Association of Ministerial PJP's

The Sanctuary Model: Creating trauma-informed care
2024-09-20 10:00 - 11:00 (Australia/Sydney) | NSW
The Sanctuary Model is a workplace culture-change program that teaches people how to cope more effectively with adversity and stress, and aims to prevent trauma symptoms.
This session will introduce you to The Sanctuary Model, providing details about its applications to people you work with, and skills to implement the practical elements.
About Mr Cameron Burgess:
Cameron holds qualifications in Social Work (Honours), Business Management and Leadership and has over 20 years’ management experience in the community services, international development, social enterprise, and child protection sectors. Cameron is an engaging public speaker and is passionate about helping people grow and assisting organisations to cultivate healthy cultures.
If you are an ACSL Organisational Subscriber, your discount is applied automatically. Make sure you select your organisation within your ACSL Learning Platform profile settings, which you can do here. If you have any questions, please reach out to learning@acsltd.org.au

PREPARED: CatholicPsych Mental Health Response Training
2024-09-21 09:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | St Benedict’s Mission Centre, 10 Tallara Pkwy, Narrabundah, ACT, 2504, Australia
Join Dr. Greg Bottaro, founder of the CatholicPsych Institute, for an exclusive training event in Canberra, featuring content from the new PREPARED Workshop: www.catholicpsych.com/prepared
This event is designed for educators, campus ministers, parish and diocesan staff, parents, and priests, addressing the urgent mental health crisis in our communities. Participants will learn to identify and address mental distress through a Catholic lens, gaining essential skills in accompaniment and a crash course in Catholic Anthropology.
The workshop provides practical tools to help confidently connect with, assess, and respond to distress until professional help is available. Explore the profound impact of human relationships on mental, emotional, and spiritual health, and leave empowered to navigate these challenges with clarity and compassion.

Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellness Outcomes
2024-10-03 12:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Courage, Hope and Action : Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellness Outcomes as Mission imperatives.
In 1986, Pope John Paul II in an address to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, called for a new courage and a new hope. He said “what has been done cannot be undone. But what can now be done to remedy the deeds of yesterday must not be put off till tomorrow.”
As part of this call to action, Catholic Health Australia will focus the next instalment in our “Health at the Margins” series, on the crucial topic of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare. Importantly it will seek to focus on truth telling, and delving into spaces often ignored, overlooked, or assumed by contemporary conversations.
We know of consistent reporting and evidence that outlines the trajectory of closing the gap.
We know the complexities of delivering on and celebrating our mission as part of complex and challenging areas of lifelong health and wellness
We know that reconciliation is everybody’s business.
This webinar will celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions and legacy, while exploring the lived experience and diverse opinions of health care professionals from community dedicated to making a difference. You will hear questions submitted from senior leaders across CHA about what they have always wanted to know more about. This important conversation will focus on answering queries that aren’t always commonly asked when exploring the systemic issues contributing to health disparities while highlighting successful initiatives that have begun to bridge the gap.
The panellists ask that as we join together in this space, we engage with infinite respects and open hearts, embracing provocations and vulnerabilities as we work together for reconciliation.

Engaging Your Faith Series- October 2024
2024-10-14 19:30 - 2024-10-30 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Engaging Your Faith (EYF) is a series of short, online presentations that invite participants to reflect on what it means to be people of faith in the contemporary world.
Experienced lecturers from Catholic Theological College present on a variety of topics such as Religion and Ethics, Philosophy, Gospel of Luke, Interculturality, Meditation, Science and Religion, Synodality, AI, Education, and Violence in the Scriptures.

These sessions are eligible for maintaining accreditation in Catholic schools in all Victorian and Queensland dioceses. In other dioceses, teachers should check with their education office.

