January 2018
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SPECIAL REPORT: Mgr Tim Corcoran steps down but hopes to serve wherever he is needed
31 Jan 2018
After celebrating the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the Priesthood in June last year, Monsignor Tim Corcoran has last week officially stepped down as Parish Priest of Thornlie and retired from an administrative role in the Archdiocese of Perth.
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FAREWELL MONSIGNOR KEATING: Cathedral parishioners, Perth Catholics farewell much loved Dean
31 Jan 2018
Hundreds of parishioners of St Mary’s Cathedral and Catholics from across Perth have last weekend marked the end of an era with the retirement of Monsignor Michael Keating as Dean.
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Being ordained a priest involves a death to self, says Archbishop Costelloe
31 Jan 2018
The Benedictine community of New Norcia last weekend welcomed another member to the order of Priesthood with the priestly ordination of Father Robert Nixon OSB on Sunday 28 January.
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Vale Glynnis Grainger - A formidable journalist for whom kindness was never out of style
24 Jan 2018
Beloved Catholic and former The Record journalist Glynnis Grainger was last week remembered as a woman of great kindness and panache, bringing joy to people around her with her own inimitable sense of style and enormous generosity of heart.
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Firsthand experience encourages WA Senior Australian of the Year nominee to make a difference
24 Jan 2018
Having been involved with Daydawn Advocacy Centre for some 10 years, Dr Betsy Buchanan was among the four nominees for the 2018 Western Australia Senior Australian of the Year Award.
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Aboriginal Catholic Ministry founder remembered for open heart, giving without reservation
24 Jan 2018
Father Bryan Tiernan SAC will be remembered as a true priest, mentor and friend following his death on 24 December last year.
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“Our feet know the way and our hearts carry the light.”
17 Jan 2018
Sr Kathleen Laffan PBVM came to Perth at about 17 years of age after her school principal, a Presentation Sister, set the challenge of helping the congregation here following a tragedy which saw the death of three Sisters in a boating accident.
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Notre Dame confers Honorary Doctorate on Terence O’Connor AM QC
17 Jan 2018
The University of Notre Dame Australia has conferred a Doctor of Laws on Terence O’Connor AM QC, one of Western Australia’s most prominent members of the legal profession.
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True spirit of Christmas celebrated by Identitywa and Personal Advocacy Service
10 Jan 2018
There were plenty of smiles all around as the Identitywa and Personal Advocacy Service (PAS) communities continue their Christmas tradition every year, and this year was no different.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Archbishop Costelloe re-dedicates Cathedral and Archdiocese to Mary, our Mother
10 Jan 2018
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has last month re-dedicated St Mary’s Cathedral to Mary under her title of the Immaculate Conception.