AMPJP Executive Officer’s report on January 2022
I returned from my Christmas-New Year break on 10 January 2022.
Most of the month was spent preparing for meetings in early February 2022. CORMSAA, the AMPJP Formation Committee and the AMPJP Council all needed meeting papers prepared. I find that meeting papers are helpful in reminding me of commitments made in previous meetings and in the annual plan. This was particularly the case in preparing the AMPJP Council’s half yearly progress report on implementation of the AMPJP Strategic Plan and the half yearly policy compliance report.
Being a part-time worker I am also able to make the most of summer with swimming, cycling and walking at Newcastle beaches.
At the Beginning of the Day
O God,
I find myself at the beginning of another day.
I do not know what it will bring.
Please help me to be ready for whatever it may be.
If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely.
If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly.
If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently.
If I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly.
I pray just for today, for these twenty-four hours,
for the ability to cooperate with others according to the way Jesus taught us to live.
“Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
May these words that he taught us become more than words.
Please free my thinking and feelings and the thinking and feelings of others,
from all forms of self-will, self-centeredness, dishonesty, and deception.
Along with my brothers and sisters,
I need this freedom to make my choices today according to your desires.
Send your Spirit to inspire me in time of doubt and indecision so that, together, we can walk along your path.
– J. Veltri, S.J. (from: www.xavier.edu)
New website content:
New content on About MPJPs page:
- added Mercy Ministry Companions to the list of MPJPs operating in Australia (posted on 19 Jan 2022)
New content on Events page:
- National Catholic Education Conference (details updated on 28 Jan 2022)
New content on News page:
- Very Rev Peter Williams AM (posted on 29 Jan 2022)
- Sr Anne Hetherington rsm OAM (posted 27 Jan 2022)
- NATSICC Statement for Australia Day (posted on 27 Jan 2022)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander spirituality (posted on 19 Jan 2022)
Featured image courtesy of: Lawrie Hallinan