Engaging Your Faith October 2024: The Women in the Gospel of Luke

Engaging Your Faith October 2024: An Introduction to AI and Transhumanism…for Christians

Engaging Your Faith October 2024: Did You Say Synodality? Some Historical Perspectives

Engaging Your Faith October 2024: The Aims of Education in a Post-modern Age

Engaging Your Faith October 2024: Lay and Ordained Ministry in a Synodal Church

Engaging Your Faith October 2024: Religion and Ethics: Exploring Some Connections

Engaging Your Faith October 2024: Violence in the Scriptures

Engaging Your Faith October 2024: “Friendship with God” in John and Its First-Century Greek, Roman, and Jewish Context

Engaging Your Faith October 2024: Mystic Wisdom for Our Times 1: Meister Eckhart

Engaging Your Faith October 2024: Australia’s Catholics: Who We Are, What We Believe, and How We’ve Changed

Engaging Your Faith October 2024: Can a Scientist Believe in God?

Safeguarding training for Boards and Trustees
2024-10-16 16:00 - 18:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
This training program has been designed to address the governance responsibilities for safeguarding. The program will help boards and trustees to:

Understand the importance of safeguarding for your organisation, particularly in relation to the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards.
Understand your safeguarding responsibilities as Responsible Persons under ACNC.
Identify the roles and responsibilities in safeguarding based on legal and canonical requirements.
Encourage a respectful, accountable and trauma-informed safeguarding culture.
Identify red flag issues of concern at the strategic and leadership level​.
Strengthen organisational policies and create risk registers as part of a safeguarding framework.
Further equip you with skills and resources to be confident in promoting good safeguarding practice in the Church and community.

The Right to Disconnect
2024-10-23 10:30 - 11:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Discussion with Q & A
A major update to Australian employment law came into effect recently, granting many employees the “right to disconnect.” Under Section 333M of the Fair Work Act 2009, employees will be entitled to disregard work-related communications from their employer or third parties outside of their designated working hours.
Chris Owens and Martin Dunne will discuss:

Key elements of the right to disconnect
Implications for employers
Effects on Modern Awards
Best practices for compliance and practical strategies to address potential challenges

Whether you’re an employer aiming to ensure compliance or an HR professional adapting to these new obligations, this online discussion will provide essential insights into your responsibilities and provide an opportunity for you to ask your questions.

Catholic Mission Cambodia Immersion
2024-11-11 - 2024-11-20 | Cambodia
“Let us set out again with burning hearts, with our eyes open and our feet in motion…”
Catholic Mission invites you to take up this call of Pope Francis by offering an immersion for adults who are interested in learning more about our projects in Cambodia, and who seek to understand the world through this lens.
In the heart of southeast Asia lies Cambodia, a country to immerse yourself in and learn from with their rich history of both highs and lows. Flying into Phnom Penh we start our immersion amongst the hustle and bustle of its modern city the capital, which like the rest of the country is still recovering from the brutal Pol Pot regime. Here we explore the horrors the country faced during that time through visiting the infamous political prison ‘S21’ and the emotional grounds known as the ‘Killing Fields’. It is only through awareness of the past that we can change this world’s future for the better. Our accommodation in Phnom Penh will be in the newly established Catholic Mission compound.
After experiencing Phnom Penh, we travel north to spend time with the small Catholic community in Battambang. We witness a Church that is alive and changing the lives of those who need it the most, and the strengths and bonds that its presence is creating there.
We end the immersion in the most culturally rich and celebrated UNESCO world heritage site that is Siem Reap. Wander together with your new friends amongst the ancient temples of Angkor Wat and witness a sunrise that, just like the whole experience, you will never forget!
The Catholic Missions Adult Immersion program is open to anyone over 18.
Held twice per year, perhaps in April 2025.

A Celebration of Connection and Growth
2024-11-20 15:30 - 17:30 (Australia/Sydney) | St Patrick’s Centre, Melbourne, Level 5, 486 Albert St, East Melbourne, VIC, 3002
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 commitment to collaborate, learn, and grow for the betterment of the communities we serve.
Join us as we toast to the growth of our network, the connections formed, and the successes of our 2024 workshops. This is also a chance to brainstorm speaker ideas and topics for the 2025 Catholic Connect series. Your insights are invaluable as we look ahead to another year of enriching programs.
This year, Catholic Connect delved into a range of critical topics, each designed to empower our network with knowledge, support, and inspiration:

Board Engagement and Advocacy – Fortifying the board’s involvement to champion our mission with clarity and commitment.
Catholic Education – Cultivating meaningful connections with young people and families, nurturing faith and community.
Spirituality and Staff Formation – Enriching spiritual growth and deepening mission alignment among our staff.

