Canalini.

“I remember the Nuncio saying to me, ‘I can understand you would be surprised and perhaps a little fearful, as we [fellow bishops] all have been ourselves.

“’The Lord will help you and give you what you need,’ were his exact words.”