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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

  Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd issues   The Council acknowledged that Members have passed by circular resolution detailing various changes to the constitution of Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd (ACSL).   The Council discussed the reasons why there was not unanimous support among Members for a circular resolution on endorsing the

The AMPJP’s Formation Committee meets every two months and one of the regular agenda items is to review the resource list that supports the AMPJP Canonical Stewards Formation Framework. The most recent review added four resources related to Catholic thought and context   AMPJP Formation documents:   AMPJP Formation Framework

October was fairly uneventful for AMPJP. There was certainly an AMPJP event. The MPJP Stewards gathering in Melbourne on 20 October 2022 was much appreciated by all participants. You can read more about this in a separate post. Other ongoing AMPJP projects continued to progress over October.   Patient Trust

AMPJP has agreed to host two consultation groups on the Document for the Continental Stage. It is expected that participants will only attend one of these groups. A summary of the points raised in this consultation will feed into the Continental Stage of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the

The third of the MPJP Stewards Wisdom Circles was held in Melbourne on 20 Oct 2022. These State-based Wisdom Circle 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. The gathering was held at