Come and join us in celebrating the growth of our network, the friendships formed, and the collaborative spirit that has made each Catholic Connect session a success. We look forward to seeing you there!
Please RSVP by 11th November to mfitzgerald@melbcdf.org.au along with any dietary requirements to confirm your attendance.

Capturing the voices of children and adults at risk
2024-11-22 10:00 - 11:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Capturing the voices of children and adults at risk, presented by Associate Professor Tim Moore, Australian Catholic University

Professional Development for Formators - Checking your Understanding
2024-11-22 10:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Cardinal Knox Centre, 383 Albert Street,, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002, 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 a variety of pathways and may only develop their skills by diving into the actual practice of running programs. Having the ability to cultivate a deep understanding and learning for others is something that can be practiced and honed.
Checking for Understanding’s engaging program, led by Pip McIlroy, is designed to be inclusive, catering to formators from all adult learning contexts within the Catholic community as well as those that lead other training and facilitated learning experiences. Whether you’re a newcomer to leading adult learning or an experienced formator looking to challenge your own skills and practice, this event is for you. We believe that the diversity of our participants will enrich the learning experience for everyone.
The program will cover aspects of facilitation and training including:

Structuring your session to meet your aims
Engaging your group
Modes of content delivery
Giving and receiving feedback

Closing Loopholes: A review of key legislative changes impacting your workplace
2024-11-27 10:30 - 11:30 (Australia/Sydney) | 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 for workplace delegates under the Closing Loopholes amendments to the Fair Work Act.
Wage Theft: Learn about the criminalisation of intentional conduct that results in underpayment of employees in 2023 and ensure you’re compliant with pay and entitlements.
Employee Definition: Explore how the determination between contractors and employees is now based on the ‘real substance, practical reality, and true nature of the working relationship.’
Christmas Parties: Review employer and employee responsibilities, policies for managing conduct outside the workplace, and strategies to mitigate WHS risks during holiday events.

This event is available free to CER subscribers only. If you’d like to participate but aren’t a CER subscriber, there is a fee of $120. Please register your attendance, and we’ll follow up with an invoice. For more information, please get in touch with us.

Digital Technology in the NFP sector - 2024 Report Launch
2024-11-28 14:00 - 15:30 (Australia/Sydney) | 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 in this year’s fundamental research report, we’ll be unpacking the critical insights that help us advocate for and improve on the digital capabilities that empower our sector’s important work including:

How much was AI adopted since our last report?
Have Australian and New Zealand NFPs seen an improvement in cyber security capabilities amidst increasingly complex threats?
What are the biggest challenges facing NFPs?
How are NFPs faring in their data capability and using data to generate stronger outcomes?
What’s the most popular software programs to use for digital marketing?

Register to join the sector’s leading voices to discuss the technology findings and where to go from here.

Life Summit 2024
2024-11-30 09:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Sydney
TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Get ready for a ground-breaking one-day conference unlike anything Australia has seen before. This transformative event is dedicated to promoting the human rights of every child. Our aim is to bring together young leaders, health professionals, and influential speakers, all driven to inspire the next generation of advocates and professionals. Join us in shaping an Australia where the equality of every human person is the foundation of our future.
HIGHLIGHTS

Dynamic Speakers: Hear from renowned pro-life leaders, politicians, social and cultural influencers and lawmakers.
Engaging Workshops: Participate in hands-on sessions designed to equip you with the practical tools for making a difference.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with like-minded individuals and organisations.
Awards: Celebrate our shared mission and achievements of the Prolife movement in 2024. You can make a nomination here.

Clinical Pastoral Education 40 hour Course 2025
2025-01-15 08:00 - 2025-03-03 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
St Vincent’s Hospital is one of Sydney’s leading health care institutions with a long tradition in educating healthcare professionals including pastoral care practitioners.

St Vincent’s recognises that spiritual care is an integral part of patients’ healing and well-being. It has a dynamic pastoral care department that responds to the spiritual care needs of patients, their families and the staff.
The Clinical Pastoral Education Centre was established in 1981 by Sr. Margaret Lee. The Centre offers Introductory, Basic, Advanced and Supervisory Education programs.
At the end of this Introductory CPE course students will be able to:

Grow in their knowledge and understanding of the pastoral role.
Develop pastoral skills especially to gain listening skills that enable them to be reflective pastoral/spiritual practitioners.
Deepen their awareness of the spiritual needs, hopes and resources of others and
Become more aware of their values, beliefs, attitudes, and assumptions.

Key topics:
1. Identify the scope and boundaries of Pastoral Care.

2. Define the role of Spiritual and Pastoral Care
3. Demonstrate a capacity for reflective pastoral practice.
4. Articulate their motivation as Spiritual and Pastoral carers.
5. Demonstrate an awareness of how they relate with others including understanding Relational Dynamics in Pastoral practice.
6. Begin the process of reflecting theologically.

Who should attend:

Pastoral Care Practitioners, Chaplains, Parish Pastoral Workers, volunteers, healthcare professionals, those wishing to explore their suitability to work in this field, those seeking to develop their capacity to provide spiritual care.
Check website for all 2025 dates.

Clinical Pastoral Education 400 hour Course 2025
2025-01-29 - 2025-03-03 | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
St Vincent’s Hospital is one of Sydney’s leading health care institutions with a long tradition in educating healthcare professionals including pastoral care practitioners.
St Vincent’s recognises that spiritual care is an integral part of patients’ healing and well-being. It has a dynamic pastoral care department that responds to the spiritual care needs of patients, their families and the staff.
The Clinical Pastoral Education Centre was established in 1981 by Sr. Margaret Lee. The Centre offers Introductory, Basic, Advanced and Supervisory Education programs.
At the end of this Introductory CPE course students will be able to:
Grow in their knowledge and understanding of the pastoral role.
Develop pastoral skills especially to gain listening skills that enable them to be reflective pastoral/spiritual practitioners.
Deepen their awareness of the spiritual needs, hopes and resources of others and
Become more aware of their values, beliefs, attitudes, and assumptions.
Date details:
Time: 9am – 3.30pm
Dates:
15 – 17 & 29 -31 January: Virtual 24 Feb, 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 March: In person
All saints Catholic Parish – TBA: In person 28 April, 5,12,19,26 May & 2 Jun: Virtual 4, 11, 18, 25 Aug, 1 & 8 Sept: In person 6, 13, 20, 27 Oct 3, 10 November: Virtual

Healing the Healers Soul.
2025-02-01 - 2025-02-07 | NSW
Jubilee Year Events – Faculty of Health Sciences
In February Professor Mark Lazenby Dean of Nursing UC Irvine Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing in California will visit ACU on a week-long speaking tour talking on the theme of Healing the Healers Soul. Professor Lazenby is an international expert on psychosocial-spiritual cancer care and is well known for his philosophy of nursing project, a trilogy published by Oxford University Press, which presents a new vision for nursing and its place in the world. Details of specific events and how to attend soon to come.

Fr Hans Zollner SJ Speaking Tour, Australia and New Zealand February 2025
2025-02-01 - 2025-02-13 | NSW
We are delighted to be co-hosting Fr Hans Zollner SJ for his Australia and New Zealand speaking tour in February 2025.
Click here to register for each event https://www.acsltd.org.au/fr-hans-zollner-speaking-tour-february-2025/

Christology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium
2025-02-06 - 2025-02-07 | University of Notre Dame Broadway Campus
The Beginning of the Third Millennium Conference Series

The Theology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium conference series began as a result of an informal chat between three academics, one from The University of Notre Dame Australia, another from the Catholic Institute of Sydney, and the third from Campion College. The initial impetus for the series was simply a desire to stimulate discussion on the person of Mary, Notre Dame (Our Lady). This first conference on Mariology (2016) was a rousing success, so much so that participants expressed the hope that we could meet again to continue collaborating on important theological topics.

Our conferences are intentionally designed to be interdisciplinary. We firmly believe that this is a sound way to seek truth and, fortuitously, it is a wonderful way to improve collaboration with other seekers of truth outside our own circles. So, we encourage academics from fields outside of theology to contribute. Also, just as God is one, we believe that theology is a unity. Therefore, we encourage theologians of all disciplines to attend, even if the topic is not their speciality. We also welcome young academics, including students who are enrolled in Higher Degrees by Research. We encourage these researchers to participate so they can learn and practise the art of presenting an academic paper.

Ministry Leadership Program
2025-02-11 - 2026-03-19 | NSW
Update: Well-known Education leader and consultant Phil Billington has joined as co-facilitator of the Ministry Leadership Program
A formation program for executive leaders of Catholic ministries.
The future of Catholic ministries depends on leaders responding effectively to the business, clinical and social environments of the organisations they lead. This includes leaders of programs, finance, HR and planning.
Leadership formation deepens your understanding of the mission and values of your organisation and the spiritual purpose of Catholic ministries, to build up the community and carry on the tradition.
The Ministry Leadership Program (MLP) enables the Catholic tradition to continue to find expression, practical relevance and be an instrument for hope in the world through its ministries of service, so the mission of the Gospel is handed on to future generations. It offers executive leaders of Catholic ministries a deep, comprehensive and fully integrated learning experience grounded in the wisdom of the Catholic tradition.
The program brings together a rich diversity of experience from across Catholic healthcare, aged care, education and social services to collaborate and cultivate a mission-driven culture. The program is conducted over 12 months.
In the current context of governance transitions within MPJPs, this would be a valuable to give senior leaders a program which will augment the AICD Course and provide some depth for NFP entities within the church.
For further details please contact Phil at philomenabillington@gmail.com or Associate Professor Rev Jamie Calder SJ at Jamie.Calder@acu.edu.au

Safeguarding Adults at Risk
2025-02-20 | Online
This two-hour interactive workshop allows learners to explore the term ‘adult at risk’ and identify the essential safeguarding principles related to individuals within this category. The workshop will cover defining the term ‘adult at risk’, identifying risk factors, describing the issue of transient risk and exploring safeguarding considerations for adults at risk.

Safeguarding Adults at Risk - ACSL Workshop
2025-02-20 15:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
This interactive workshop allows learners to explore the term “adult at risk” and identify the essential safeguarding principles related to individuals within this category.
Learning Outcomes
By completing this workshop participants will be able to:

Define the term “adult at risk”.
Identify risk factors for adults at risk.
Describe the issue of transient risk and its importance.
Identify situations which could lead to adults becoming at risk.
Describe safeguarding considerations for adults at risk.

Duration
This workshop is 2 hours.
Learners will receive a copy of the slides after the session. Numbers are restricted to ensure effective group discussions and interaction.
When
This workshop will be offered 4 times throughout 2025 – please choose the one session that best suits you.
20 February 3pm to 5pm AEDT
22 May 1pm to 3pm AEST
26 August 1pm to 3pm AEST
17 November 4pm to 6pm AEDT
Cost $150
*ACSL Subscriber discount applies – 25% discount.
Subscribers – please update your user profile to reflect your organisation and the discount will be applied automatically. If you need assistance please contact learning@acsltd.org.au.

