Author: Lawrie Hallinan

ACU’s Executive Education is pleased to offer a 2-day governance interactive seminar for PJP trustees, members, directors and senior executives. These seminars are also highly recommended for ministry executives of  hospitals, aged care, schools, and for those aspiring to know more about advanced governance implementation in the Catholic context. Seminars

The AMPJP welcomes Susan Pascoe’s appointment to the Steering Committee established by the Australian Catholic Bishop’s Conference and Catholic Religious Australia in consequence of the Kinmond Report in professional standards provision in the Church in Australia. Ms Pascoe was nominated for this position by the AMPJP because of her knowledge

End of financial year reports and tasks have occupied most of my time during July. I was also busy preparing additional reports for the AMPJP Council meeting that will take place on Friday 02 August 2019. My overwhelming feeling after all this report writing is that the AMPJP is active

Leadership for Mission is a two-year, part-time program structured across four residential sessions and supported through an online learning management system. The sponsored program is open to Catholic women aged 25-35 with diverse personal and professional experiences from across Australia. Designed by and for women inspired by the Gospel, this

In May 2019, the AMPJP committed to building relationships and exploring its options to progress reconciliation with Australia’s First Nations.   A Morrison Government proposal to recognise Australia’s First Peoples in the constitution has been broadly welcomed by key Church organisations. In a National Press Club address on Wednesday, Minister

Francis Sullivan has been appointed by Mercy Partners as Foundational Executive Chair of the One Mater Project and will oversee the implementation of a single Board of Governance to unify all Mater hospitals and health services across Queensland. Mercy Partners is the Public Juridic Person, a canonical body which is

Position Vacant – Plenary Council Discernment and Writing Group Chairs and Members The Bishops Commission for the Plenary Council is seeking people who are willing to be key partners and leaders in the process of discernment as the Church in Australia continues preparing for the Plenary Council in October 2020.

The ordinariness of my June activities was overshadowed by the joyous news that the AMPJP Council has unanimously agreed to accept Sophia Education Ministries as our eleventh member. Most of my June was spent in preparing for our end of financial year audit. I was also busy working with some

On 1st July 2019, the AMPJP welcomes its newest member Sophia Education Ministries. Sophia Education Ministries was established to steward the schools previously under the care of the Sisters of The Society of the Sacred Heart Australia New Zealand: Kincoppal-Rose Bay, Sydney Sacre Coeur, Melbourne Stuartholme School, Brisbane The six

NAIDOC Week begins with the Church celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday (07 July 2019). The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council has produced an excellent resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday message