Australia, Canada, the US, and the UK are often described as secular countries, as exemplified by the increasing numbers of unaffiliated and disaffiliated Christians – or the “nones” and “dones”. Despite this cultural phenomenon, liturgical scholar the Reverend Canon Dr Lizette Larson-Miller says interest in religion remains high, but there
Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald M.Afr.OBE will give a free public lecture on Wednesday 8 May 2024 entitled: “Interreligious Dialogue in our Day: 60 Years after Nostra Aetate” at St Patrick’s Cathedral Hall, Parramatta. Cardinal Fitzgerald is the former head of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and will talk on the developments inspired
International YCS secretary-general, Innocent Odongo, will be ACI’s guest speaker for our May webinar at 7pm AEST on Wednesday 8 May 2024. He will share his experience with the Young Catholic Students movements in his home country of Ghana as well as at international level, highlighting the achievements and challenges
This 30 minute webinar provides an overview of strategies to protect, respond to and support your child online. This webinar will focus on the digital skills to protect and support young people’s mental health and wellbeing online. Suitable for parents and carers in junior secondary school.
The Oceania Evangelisation Program (OEP) was first conducted in 2022 at Pentecost. In 2023 over one thousand leaders participated in Hubs across the Oceania region. Both have been powerful experiences of the Holy Spirit inspiring and revitalising leaders and enabling a collaborative vision for evangelisation across the Oceania region. The
An invitation is extended to Australian and international Catholic education and other Church leaders to a conference focused on renewing Catholic schools as centres of evangelisation, emphasising two high-impact strategies - leader and teacher formation and student formation for peer-to-peer ministry. The Conference extends a special welcome to Bishops, Catholic
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This training session will cover essential areas such as effectively managing short-term and long-term absences within the workforce and understanding the termination of employment process. By the end of the webinar, participants will have the knowledge and tools needed to ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations.
Session 3: TRUE TO PURPOSE – how to keep Catholic social services on mission Facilitator: Belinda Clarke How can we stay true to purpose and the best of the dynamic Catholic tradition our organisations have developed within? How might mission and purpose be held as central in all organisational practises in
Pope Francis is calling for a ‘paradigm shift’ in theology. Spirituality and theology must start in the various contexts and concrete situations in which we live. Theologians should allow themselves to be seriously challenged by reality, to discern the ‘signs of the times’ in the light of the gospel. (Apostolic
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Presented by Professor Daryl Higgins, Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University Cost: Subscriber: Free Non-Subscriber: $65 per person
Aim of the Network: - To promote vocation ministry inclusive of all vocations - To connect, share stories, best practices and resources for vocation ministry - To meet at least four times a year virtually - To provide a safe space to discuss and meet one another The meeting is
For 2024 we have redesigned the Leaders Program to be relevant to both Church Authorities like bishops and religious leaders as well as their Leadership Teams, on the basis that its helpful for those who are delegated responsibilities to be part of ensuring a national and consistent approach to safeguarding.
Theologies of Priesthood Panel: you’re invited. The priesthood is a central element of Roman Catholic faith, in which the one Priesthood of Christ grounds the priesthood of all believers through baptism and the ministerial priesthood of the order of the presbyterate. These are essential elements of the Church’s self-understanding, and
For our next ACI webinar, we have a very special guest from the USA, Fr Louis Cameli, Cardinal Cupich’s delegate for formation and mission in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Citing the significant historical role played by the Cardijn movements in the USA, he recently called for the Church to retrieve
The Xavier School of Mission aims to equip and form leaders in evangelisation at the service of the Dioceses of Queensland and beyond. It is a dynamic and flexible resource that places the Church’s mission to evangelise at the heart of Holy Spirit Seminary’s formative process. It emerges from Holy Spirit Provincial Seminary’s commitment
19th Annual St Thomas More Lecture. Keynote Speaker: Fr Rob Galea St Thomas More Parish and Forum Dinner 2024 We will soon be a generation surrounded by Artificial Intelligence. How can the Catholic Church utilise this intelligence to reach out and draw young people to Christ? Fr Rob Galea is
Strategies for supporting performance improvement, including developing performance improvement plans (PIPs) with specific goals, will be explored. Participants will also learn to avoid common mistakes during PIPs and conduct performance processes reasonably, ensuring fairness and empathy.
Designed for Board Chairs, CEOs, Principals, and those who facilitate Board formation, this webinar will be centred on the needs of smaller RI MPJP school authorities that only have one, two or a few schools. You may not have a paid team to deliver Board induction and formation. Board members
