Most Rev Timothy Costelloe SDB
Archbishop of Perth
Most Rev Donald Sproxton
Auxiliary Bishop of Perth
Chairman, LifeLink Executive
Welcome to my ‘2025 LifeLink Day for Catholic Schools’ initiative
Bishop Sproxton and I are looking forward to welcoming representatives from our Archdiocesan Schools to the Primary Schools Launch and the Secondary Schools Forum for the celebration of LifeLink Day 2025.
The first ever LifeLink Day was held in 1999 – a joint initiative of the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth (LifeLink) and Catholic Education WA(CEWA).
LifeLink Day is, and will remain, both an educational and fundraising initiative.
Through LifeLink Day, young people attending Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Perth are encouraged to learn more about the very real ‘need’ which exists in the community, and how our Church agencies, through LifeLink, respond to this need. Schools and students are actively encouraged to demonstrate their support and compassion for our brothers and sisters in need by undertaking or participating in special fundraising events.
At the heart 
of Catholic Education, is Catholic Faith.
Our Archdiocesan Catholic Schools have donated over $3 million to the social services of the Church as a direct result of LifeLink Day. Most importantly, we have inspired a generation of young people to recognise that when we reach out with love to our brothers and sisters in need, we are expressing faith in action, and truly seeing reflected the face of Jesus.
I wish to sincerely thank and acknowledge the enduring and valued support of Catholic Education WA (CEWA), our Archdiocesan School Principals and teaching staff who have helped build the culture of LifeLink Day through their genuine and enthusiastic support.
Perhaps most importantly, a HUGE thank you to all the students who have participated in special projects and activities, taken the time to discover and learn out the work of the Church’s social service agencies, and generously donated a gold coin each and every year to help someone in need.
Let’s continue to work together to help make a difference in people’s lives.
I am delighted to announce that our Archdiocesan schools raised almost $130,000 through LifeLink Day last year.
A truly remarkable outcome. Congratulations and thank you to all who gave so generously.
The annual launch date of LifeLink Day is traditionally the first Wednesday in June each year during the WA Week celebration and long weekend.
LifeLink Day 2025 which will therefore be officially launched on Wednesday 4 June 2025.
However, schools may choose to participate in LifeLink Day and conduct their special fundraising event at any time during the school year.
LifeLink Day provides a wonderful opportunity for students attending Catholic schools within the Archdiocese of Perth to join together to show their support for the Church’s social service agencies – agencies which on behalf of us all, reach out to provide practical care and direct assistance to thousands of people in need each year.
Many thousands of Western Australian families and individuals each year depend on our LifeLink agencies being there for them at their time of need.
On LifeLink Day, I am asking YOU and everyone at YOUR SCHOOL to help continue a ‘mission of care’ to our brothers and sisters in need who reach out to us for help.
Please, choose to be there for them in their time of need.
Our fundraising goal for this year is to raise a minimum of $120,000.
I wish you all every success and hope you enjoy participating in LifeLink Day 2025.
Yours in Christ,
Most Rev Timothy Costelloe SDB
Catholic Archbishop of Perth
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ● SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ● SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
2025 LifeLink Day for Primary Schools Special Prize & Award
I am delighted to announce a very Special Prize & Award will be presented to just one (1) primary school which Bishop Sproxton and I will select as having best achieved the goals of LifeLink Day this year.
THE PRIZE:
Bishop Sproxton and I will personally visit the winning school (together with a few other special guests) to present the award during November 2025… before the end of the school year.
The date will be discussed and confirmed with the winning school after the October 2025 deadline closes – see notes below.
THE AWARD:
We will present the winning school with a magnificent ‘Spirit Award’ to be displayed proudly for visitors, teachers, parents and students at your school.
The newly designed award will acknowledge the school’s tremendous support for the educational and fundraising goals of LifeLink Day.
This will become an annual award from this year onwards.
JUDGING CRITERIA:
- The School which best establishes a prominent ‘Jubilee Gallery’ that engages with the whole school community.
- What inclusions the school made and how they were presented within the Jubilee Gallery.
- How did your school share information about the work of our LifeLink agencies (and how the Church responds to people in need) with the whole of school community – teachers, students, parents.
- What special fundraising event did your school develop for LifeLink Day 2025.
– Provide photos, videos and information.
The Case for Support
We want you to tell us why your school should be the recipient of the Archbishop’s and Bishop’s Award for 2025?
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Applications for inclusion in the Archbishop’s and Bishop’s Prize & Award
must be received by the LifeLink Office by no later than 1 October 2025. - The Spirit Award will be presented to any Archdiocesan school irrespective of location. Regional schools will not be disadvantaged as a result of distance.
- The Spirit Award will not focus on how much money was raised by an individual school although consideration of each school’s fundraising efforts, student numbers, amount raised, and the school’s geographical location will be considered.
2025 LifeLink Day – Archbishop’s Special Project for Primary Schools
For LifeLink Day each year, the Archbishop invites primary schools and students to participate in a special project, one which builds greater understanding about the work of the LifeLink agencies and how the Church responds to our brothers and sisters in need in the community.
This year’s special activity for primary school students was developed in conjunction with Catholic Education WA (CEWA). We hope it provides a wonderful opportunity for primary school students to work together…
… to learn more about the amazing work of our Church welfare agencies,
… to acknowledge there are people in real need in our communities and how we can all help,
… to use their creative skills and talents to establish a whole of school ‘Jubilee Gallery’,
… to plan a fundraising activity to help support the work of LifeLink.
The LifeLink Day activity this year celebrates ‘The Year of Jubilee’ and responds to the Church’s call to Catholics around the world to be Pilgrims of Hope – to discover hope in the signs of the times that the Lord gives us.
We need to recognise and celebrate the immense goodness present in our world.
2025 LifeLink Day – Reflection Task
Students to reflect on the Year of Jubilee Logo, and how they bring hope to the world.
What do we notice?
2025 LifeLink Day – Special Activities
1.
Teachers are requested to assist students to research the LifeLink agencies which bring hope to the people of the Archdiocese today.
Information and images can be found here.
2.
Schools are requested to create a special LifeLink Day “Jubilee Gallery” to be established somewhere prominent in each school.
3.
Based on their personal research of one LifeLink agency, student’s are requested to create an artwork that expresses how this one LifeLink agency brings hope to our brothers and sisters in need.
4.
Students are invited to paint portraits of themselves as “Pilgrims of Hope” and to add these to their school’s Jubilee Gallery as a sign of their commitment to bring hope to others.
5.
Schools are requested to plan a special fundraising activity for LifeLink Day. Your collective generosity will bring hope to others through your support of our church agencies.
Note: Parents might be invited to offer a gold coin donation in exchange for their child’s “Pilgrim of Hope” Portrait as part of your school’s fundraising for LifeLink Day.
6.
In this Year of Jubilee, as we recognise signs and pilgrims of hope in our world, we are asked to remember and give thanks.
Teachers to encourage students to foster a spirit of gratitude, thanking God for the hope found in creation; and thanking those individuals and groups who bring hope to our world.
ACTIVITY:
Students to write prayers of gratitude for individual LifeLink agencies that can be sent to the staff and volunteers of each agency.
OR
ACTIVITY:
Students write a message of hope for someone in need who receives help from a LifeLink agency.
2025 LifeLink Day – School Resources
Click to access each of the resource listed.
LifeLink Day School Posters – Personalised with each school’s name
LifeLink, LifeLink Day and ‘Year of Jubilee’ Logos
LifeLink Agencies – Information and Contact Details
LifeLink Agencies – Photos
LifeLink Day Activity – Information for Principals and Teachers
