Beacon of Light - Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of Carlo Acutis
2025-10-09 - 2025-10-22 | Italy
This unique 12-day experience will take pilgrims on a delightful journey through Italy visiting a number of places associated with the life of Blessed Carlo.
Along the way, we will visit small villages, quaint towns and renowned cities each with their own history,
story and character. As we travel together, there will be opportunities to pause, reflect, pray (even sing!)
as we take in all the splendour and wonder Italy has to offer.
This is no ordinary “tour”, it’s a journey into the beauty of Italy and the enchanting story of Blessed Carlo
Acutis, who Pope Francis proclaimed, “A cyber apostle and a digital disciple.”
Rome – Pescara – Assisi – Florence – Bologna – Milan
We look forward to making this pilgrimage with you!

Praying with Icons
2025-10-13 - 2025-10-17 | St Clement’s Retreat Centre, Galong, NSW
Participants are invited to actually write (paint) this Icon. Slowly, a blank canvas, through prayer and the use of pigments, over these five prayerful days becomes an ICON.
Sue Orchlson, a trained lconographer, will guide interested participants in exploring the spirituality or the Icon. and the first steps that lead to the creation of an Icon!
No previous skill ls necessary. It is a contemplative and prayerful journey. Fr Patrick Corbett, C.Ss.R. will also provide daily Eucharist and sp1ntual accompaniment as the journey unfolds.

Pilgramages First Saturdays 2025
2025-02-01 | St Clement’s Retreat Centre, Galong, NSW
St Clement’s will welcome pilgrims on each First Saturdays of the Holy Year beginning on Saturday 4th of January.

• 10.00 am· Pilgrims are Invited for tea/coffee.
• 10.30 am: Marian Devotions and Holy Year Prayers in our Lady’s Upstairs chapel (Lift available ror elderly and disabled)
• 11.00 am: Healing Mass and Anointing of the sick.
• 12.30 pm: Pilgrims are welcome to bring a packed lunch. Tea & coffee will be available in the former Ryan Castle.
• After lunch, Pilgrims may wish to make the 20- minute climb to the Lourdes Grotto. Walking shoes required.

Australian Ignatian Trail
2025-04-29 - 2025-05-07 | Sevenhill Retreat Centre, College Rd, Sevenhill, South Australia, Australia
Pilgrimages along the Australian Ignatian Trail in the footsteps of the first Jesuits in Australia

This ‘camino’ experience provides an opportunity for encountering Ignatian Spiritualty, discerning, and listening to God’s presence in Nature. Step aside from everyday life, walk, reflect, experience nature day after day, time in silence, conversation and listening to God’s presence.
As a small group of pilgrims, you will walk part of the route in South Australia taken by the first Jesuits who arrived in 1848. This Australian Ignatian Trail pilgrimages journey through townships such as Kapunda, Tarlee, Riverton, and Auburn, and finish at Sevenhill where the Jesuits established the first vineyard of Clare Valley in 1851.
A moderate level of walking fitness and overall good health is essential. Each day the walking includes undulating terrain on quiet, dirt roads and established trails of between 15km and 22km each day for four days for the short pilgrimage and seven days for the long pilgrimage.
The group will be supported by two Australian Ignatian Trail leaders from JISA’s Being with God in Nature ministry: Iain Radvan SJ, Geraldine Naismith, Jan Fitzpatrick, Michael Bertie, and Michael Anderson.

WHEN:
4 walking days / 6 nights from Tuesday late afternoon 22 April to Monday morning 28 April
APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 24 January 2025
7 walking days / 9 nights from Tuesday late afternoon 29 April to Wednesday morning 7 May
APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 31 January 2025
4 walking days / 6 nights from Sunday late afternoon 14 September to Saturday morning 20 September
APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 13 June 2025
4 walking days / 6 nights from Tuesday late afternoon 14 October to Monday morning 20 October
APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 18 July 2025

Safeguarding for Leaders and Leadership Teams
2025-10-20 | 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.

