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The theme for Laudato si’ Week 2022 is “Listening and Journeying Together”. Laudato Si’ Week is an opportunity to revisit and better incorporate the wisdom in Pope Francis’ encyclical on Care for Our Common Home. That encyclical was signed on 24 May 2015. Laudato Si’ Week is celebrated in Australia

Summary of AMPJP Council Meeting 10th May 2022   Travel Subsidy Proposal The Council approved payments to enable each MPJP to send at least two representatives to the AMPJP AGM-Forum 21-22 Aug 2022 in Brisbane. AMPJP Executive Officer will inform MPJPs of the payment process.   AMPJP Operational Plan 2022-2023

Alleluia – Christ lives and so do we Obviously, Easter dominated the past month. The series of public holidays distorted the pattern of work. More importantly, the Easter story of fidelity, struggle, death and resurrection refocused my view of the world. As the new Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Balvo, was

Media release from the Plenary Council: PEOPLE OF GOD INVITED TO SURROUND COUNCIL IN PRAYER Catholics across the country are being invited to participate in a new prayer pilgrimage as the Church journeys towards the second assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. The “Walking in the Spirit” pilgrimage

Catholic Theological College presents a series of online lectures:   Jesus Christ for me today: How can a man born 2,000 years ago have implications for me today?  What possible relevance can he have for my life? Rev Dr Phillip Gleeson SDB. Tuesday, 3 May, 7:00 pm–8:30 pm AEST –

AMPJP office will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday. The AMPJP prayers for an outpouring of Easter blessings: may your faith draw you to God in times of doubt and struggle may you find the grace to trust when all seems hopeless may you find God’s strength when

March 2022 was very busy. It reminded me of the skinks in my backyard. They dash here and there, getting out and about to make the most of this season. For them, there is a sense that life is about to get slower. I just see the AMPJP doing more

The AMPJP welcomes the Marist Association of St Marcellin Champagnat Ltd and Loreto Ministries Ltd as our first Associates. AMPJP offers a relationship category, called Associates, open to: groups within Australia who are actively working to establish a Ministerial Public Juridic Person (MPJP) or Associations of Christ’s Faithful (ACF) and

The AMPJP Formation Framework for Canonical Stewards says: Formation occurs when the person cooperates with the Holy Spirit in identifying and developing the values, relationships, skills and knowledge that will enable her/him to more fully become the person that God calls her/him to be. The Framework provides principles for addressing

Summary of AMPJP Council Meeting 21st March 2022 Presentation by Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd Michael Lavarch AO, Board Chair and Dr Ursula Stephens, CEO of Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd, gave a presentation to AMPJP Council and to MPJP safeguarding representatives. This presentation addressed the National Response Protocol, National Response Framework