Author: Lawrie Hallinan

Job Description The Organisation Dominican Education Australia (DEA) is a Ministerial PJP which has oversight of the six education ministries located in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney which were previously the responsibility of three Dominican Congregations. The Board of Trustees of DEA, in collaboration with each of the incorporated Ministry Boards,

As always, December seems to be a sprint to the finish. The AMPJP Council meet in mid-December which gave me a long “to-do list” for the last couple of weeks. Their decisions mean that I start the new year with key aspects of the March 2023 extended Council meeting sorted

The AMPJP office will be closed from 5.00pm on Friday 23 Dec 2022 and reopen at 9.00am on Monday 09 January 2023. Photo by Lawrie Hallinan

The AMPJP Council, upon recommendation from the AMPJP Formation Committee, has appointed Kerry Brettell as a formator member of the AMPJP Formation Committee. Kerry has extensive experience as an organisational consultant, leadership coach and facilitator. She is a Director of Ascotvale Consulting and previously, was a founding Co-Director of Integroe

Major discussion and decisions from the AMPJP Council meeting 13 Dec 2022   National Catholic Safeguarding Standards 2nd Edition The Council acknowledged the Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd (ACSL) adoption of the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards 2nd Edition (NCSS) as a Professional and Safeguarding Standard of the Catholic Church in Australia.

Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd (ACSL) has today formally launched the second edition of the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards (NCSS) covering adults at risk as well as children. ACSL has worked with the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC), Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) and the Association of Ministerial Public Juridic Persons (AMPJP)

November was a busy month with meetings of the AMPJP Council, CORMSAA and the AMPJP Formation Committee. As you can imagine, there is considerable work in preparing papers for meetings as well as the minutes and follow-up required in implementing the decisions of meetings. The month also involved travel to

On 29-30 Nov 2022, the AMPJP Executive Officer participated in the ACBC’s forum for its offices and agencies and for its key stakeholders from other parts of the Church.   Each group was asked to provide a two-page report on their major: Activities, Achievements and Challenges. These reports were circulated

The AMPJP conducted two online consultations to reflect upon the Synod on Synodality Document for the Continental Stage A summary of the points raised in this consultation was submitted to the National Centre for Pastoral Research to feed into the Continental Stage of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the

The final State-based MPJP Stewards Wisdom Circle for 2022 was held in Brisbane on 03 November 2022. These gatherings aim to build MPJP Stewards understanding of their role and build solidarity by sharing the faith and experience of current and former MPJP Stewards. A key element is a presentation from