Limestone Coast Aussie Camino
2025-04-06 | Penola, Australia
Five day taste of the Aussie Camino

Min. 4 Max. 8 Walkers plus leader
5 nights/4 days walking
Fitness – Moderate, this country is relatively flat however long days of road walking can be tough on feet.
Taste of the Aussie Camino – Mary Mackillop Pilgrimage
Bunganditj/Boandik Country
Explore the diverse landscape and history of South Australia’s Limestone Coast; from the seaside town of Port MacDonnell, to picturesque Penola via the quaint town of Kalangadoo on this taste of the Aussie Camino.
Whilst traversing this rich limestone landscape you’ll see volcanos, sinkholes, wetlands, thriving farmland, pine and native forests. You will walk on back country roads, alongside paddocks and sections of bitumen as we head to Penola over four days.
Become a modern day pilgrim as we walk and discover the extraordinary work of May MacKillop, Australia’s only saint, and Father Tenison Woods. Mary travelled extensively across Australia and beyond, our walk begins at Port MacDonnell where Mary boarded a boat in 1867 to continue on her journey to sainthood.
On the final day you will visit the Mary MacKillop Interpretative Centre to receive your Compostela and glean more of an insight into Mary and her mentor Father Tenison Woods.
Itinerary 2025
Port MacDonnell to Penola, South Australia
Duration 5 nights and 4 full days, accommodation will be a mix of own room and a couple of nights where you may have to share, twin share available, in historic hotels/cottages, with shared bathroom facilities.
Carry day pack only.
Inclusions
· Locally owned and operated
· Aussie Camino pilgrim’s passport, shell, guide book and Compostela
· 5 nights single and twin share accommodation
· Car parking in Penola
· Private transfer Penola to Port MacDonnell
· 4 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches
· 1 Dinner
· Luggage transfer to hotels
· Entry to Mary MacKillop Interpretative Centre

BBI The Australian Institute of Theological Education - Catholic Faith and Science
2025-10-27 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
What does the Catholic Church say about the relationship between faith and science? How are we to approach topics like evolution and the Big Bang theory in our classrooms? How do we engage pupils in conversation about this relationship and why is it important to do so? This short course is for all teachers but those who teach science and those who teach religion may find it of relevance to their work. There will be input from the presenter and opportunities to discuss and share insights and ideas for teaching with other teachers.

Session 1: Monday 27 October 2025
Session 2: Monday 3 November 2025
4:00PM [AEDT] or 4:00PM [WAST]/7:00PM [AEDT]

BBI-TAITE continues to offer a range of adult faith online programs requested by teachers and school offices. Initially designed as After school sessions as you can see from the offering times in the schedule, these are also available at times more suited to your group, parish and workplace
For group bookings please contact Gerard Moore: gmoore@bbi.catholic.edu.au

BBI The Australian Institute of Theological Education - Biblical Explorations: Christ at Christmas
2025-10-30 16:00 | Online
At this time of year, it’s not hard to find reminders of the Christmas story. Most people have at least a basic understanding of the story, even if they have never set foot inside a church. But there’s a lot of hidden complexity. In this subject we’ll look at the gospels of Matthew and Luke. Each of them tells a different story about Jesus’ birth. We’ll consider why the Bible has these two different versions of events, and what Matthew and Luke were trying to say about who Jesus is and what he came to do. We’ll uncover how these two different ways of telling the Christmas story spoke to different groups of early Christians, and how the Christmas stories still speak today.

Session 1: Thursday 30 October 2025
Session 2: Thursday 6 November 2025
4:00PM [AEDT] or 4:00PM [WAST]/7:00PM [AEDT]

BBI-TAITE continues to offer a range of adult faith online programs requested by teachers and school offices. Initially designed as After school sessions as you can see from the offering times in the schedule, these are also available at times more suited to your group, parish and workplace.

For group bookings please contact Gerard Moore: gmoore@bbi.catholic.edu.au

Safeguarding Risk Management Workshop
2025-11-14 14:00 - 16:00 | 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.

Safeguarding Adults at Risk
2025-11-17 | 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.

BBI The Australian Institute of Theological Education - Explore Praying with the Bible and Christian Meditation
2025-11-17 16:00 | Online
In these sessions we will explore several life-giving ways of praying that are treasured in the Christian spiritual tradition. We will get to know two ways of praying with the Bible – lectio divina and Ignatian contemplation – as well as the practice of Christian Meditation. These practices will be probed for their value to us personally, as well as for their applicability in a classroom setting.

Session 1: Monday 17 November 2025
Session 2: Monday 24 November 2025
4:00PM [AEDT] or 4:00PM [WAST]/7:00PM [AEDT]

BBI-TAITE continues to offer a range of adult faith online programs requested by teachers and school offices. Initially designed as After school sessions as you can see from the offering times in the schedule, these are also available at times more suited to your group, parish and workplace

For group bookings please contact Gerard Moore: gmoore@bbi.catholic.edu.au

Safeguarding Adults at Risk - ACSL Workshop
2025-11-17 16:00 - 18:00 | 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.

