Author: Lawrie Hallinan

The few posts on the AMPJP website, shouldn’t be taken to mean that I have not been busy over April. I had in-person meetings with: John Mooney, Director of Formation and Mission at Sophia Education Ministries, Jane Comensoli, CEO Good Samaritan Education, and with Marita Winters and Chris Raeside from

St John Chrysostom Hell took a body, and discovered God. It took earth, and encountered Heaven. It took what it saw, and was overcome by what it could not see. O death, where is your sting? O Hell, where is your victory? Christ is Risen, and you, O death, are

March 2023 was a meeting marathon at AMPJP. The month started with a videoconference meeting of MPJP Executive Officers. Eight people attended out of a possible total of 12. Each person shared their current issues and there was much mutual support and sharing of resources. There were then face-to-face extended

Philomena Billington’s contribution is hailed ahead of the conclusion of her three-year term as Committee of Religious Institute and Ministerial PJP School Authorities Australia (CORMSAA) Chair and Educationalist member of CORMSAA on 07 June 2023. Moira Najdecki, AMPJP Council Chair said:  Phil’s leadership as inaugural CORMSAA Chair has enabled this new Committee

What are Catholics to think about the proposed referendum on the Voice to Parliament? During the first year of his pontificate, Pope Francis in his Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium said: “An authentic faith – which is never comfortable or completely personal – always involves a deep desire to change the

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference today launched a new document to highlight Christianity’s unique relationship with Judaism and the celebrate the positive relationship the two faiths enjoy in Australia. Walking Together: Catholics and Jews in the Australian Context comes 30 years after the Bishops Conference published a set of guidelines

The AMPJP’s Canonical Stewards Formation Committee was established in 2021 and held its first face-to-face meeting on 16 March 2023. The Committee meets five times a year mainly via videoconference. The Committee’s budget allows for one face-to-face meeting each year but COVID outbreaks have previously prevented these gatherings. Committee members

Each AMPJP Councilor brought a fellow Canonical Steward from their MPJP to an extended AMPJP Council Meeting on 15th March 2023 at Mary MacKillop Place, Nth Sydney. This meeting takes place every year as an opportunity for the Council and others to discuss AMPJP issues in greater depth and within

On Tuesday 14 March 2023, some of the members of the CRA Council met with the AMPJP Council and with representatives of MPJPs at Mary MacKillop Place, North Sydney. The AMPJP Council later agreed that the meeting and the dinner with members of the CRA Council was very positive. Comments

Summary of the Meeting of the Committee of Religious Institute and Ministerial PJP School Authorities Australia (CORMSAA), Thursday 09th March 2023 at ACU, North Sydney CORMSAA Members Paul Ould (Vic), Marea Nicholson AM (Educationalist), Brigette Sipa rsj (SA), Phil Billington (Educationalist and Chair), Dale Morrow (QLD) Frank Malloy (NSW)   Changes