A Celebration of Connection and Growth

St Patrick's Centre, Melbourne Level 5, 486 Albert St, East Melbourne, VIC

Dear Catholic Organisations, We warmly invite you to the final Catholic Connect event of 2024, a special gathering to celebrate the networks, connections, and valuable learnings from our year together. Throughout 2024, we have had more than 180 guests join us at Catholic Connect, representing 30 organisations, a testament to your

Free

Beyond Tradition: Envisioning the Role of the Catholic Church in a Changing World

ACU Canberra

You are invited to a transformative event, Beyond Tradition: Envisioning the Role of the Catholic Church in a Changing World. In today’s rapidly evolving global landscape, the Catholic Church faces both the challenge and opportunity of rethinking its mission—balancing tradition with the call for greater inclusivity and cultural diversity. Join

$10 – $20

Professional Development for Formators – Checking your Understanding

Cardinal Knox Centre 383 Albert Street,, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Catholic Social Services Victoria is hosting a Formation Day for all Formators led by Checking for Understanding It’s often challenging to find formation programs that provide opportunities for mission leaders and others who facilitate group learning to develop their own skills. People come to roles in formation for mission from

$190

Divine Renovation Open House: New Plymouth

Catholic Parish of New Plymouth 106 Powderham Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand

As a priest or active parishioner, we know you want to see your parish come alive. But the problem is, without seeing the example of other parishes doing things differently, it's difficult to see what's possible. Does the thought of parish renewal make you feel overwhelmed or doubtful whether you could

$85

War and Response to need in Lebanon

Online

Dear members and friends, This year we will have two special guests with us for our ACI AGM, International YCS leader, Roy Ibrahim, who is originally from Lebanon, and Fares Azar, a current leader of the Lebanese YCS. They will share with us the experiences of the Lebanese people in

Free

Closing Loopholes: A review of key legislative changes impacting your workplace 

Online

Join us for a webinar on – an end-of-year roundup of critical updates to employment law. CER’s expert lawyers, Martin Dunne and Devina Ramchurn, will guide you through changes that employers need to be aware of as the year comes to a close. Key topics include: Delegate Rights: Understand the new entitlements and protections

Free – $120

Digital Technology in the NFP sector – 2024 Report Launch

Online

The largest sector technology report is here! Don’t miss our webinar featuring Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Sue Woodward (ACNC), David Crosbie (CCA), Doug Taylor (The Smith Family),  Beth Worrall (National AI Centre), Sophie Souchon (Digital Transformation Hub), and David Spriggs (Infoxchange) on a panel on 28 November 2024. With 765 NFPs participating

Free

Cardijn’s The Young Worker Faces Life

Online

Friends, For our final ACI webinar this year, Mark Ager and Joe Catania will recall Cardijn’s iconic lecture series, The Young Worker Faces Life, which he delivered 75 years ago in 1949. From 1931 until 1957, Cardijn presented an annual series of lectures to Belgian YCW leaders at a summer

Free

Boundary Breaking – reactions to child sexual abuse crisis

Online

Hear our colleague Associate Professor Marcus Pound from Durham University Centre for Catholic Studies present a webinar: Boundary Breaking - the crisis of child sexual abuse in the Catholic community in England and Wales. Associate Professor Marcus Pound will share his insights from a project that broke new ground, with

Free

Jubilee Year 2025 starts – Opening the Holy Door of St Peter’s

St Peter's Basilica, Rome

Many dioceses and travel companies have pilgrimages for the Jubilee year.  Search for Jubilee pilgrimages online. “Jubilee” is the name given to a particular year; the name comes from the instrument used to mark its launch. In this case, the instrument in question is the yobel, the ram's horn, used

Aggiornamento Series of short courses

Online

Small bites of theological conversation for people with questions The word aggiornamento is Italian for "updating" and came to prominence as one of the aims for the Church of the Second Vatican Council. The Aggiornamento Series consists of 2-3-hour, individual, online modules that can be offered in bespoke combinations as

$30

Sisters of St Joseph Retreats 2025

St Joseph's Spirituality and Education Centre 8 Humphreys Road, Kincumber South, NSW, Australia

Live-in Retreats These are held at beautiful centres all around Australia Mary MacKillop Place North Sydney NSW St Joseph’s Baulkham Hills Baulkham Hills NSW Villa Maria Spirituality Centre Brisbane QLD Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre East Melbourne VIC St Joseph’s Spirituality and Education Centre Kincumber South NSW Kilmolee Safety Bay WA

$800

Fr Hans Zollner SJ Speaking Tour, Australia and New Zealand February 2025

We are delighted to be co-hosting Fr Hans Zollner SJ for his Australia and New Zealand speaking tour in February 2025. An initial schedule of events is now available. Events will be ticketed to ensure that capacity is managed, with further details to come. Check with each host for further

Carmelite Retreats 2025

Mt Carmel Retreat Centre Varroville NSW 247 St Andrews Road,, Varroville, NSW, Australia

Sr Serafina Castro Carmelite Retreat Coordinator Sr Serafina Castro is a Carmelite Sister. She made her religious profession in 2000 and has been working as an educator since then in Thailand and Australia. She joined the Mt Carmel Retreat Centre team in August 2019, and attends to the spiritual, sacramental

$30

Foundations of Missionary Leadership Program

Sydney

Effective and enduring ministry requires sound theological knowledge coupled with the dynamic and life changing encounter with the living God. The Areté Centre brings together these two realities to aspire pastoral and ministry leaders to excellence in servant leadership, to live up to their God-given potential and to grow in

$2500

CRA Community of Practice Working in Safeguarding: Impact on Your Faith

ACU North Sydney Peter Cosgrove Centre Level 18, 8 Napier Street, North Sydney, NSW, Australia

Working in safeguarding involves many complexities and challenges. This day offers an opportunity to reflect on how this important work affects your faith life, spirituality, and view of the Church.

$20

AI and Governance

Online

Webinar Series 2025 We will kick start 2025 webinar series on 6 February 2025! This webinar serves as a pre-conference webinar on AI and Governance. Our presenter, Nina Laitala is a Lead Trainer from the Institute of Community of Directors (ICDA). This session is an introduction to understanding and addressing

Free