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In 2019, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Pope Benedict XV’s Apostolic Letter Maximum Illud, Pope Francis announced that October will be an Extraordinary Missionary Month. https://youtu.be/wi6VxvIU4mQ  The Theme For the Extraordinary Missionary Month, the Holy Father has chosen the theme ‘Baptized and Sent: The Church of Christ on a

The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement for 2019 – 2020, Making it Real: Genuine human encounter in our digital world, affirms the positive possibilities for encounter and solidarity offered by new digital media, while warning of those elements of our digital world that may be harmful. These include information

Two current Trustees of Ministerial PJPs and the Executive Officer of AMPJP are among a select group of people appointed to the Discernment and Writing Groups for the Plenary Council 2020. John Honner (Trustee with Edmund Rice Education Australia) and Carmel Ross (Trustee with MercyCare) applied for, and were selected

Emmaus Productions has a new website: https://emmausproductions.com It contains an expanded and upgraded library of online video prayers and meditations.                       See below for information and samples of some of our BRAND NEW and recent video series… “Poetic Reflections” Series – 

Not surprisingly most of my August was spent preparing for the AMPJP AGM and annual Canonical Stewards Forum. There was an AMPJP Council teleconference on Friday 02 August to sign off the annual financial report and deal with urgent business. Then I set to work on the myriad of administrative

Forty one Trustees/Canonical Stewards from across the eleven member Ministerial PJPs of the AMPJP gathered for a full day of input and discussion in Manly, NSW, on Monday 26 August 2019. AMPJP AGM and Forum Prayer 2019. The day began and concluded with prayer drawing on Scripture and Pope Francis

On Sunday 25 August 2019, the AMPJP held its Annual General Meeting in Manly, NSW. The 2019-2021 AMPJP Council is: Professor Peter Steane (representative of Catholic Healthcare) Julianna Drobik (representative of Dominican Education Australia) Moira Najdecki (representative of Good Samaritan Education) Rosemary Copeland (representative of Kildare Ministries) Jennifer Stratton (representative of

ACU’s Executive Education is pleased to offer a 2-day governance interactive seminar for PJP trustees, members, directors and senior executives. These seminars are also highly recommended for ministry executives of  hospitals, aged care, schools, and for those aspiring to know more about advanced governance implementation in the Catholic context. Seminars

The AMPJP welcomes Susan Pascoe’s appointment to the Steering Committee established by the Australian Catholic Bishop’s Conference and Catholic Religious Australia in consequence of the Kinmond Report in professional standards provision in the Church in Australia. Ms Pascoe was nominated for this position by the AMPJP because of her knowledge

End of financial year reports and tasks have occupied most of my time during July. I was also busy preparing additional reports for the AMPJP Council meeting that will take place on Friday 02 August 2019. My overwhelming feeling after all this report writing is that the AMPJP is active