Author: Lawrie Hallinan

In this year’s Bishop Manning Lecture (Presented by CCER), author, academic and Vicar General from the Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn, Father Anthony Percy talks to us about: ‘The Catholic Community in the 21st Century: Where have we been? Where are we now? Where are we going? Who’s going with us?’ (Audio

Rarely have so many wise, experienced and talented church governance practitioners gathered as did on the weekend of 2-3 March 2019. The Principles and Practice for Church Governance workshop was organised by the University of Divinity: Yarra Theological Union.         Below are links to the papers and

The AMPJP joins with the rest of the Australian Church in mourning the passing of Deacon Boniface Perdjert. Please visit the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council tribute site The Australian Catholic Bishops Conferencce (ACBC) media release below speaks of the depth, humility and generosity of his giving

A new Catholic Health Australia report launched this week is highlighting the extensive and excellent work Catholic health providers are undertaking in the palliative care space. The aim of this report is to contribute to the quality and quantity of information that palliative care organisations, including CHA, policy-makers and decision-makers,

This International Women’s Day (8th of March), Voices of Faith, a women’s group for gender equity within the Church is calling men and women to support their new campaign called “Overcoming the Silence“. The campaign encourages people to write short messages to Church leaders explaining why women should be represented alongside

Pope Francis’ Lenten challenge is that we: rediscover the joy of God’s plan for creation and for each of us, which is to love him, our brothers and sisters, and the entire world, and to find in this love our true happiness. Click here to read his entire Lenten message

February started with an AMPJP Council meeting in Melbourne. It was great to have almost all Member Representatives present and to have as our guest Peter Pritchard from Sophia Education Ministries. During the month there were two AMPJP discernment sessions to develop our submission to the Plenary Council 2020 –

For most Australians “Mardi Gras” means Sydney’s gay and lesbian parade. Some Catholics might complain about our pre-Lenten Mardi Gras feast time having being takenover by the LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex) communities. I am thinking that there might be a timely message in looking at the term Mardi

                  On 14 February 2019, Prime Minister Morrison reported on the failure of the Closing the Gap Strategy to deliver Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the equality promised them in 2007. The Australian Government’s Closing The Gap Report 2019 states that

Images of old men gathering at the Vatican would give the world the false impression that women are totally excluded from governance in the Catholic Church. A contrasting picture arises from the governance of a group of Australian Church corporate entities where women are equal participants.