AMPJP Executive Officer’s report on May 2023
The number of posts over the month attest to this productive phase in the life of the AMPJP.
The Council meeting on 09 May 2023 had a full agenda. The Council meetings in May are always significant as they include the annual review of risks and the consideration of an annual plan and budget for the next financial year. The Council also approved some of the work of the AMPJP Formation Committee and appointed a new member to CORMSAA.
During Laudato si’ week, the Council published its commitment to implement Laudato si’ via a plan with the Laudato si’ Action Platform. This announcement is the start of a long-term action.
Away from work, I recently had the opportunity to visit a coastal sculpture exhibition in Newcastle and was very taken with a sculpture of a breaching whale made out of a tree trunk. It amazed me that a seemingly dead tree trunk could so realistically represent a huge mammal full of life. My awe continued as several whales were frolicking off the coast.
Creation is of the order of love.
God’s love is the fundamental moving force in all created things: “For you love all things that exist, and detest none of the things that you have made; for you would not have made anything if you had hated it” (Wis 11:24).
Every creature is thus the object of the Father’s tenderness, who gives it its place in the world.
Even the fleeting life of the least of beings is the object of his love, and in its few seconds of existence, God enfolds it with his affection.
Saint Basil the Great described the Creator as “goodness without measure”, while Dante Alighieri spoke of “the love which moves the sun and the stars”.
Laudato si #77
New website content:
New content on News page:
- NATSICC supports a Voice to Parliament (posted 31 May 2023)
- Regional gatherings of MPJP Canonical Stewards (posted 24 May 2023)
- AMPJP commits to Laudato si (posted 24 May 2023)
- Mary Retel appointed to CORMSAA (posted 13 May 2023)
- AMPJP Council meeting 09 May 2023 (posted 13 May 2023)
New content on About MPJPs page:
- Added updated MPJP Canonical Stewards formation resources list (posted 15 May 2023)
- Introductory materials for new MPJP Canonical Stewards – 19 May 2023
New on the Events page:
- The Synodal Journey Webinars, 02 June, 09 June, 16 June and 23 June 2023
- Online gathering for new MPJP Canonical Stewards, 12 July 2023
Photos by Lawrie Hallinan
