Advent is the period leading up to Christmas. It begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas (Advent Sunday) and continues through to December 24th (Christmas Eve). In Western churches, Advent Sunday marks the beginning of Christian liturgical year.
Professor John Baldovin SJ from Boston College will be offering a public lecture in Melbourne at ACU on Sunday, December 3 from 5-6.30pm (AEDT): A Liturgical Reform in Peril? Sacrosanctum Concilium Sixty Years On. His lecture promises to be nuanced and engaging. Online available
The intention of this conference is to offer young people an encounter with Jesus Christ. To engage in an inspiring experience of the Catholic faith, helping them to discover their purpose as children of God and leading them towards intentional discipleship. Purpose Conference will also be a great post WYD
Bodhi Day is a holiday commemorating the day the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama reached enlightenment around 596 BCE. Prince Gautama took his place under the Bodhi tree vowing to remain there until he attained enlightenment.
Hanukkah (Chanukah), also known as the Feast of Lights, is an eight-day festival commemorating the recapture and rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem over occupying forces in 165 BCE
What constitutes reportable conduct in NSW, ACT, and VIC? We will provide a brief overview of the reportable conduct framework, the thresholds and guiding principles for investigating reportable conduct matters. We will also provide a practical approach to the steps involved in conducting an investigation including witness interviews and making a
Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, who is considered by Christians to be the Son of God, and the savior of all people. [Celebrated on January 7th 2023 by some Orthodox Churches].
Summer School is a week-long, live-in, life-changing retreat featuring praise and worship, inspiring talks, engaging liturgy, time to chill & learn and more in the midst of a community of 150+ young people aged 16-35.
Summer School is a week-long, live-in, life-changing retreat featuring praise and worship, inspiring talks, engaging liturgy, time to chill & learn and more in the midst of a community of 150+ young people aged 16-35.
‘Today more than ever, reciprocal openness between the cultures is a privileged context for dialogue between people committed to seeking an authentic humanism, over and above the divergences that separate them. In the cultural arena too, Christianity must offer to all a most powerful force of renewal and exaltation, that
SUMMER CAMP 2024 Are you ready for an unforgettable summer? Ignite Summer Camp is back in 2023, with four days of huge outdoor games, amazing rallies, 200 new mates and connecting with Jesus. Summer Camp is for those who will be in Grades 7-12 in 2024. Run by a team
Head, Heart and Hands: Together in Faith G.R.A.C.E is an international community of practice focussed on Catholic education globally. G.R.A.C.E is a long-term research based partnership project between the University of Notre Dame Australia, Mary Immaculate College Limerick in Ireland, Boston College United States, St Mary’s Twickenham, UK and OIEC
SUMMER SCHOOL IN KOINE AND BIBLICAL GREEK This five-day intensive school is for beginners who want to experience the excitement of reading parts of the Bible and early Christian literature in the original language. We shall read extracts from the Gospel and Epistles, as well as some important passages from
What is it? This program is open to anyone passionate about parish renewal, who already works in ministry or is interested in starting. Whether you are a volunteer or in paid employment, a youth minister, involved in adult evangelisation, or in leadership in your parish, movement or community, the Foundations
Observes the birth of Guru Sri Guru Nanak Dev Sahib, the founder of the Sikh religion, born in 1469 CE. An accomplished poet, 974 of his hymns are part of the Guru Granth Sahib.
This year is the 40th anniversary of the Vatican II document, Lumen Gentium, which presented the Church as the “People of God” and includes the pathbreaking Chapter 4 on The Laity. For our first ACI webinar of 2024 on Wednesday 7 February, ACI has invited Bishop Eugene Hurley, emeritus bishop
"Behold I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay everyone for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." (Rev 22:12) The Theology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium series convenors would like to welcome
We are delighted to invite you to our next exciting guest speaker as part of the Bishop Vincent Presents series: A conversation with Czech priest and theologian, Tomas Halik. Moderated by Fr Frank Brennan SJ, you won’t want to miss this conversation on the topic: “Help my unbelief! Finding God
Monsignor Professor Tomas Halik, the ‘underground priest’ who converted to Catholicism as an adult and was secretly ordained a priest in 1978 during the communist rule of then-Czechoslovakia is coming to Australia to give a series of lectures as part of the Bishop Vincent Presents series. The conversation will be