Requests for flexible work & extended parental leave
2025-02-26 10:30 - 11:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
About this event

Event lasts 1 hour

This event is available free to CER subscribers only. If you’d like to participate but aren’t a CER subscriber, there is a fee of $120. Please register your attendance, and we’ll follow up with an invoice. For more information, please get in touch with us.
Join us for an insightful webinar designed to help employers navigate the evolving landscape of flexible work arrangements and extended parental leave. As the workforce becomes more diverse and employee expectations shift, understanding how to manage flexible work requests and requests to extend parental leave is crucial.
What You’ll Learn:
Understanding Flexible Work:

The different types of flexible work arrangements
Legal considerations and compliance issues when dealing with flexible work requests
Best practices for implementing and managing flexible work requests

Extending Parental Leave:

Overview of parental leave and employee rights to request extensions
Risks and strategies for managing employees before, during, and after parental leave
Q&A session to address specific challenges and questions

Safeguarding for Leaders and Leadership Teams
2025-03-04 | Online
This session has been designed for those with leadership responsibilities in Catholic organisations including bishops and congregational leaders of religious institutes. This training has been written to meet the requirements of NCSS Standard 5.3.2
it is held in two sessions around six weeks apart

Navigating Australia’s Child Safe Legislation
2025-03-04 12:00 - 13:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
We are excited to announce we are partnering with knowmore Legal Service to offer this upcoming learning opportunity.
Equip yourself with the critical knowledge needed to navigate the legal and legislative requirements and environment when working with and supporting victims and survivors of child sexual abuse. This essential training session will delve into the complexities of legal foundations and reporting protocols across different jurisdictions.

What you will learn:

Mandatory Reporting: Understand the legal obligations and procedures for reporting child sexual abuse
Age of Consent: Gain insights into how consent laws impact case handling and support
Age of Criminal Responsibility: Explore the implications of criminal responsibility in cases of child sexual abuse

This session is ideal for practitioners from diverse organisations and settings who work with children and young people and wish to enhance their professional capabilities. snip

CDF Catholic Connect 2025
2025-03-06 12:30 - 15:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Melbourne TBA, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
Uniting Mission, Service, and Community
At CDF, we believe that collaboration is key to creating positive change. Our Catholic Connect workshops are a platform for bringing Catholic organisations across Melbourne and regional Victoria together to share ideas, build networks, and work toward a shared mission of service.
In 2024, over 280 participants from more than 30 Catholic organisations joined forces to foster meaningful connections and spark impactful conversations. The year’s final workshop was a testament to the strength and vibrancy of this growing network, united in its dedication to making a difference in the communities we serve.
We invite organisations across the not-for-profit, social service, health, aged care, education, and faith-based sectors to join us in 2025 as we continue this journey of working together to achieve more.
Topics for exploration in 2025 will include:

AI and future tech
Risk mitigation and governance
Data and digital security
Fundraising and advocacy
Faith and formation

Register for the 2025 Catholic Connect series https://www.catholicdevelopmentfund.org.au/catholic-connect

Leading with Hope in Uncertain Times
2025-03-06 12:30 - 15:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Greg Craven Centre, ACU -Level 7, St Teresa of Kolkata Building, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, VIC, 3065, Australia
Where do we find hope and what role does hope play in effective leadership? The 2025 Jubilee theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ invites us to consider current events and how we might find and contribute to a climate of hope in troubling times.
Ahead of International Women’s Day, CDF and CSSV invite you to a special Catholic Connect Workshop as we explore the role hope plays in effective leadership and leadership formation. Hear from a panel of three inspiring women, as we explore:
– How hope shapes effective leadership
– Where leaders find hope in times of uncertainty
– How leadership formation nurtures a culture of hope
Panellists:
Micaela Cronin – Commissioner for Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence; Former CEO, MacKillop Family Services
Sr Joan Healy RSJ AO – Sister of St Joseph; Founding board member, MacKillop Family Services
Annie Carrett – Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne; Chief of Staff to the Archbishop of Melbourne
All mission focussed ministries are invited.
Register here: TryBooking Link