BBI The Australian Institute of Theological Education - The Mass (in three hours!)
2025-11-20 16:00 | Online
With Pope Francis encouraging us to know more about the mass, these two sessions lay out the basic structure and theological underpinnings of the Mass, with some hints about planning and best practice

Session 1: Thursday 20 November 2025
Session 2: Thursday 27 November 2025
4:00PM [AEDT] or 4:00PM [WAST]/7:00PM [AEDT]

BBI-TAITE continues to offer a range of adult faith online programs requested by teachers and school offices. Initially designed as After school sessions as you can see from the offering times in the schedule, these are also available at times more suited to your group, parish and workplace
For group bookings please contact Gerard Moore: gmoore@bbi.catholic.edu.au

Australian Catholic Youth Festival
2025-11-30 - 2025-12-02 | Melbourne
It has been almost five years since the previous Festival was held and this provides an exciting opportunity to welcome a new legion of young people to experience the Festival for the first time. The Festival will be held in central Melbourne and will welcome young people in Year 9 (in 2025) – 25 years of age, as well as their accompanying leaders and chaplains. We are planning for well over 10,000 young people to gather – the largest Catholic youth gathering in the nation!
As Pope Francis recently shared in his 2024 message for World Youth Day, “The Jubilee pilgrimage is meant to be the outward sign of an inward journey that all of us are called to make towards our final destination.” As these thousands of young souls gather, there will be powerful opportunities to listen, learn and absorb the grace and hope of Christ.
Once in Melbourne, the festival program will provide opportunities of encounter, formation, the celebration of the Sacraments, social action, dialogue, forming new connections, encountering new expressions of prayer and of course – having had a deeper encounter with Christ.

CDF Catholic Connect 2025
2025-12-04 15:30 - 17:30 | 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

Christology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium
2026-02-06 - 2026-02-07 | University of Notre Dame Broadway Campus
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.

Evaluating the Impact of Formation
2026-02-19 | Qld
Target audience: Trustees and Board members of School Authorities, Principals, Directors of Mission.
Focus: Catholic students, staff, leaders and families continue their faith journey as part of the school community, it is very helpful for Educational leaders to understand their spiritual beliefs, practices and knowledge, what inspires them to grow in faith, and what impact the school community has on their faith journey over time.
As this is a newer area, the aim is that participants will develop an understanding of the qualitative and quantitative methods of measuring the elements of people’s spiritual lives and, over time, the changes to their knowledge, attitudes and practices.
Webinar – How can research help us to understand the spiritual lives of students, teachers, Boards and parents? How then might the impact of Formation be measured and monitored?
Includes a case study of surveying to help understand the spiritual lives of those in a school community.
To be scheduled in 2025

AMPJP AGM, Dinner and Forum 2026
2026-08-23 15:00 - 2026-08-24 15:30 | Qld
This is a meeting open to all Canonical Stewards and Executive Officers of Ministerial Public Juridic Persons.
It will provide formation, updates on current issues and an opportunity for canonical stewards to share their experiences.
Attendance is by invitation.
This event in 2026 is being held in conjunction with the Catholic Health Australia Conference.
This event marker is to notify other organisations so they can plan their events without the likelihood of a clash.

Canon Law Society National Conference
2026-08-31 - 2026-09-03 | Qld
The 59th Conference 2026 will be held in Sydney New South Wales 31 August-3 September 2026.

World Youth Day
2027-08-01 | Seoul, Korea
World Youth Day will be held in Seoul in 2027. More details will be provided later. The date is indicative only.
For more information please contact your Diocesan Youth Ministry team.

International Eucharistic Congress
2028-01-01 | Qld
The Vatican has announced that Sydney will host the 54th International Eucharistic Congress in 2028.
Held every four years, the International Eucharistic Congress is expected to draw tens of thousands of faithful Catholics from across the globe to Sydney.
Catholic Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher OP said the congress would be the largest gathering held on Australian shores since World Youth Day 2008.
“The International Eucharistic Congress is a joyous occasion that will deepen our understanding of the truth of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist,” he said.
“As the source and summit of the Christian life, the Eucharist has the power to convert hearts and stir fervour. The God who dwells among us, Emmanuel, gifts us with his permanent presence through the Eucharist and calls us to follow him so that we might be the salt of the earth and the light of the world (Matthew 5:13).
