Supporting people with disabilities to take an active role in Church life is a focal point for Personal Advocacy Service (PAS), and a monthly Adapted Liturgy Mass held at Morley Parish is helping to boost this.

It has been an extraordinary 60 years for Father Don Hughes OMI who recently celebrated his sixtieth anniversary of ordination on 15 September 2017. And, at 85 years of age, he is still proving to be a great witness to Christ and the priesthood.

In addition to being the ‘father’ of three monotheistic faiths – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – Abraham is also a model of the welcoming behaviour that we should show to others, including strangers and outsiders.

Australians are called to work for an economy that is based on principles of justice and equity – one that is at the service of all, particularly the most vulnerable and marginalised.

The Archdiocese of Perth has just appointed Deacon Gregory Lowe as the new Director of the West Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (WACMRO) here in Perth.

The 2017 Child Protection Breakfast organised by the Archdiocese of Perth was recently held on 5 September at the Duxton Hotel and saw some 200 patrons including dignitaries, schools and lay people attend the event.

Pope Francis’ teachings on love in his exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, are guided by his wider focus on mercy and compassion, but reinforce the pivotal role of marriage and family in the Catholic Church, Irish theologian Professor Eamonn Conway told attendees at a recent lecture.

The University of Notre Dame Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Gervase Chaney as the new Dean of the School of Medicine on its Fremantle Campus.

Archdiocese of Perth publications The eRecord and The Record Magazine have last weekend been awarded the 2017 Gutenberg Award at the Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) Annual Conference and Awards Night.

It was a momentous day for all past, present and future students, teachers and alumni to revel in the 50 year anniversary celebration of Our Lady’s Assumption (OLA) School Dianella last week on 17 August.

Parishioners from Cloverdale Parish came together recently to celebrate the centenary of Our Lady’s apparition in Fatima with special guest Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe SBD.

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week said the Catholic Church, through its official teaching, cannot support proposals for the changing of the legal definition of marriage to include same sex couples.

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Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe invites nearly 150 married couples to let the message of Christ completely fill our lives.

Carrying the cross with dignity and courage in living and suffering for others was the focus of Auxiliary and Patriarchal Vicar for Israel and Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Bishop Giancinto-Boulos Marcuzzo, last week.

Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has last weekend Sunday 13 August led more than 50 people during a Holy Hour for Vocations at St Mary’s Cathedral.

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has last week blessed and opened the new offices of Identitywa.

Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) can provide married couples with a great source of inspiration and practical advice, according to Catholic Marriage and Fertility Services Director, Derek Boylen.

Following the success of its inauguration last year, the 2017 Child Protection Week Breakfast will take place this year on Tuesday 5 September at the Duxton Hotel.

The way in which we become the presence of God through the care we offer people was the focus of Auxiliary Bishop of Perth Don Sproxton at the blessing of the new state of art Comfort Care Centre at Catholic Homes’ Castledare Village this week.

A new Retreat Centre in Byford run by the Vincentian Congregation will be a place where many different people can spend time ‘with their eyes fixed on Jesus’, said Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, at a Mass to open and bless the new buildings.

A new post abortion grief counselling service has commenced in the Archdiocese of Perth, with the initiative coming directly from Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB.

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has last weekend told Scarborough parishioners to look to Jesus, listen to his words, treasure them in their hearts and put them into practice.

A little more than one year on from the launch of what is the biggest renewal for the Archdiocese of Perth in many years, a stream of results are coming to the surface.

Visiting theologian Professor Anthony Kelly brought new perspective to Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si, at a seminar earlier this week.

Growing up in Perth’s western suburbs in the 1950s and 60s, becoming a priest seemed like any other career path, according to Father Vincent Conroy.

After being diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome some 30 years ago, Fr Ted Miller has gone through great struggles to overcome the medical condition.

The Archdiocese of Perth marked the end of NAIDOC Week celebrations with a Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral which drew on aspects of Aboriginal culture to highlight the contribution of Indigenous communities to the Catholic Church in Australia.

We are all called to discern the hand of God at work in the mission and ministries of the Archdiocese, the Most Reverend Donald Sproxton VG, Auxiliary Bishop of Perth said at the 2017 Annual Archdiocesan Agencies Commissioning Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral last week on 7 July.

Catholic Education Western Australia’s (CEWA) own Director, Religious Education Dr Debra Sayce has last week been named as a member of a new Executive Committee to ensure the successful preparation, celebration and implementation of the 2020 Plenary Council.

Excitement was in the air as Western Australia’s Veritas Catholic Youth Festival, 2017 kicked off on 30 June and finished on 2 July. 

Eleven students studying a Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing) attended a graduation event to celebrate their fantastic achievement on Friday 23 June at Centacare’s head office in West Perth.