Evolving Catholicism and the Synod

Online

Webinar   Speakers:  Francis Sullivan and Kevin Liston Francis Sullivan, Chair of Concerned Catholics Canberra Goulburn, was previously CEO of the Truth Justice and Healing Council He is currently Chair of the Mater Group of hospitals, Catholic Social Services Australia and a Director of Mercy Health. Kevin Liston is Co-chair

Free

Webinar dialogue: Promoting the mission and vocation of lay people

Online

Lumen Gentium 1964 - 2024 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. ACI has invited Dr Paul Lentern to host a dialogue on this key topic

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SYNOD ON SYNODALITY – What we can hope for and expect from the Synod?

The focus of this webinar will be on the state of play since the first Assembly and the lead up to the second Assembly in October 2024. Joining us will be Bishop Vincent Long who held a Diocesan Synod in the Parramatta Diocese in 2023 and Dr Sandie Cornish who attended

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Xavier School of Mission- update – now being held in 2025

Holy Spirit Seminary, Banyo 487 Earnshaw Rd, Banyo, QLD, Australia

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

$650

Dr Myriam Wijlens on: “The Prophetic Voice of the Laity in the Renewal of the Church”.

St Patrick's Cathedral Hall, Parramatta 1 Marist Place, Parramatta, NSW, Australia

We are delighted to invite you to our next exciting guest speaker as part of the Bishop Vincent Presents series: Dr Myriam Wijlens on: “The Prophetic Voice of the Laity in the Renewal of the Church”.   Internationally recognised Dutch theologian, ecumenist and consultor to several Vatican bodies, Dr Myriam Wijlens will

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2024 – 2025 Synodality Training Course

Online

The course is aimed at priests, deacons, religious, consecrated, pastoral workers, lay men and women involved in building a synodal Church. Through a series of lectures and group work within an intercultural and interdisciplinary context, the course intends to offer pastoral and theological tools for synodality. The first class will