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Over the past year, AMPJP has continued to bring together the collective effort of Ministerial PJPs to our shared interests: formation, the theology of lay leadership, the governance of Catholic schools, safeguarding and overseeing the implementation of the Plenary Council. This flurry of new publications and other activities of AMPJP this

Many new resources for MPJPs These resources are the fruit of AMPJP’s participation in the innovative Inclusive Governance in a Synodal Church Project. They include country studies of MPJPs, the overall report on MPJPs and case studies of individual MPJPs including our own Good Samaritan Education. These are accompanied by

AMPJP August 2025 Forum – Three New Research Reports Launched! As the Forum was designed to link to the Australian Catholic Education Conference, it was held at the Benson Hotel in Cairns. This summary, drawn from the work of Mark Buhagiar and Moira Najdeski (left), details the many contributions on

The first encyclical of a pope is often seen as a manifesto, outlining their core vision and priorities for their pontificate.  It serves as an initial statement of their papal teachings and intentions, setting the tone for their papacy and guiding the faithful. Pope Leo XIV is currently writing that

Three huge Catholic formation events in just one month! I was fortunate to attend a NAIDOC Week celebration which was also the first public event of the new formation.org.au. This organisation is an association for those involved in leading formation in every sector of the Church. The Director, Lana Turvey-Collins

Wisdom Circles The Wisdom Circles have continued in May and June with 51 attending, up just one from last year but maintaining high numbers compared with 27 in 2023.  I greatly enjoyed the unique atmosphere of each group, with the online participants pleasant and considered, those in Brisbane lively and

I don’t need to tell you it has been a huge month for the Catholic Church! Pope Francis The death of Pope Francis was a great sadness, though not unexpected after a serious illness. I was fortunate to coincidentally be in Rome and was able to attend his funeral. The

This month’s newsletter is dedicated to Pope Francis, who of course is seriously ill in hospital in Rome.  Having had the privilege of meeting him a few times, I can say that his personal warmth is the greatest and most appealing of any public figure with whom I have been

As  religious  nuns  and  brothers  are of course lay  people,  the  key  changes  Pope  Francis  is  making  to  their  governance roles  open  up  new  opportunities  for  all  the  laity. In  a  ground-breaking  decision,  Pope  Francis  has  appointed  a  woman  for  the  first  time  as  prefect  of  a  Vatican  dicastery.  On