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2017

  • 2017 Christmas Message

    7 December 2017
    After four weeks of Advent, preparing to greet the joyful season of Christmas, we now turn our attention to welcoming the birth of Jesus, Son of God and Son of Mary.

  • 2017 Easter Message

    12 April 2017
    When Jesus was executed in the most brutal fashion on the first Good Friday his followers, and especially his closest disciples, must have experienced a sense of shocking disillusionment, despair and shame.

  • 2017 Lenten Pastoral Message

    08 March 2017
    As we enter into the season of Lent this year, we do so immediately after the conclusion of the final hearing into the Catholic Church of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual abuse . . .

  • Pastoral Letter - Final Hearings into Catholic Church of Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse

    31 January 2017
    Pastoral Letter of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB regarding the Final Hearings into the Catholic Church by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

  • Catholic leader laments brutality of our society

     21 January 2017
    Archbishop Timothy Costelloe told The Weekend West there was a rawness and brutality in today’s society that was leading to the elderly being bashed in their homes and young men killed by a single punch on a night out.

  • Pastoral Letter - International Day of People with Disability 2017

    30 November 2017
    Pastoral Letter of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB regarding the International Day of People with Disability 2017

  • Pastoral Letter - Mental Health Week 2017

    28 September 2017
    Pastoral Letter of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB regarding Mental Health Week 2017

  • Important Correction

    23 September 2017
    We submit that the headline in Saturday’s edition of The West Australian Newspaper dated 23 September 2017  on page 7, was  potentially misleading in reporting Archbishop Costelloe's comments on religious freedom .

  • Statement from Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB

    21 August 2017
    As Chair of the Australian Catholic Bishops Commission for Education, I made the following statement on Friday in response to a request from Fairfax Media for comment on issues in relation to the same-sex marriage debate as it may impact on Catholic schools. 

  • Media Statement on Catholic School Ethos

    18 August 2017
    Catholic schools are committed to being welcoming and inclusive communities for students, families and staff. They are operated under the auspices of the Catholic Church in Australia and seek to provide a quality education within the context of the Catholic faith. 

  • Interview with 6PR Radio (Same Sex Marriage)

    18 August 2017
    Archbishop Timothy Costelloe spoke to 6PR Radio’s Gareth Parker on Friday 18 August about his Pastoral Letter regarding Same-Sex Marriage

  • Pastoral Letter - Same-Sex Marriage

    17 August 2017
    Pastoral Letter of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB regarding Same-Sex Marriage

  • Same Sex Marriage Comments

    14 August 2017
    The Catholic community, like all other groups in society, has a right, through its formal channels, to express its views on contentious issues and to propose, though not impose, what it considers the best way forward. 

  • Same Sex Marriage Debate

    10 August 2017
    Discussion about the issue of "same-sex" marriage is intensifying following the decision to conduct a postal plebiscite on this matter. In my role as Catholic Archbishop of Perth, I wish to emphasise that the Church's formal position, based on its long-standing tradition, is grounded in a number of fundamental principles.