Invitation to Mary Mackillop Place and ACU International Women's Day 2025
2025-03-08 13:30 - 16:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Mary MacKillop Place, 11 Mount Street,, North Sydney, NSW, 2060, Australia
Mary MacKillop Place in collaboration with Australian Catholic University is pleased to invite you to celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 with the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, in conjunction with ACU’s Women’s Leadership for Mission Program to dialogue on the theme of ‘Women of Hope’
This is a free event. Join us either in-person (there are limited spaces still available) or virtually. Registrations are required.
Our panelists include:
Mrs. Connie Muthee – ACU Alumni International Contribution Award, 2021
Sr Mary-Ellen O’Donoghue RSJ – Congregational Leadership Team
Ms Josephine Rechichi – Acting Country Director of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Australia
Joanna Najdzion – CEO St Anthony’s Family Care
Dr Tracey McEwan – theologian & sociologist of religion and gender, University of Newcastle, Honorary Fellow ACU
Tricia Casey – Founder Women of the Well
Date
Saturday, 8 March 2025
Time
1.30pm – 4.30pm
Panel begins at 2pm
Afternoon tea & refreshments will be provided
Location
Mary Mackillop Place
Isabel Menton Auditorium
80 William Street, North Sydney
Parking: please note that only street parking is available
Please RSVP by Wednesday 26 February 2025

Safeguarding Risk Management Workshop
2025-03-10 11:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
This interactive workshop allows learners to explore safeguarding risk management and identify the essential tools, considerations and steps within such processes.
Learning Outcomes
By completing this module participants will be able to:

identify the importance of risk management as a component of safeguarding
identify and describe common safeguarding risks within religious organisations
create a safeguarding risk management plan, including identifying risks and the possible consequences and likelihood of each risk
understand how to prepare safeguarding risk mitigation strategies relevant to their religious entity.

Duration
This workshop is 2 hours.
Learners will receive a copy of the slides after the session. Numbers are restricted to ensure effective group discussions and interaction.
When
This workshop will be offered 4 times throughout 2025 – please choose the one session that best suits you.
10 March 3pm to 5pm AEDT
6 May 1pm to 3pm AEST
20 August 1pm to 3pm AEST
14 November 2pm to 4pm AEDT
Cost $150
*ACSL Subscriber discount applies – 25% discount.

Reflections on Dilexit Nos
2025-03-26 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Online via Zoom
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
5-6pm (new Zealand time) via Zoom
Speaker: Fr Monty Bamford (Christchurch Diocese)
Fr. Monty is a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch and is currently an Assistant Priest at the Cathedral Parish and Chaplain to the Te Rangimārie Māori Chaplaincy . He was ordained in 2022. Before entering the seminary, he studied a Bachelor of Commerce degree at Lincoln University and worked for over three years for a rural supplies company. Fr. Monty studied at CTC (formerly Good Shepherd College) between 2016 and 2022, gaining a Bachelor of Theology and a Graduate Diploma in Theology.
This series of online webinars features graduates and senior students from CTC. These thought-provoking sessions will explore faith, leadership, and contemporary challenges in ministry, and inspire us to be pilgrims of hope.
General Information:
Each session is unique so you can come for one that may interest you or come to all the live sessions.
Fee is $20 per webinar or $100 for all 6 webinars.
All live sessions are done on Zoom online platform and will be recorded so you won’t miss out. The link to join will be sent to your registered email address once payment is made.
To register, click HERE.

Priced Out. Locked Out: Housing and Hope
2025-03-27 | ACU Melbourne, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, VIC, 3065, Australia
Jubilee Year Events – Faculty of Education & Arts
The first FEA Executive Dean seminar of 2025 will spotlight the Arts.“In Focus Executive Dean Presents…Priced Out. Locked Out: Housing and Hope” will be held on 27 March 2025 in Melbourne.
The panel discussion will focus on housing affordability and access examined from a structural vs agential approach.Australia is currently facing an unprecedented housing crisis, where affordability and access are seemingly out of reach for many. Driven by economic pressures, shifting demographics, and systemic inequities, the barriers to secure housing have never been greater. Is there hope for people looking to get their foot on the first rung of the housing ladder? This panel brings together experts from the housing industry, academia, and politics to explore the structural and agential factors driving the crisis and what can be done to improve the outlook.
Are sweeping policy reforms the answer, or can individual and community-led initiatives pave the way? Join us for a critical discussion on the causes, impacts, and pathways to unlock affordable housing for all Australians.
