Overview
The month of March has been a month of consolidation for me. I spent some time preparing for our end of financial year audit. I followed-up issues from the February AMPJP Council meeting. I also drafted some organisational policies for the AMPJP Council to consider.
I was pleased to make contact with Sr Maria Casey rsj, President of the Canon Law Society of Australia & New Zealand. Maria and I are trying to arrange a meeting to discuss issues common to both our organisations and how we can assist each other.
Greg Baynie from BBI-TAITE has begun working with me on the content for a webinar on Ministerial PJPs. This webinar will be one of the components of the Foundations of Church Governance series.
I am now also in contact with Jeremy Stuparich, Public Policy Director with the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC). Jeremy has agreed to share his public policy papers with me so that I can then pass these on to our members. I can see the time will arrive when AMPJP will need to join ACBC and Catholic Religious Australia in making a whole of Church statement on an important matter of public policy. No I don’t have in mind a particular “important matter of public policy”. Rather I am saying that as the three main bodies of canonical stewards when we speak as one our voice can be seen as more comprehensive and inclusive.
New events:
- 27 April 2018 ACNC, Webinar – tips for charity management and meeting obligations
- 26-27 July 2018 BBI-TAITE, Leading Ecclesial Communities: Foundations, Challenges & Possibilities, Wagga Wagga
- 30-31 July 2018 BBI-TAITE, Leading Ecclesial Communities: Foundations, Challenges & Possibilities, Brisbane
- 02-03 August 2018 BBI-TAITE, Leading Ecclesial Communities: Foundations, Challenges & Possibilities, Sydney
New website content:
Members of AMPJP can access the following news items that I have posted in the Member area of our website:
- AMPJP Corporate Documents (12 March 2018 – AMPJP Council)
- Mercy Partners newsletter (12 March 2018 – General members also accessible to AMPJP Council members)
- Update to Trustees /Directors of Member PJPs (09 March 2018 – General members also accessible to AMPJP Council members)
- AMPJP Council meeting minutes (07 March 2018 – AMPJP Council)
The public news section of the AMPJP website now has the following posts:
- Protecting the vulnerable must be ‘centre of the Church’s mission’ (26 March 2018 also accessible to General members and AMPJP Council members)
- Ministerial PJPs in the news (26 March 2018 also accessible to General members and AMPJP Council members)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ministry Awards (26 March 2018 also accessible to General members and AMPJP Council members)
- Celebrating Pope Francis’ Five Years (19 March 2018 also accessible to General members and AMPJP Council members)
- Formation in spiritual discernment (07 March 2018 also accessible to General members and AMPJP Council members)
- Celebrating International Women’s Day (05 March 2018 also accessible to General members and AMPJP Council members)
- St John of God celebrates (03 March 2018 also accessible to General members and AMPJP Council members)
- Gender Equity in Australian PJPs and their Sponsored Ministries (03 March 2018 also accessible to General members and AMPJP Council members)
Significant dates April 2018
| UN dates[1] | Australian Dates[2] | Catholic Church Dates[3] | Other Spiritual Dates | |
| 01-April-18 | Daylight Saving Time ends | Easter Sunday | ||
| 02-April-18 | World Autism Awareness Day | Public holiday | ||
| 03-April-18 | ||||
| 04-April-18 | International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action | |||
| 05-April-18 | International Day of Sport for Development and Peace | Labour Day holiday (WA) | ||
| 06-April-18 | ||||
| 07-April-18 | World Health Day and International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda | |||
| 08-April-18 | Divine Mercy Sunday | |||
| 09-April-18 | Annunciation of the Lord | |||
| 10-April-18 | ||||
| 11-April-18 | St Stanislaus, Bishop, Martyr | |||
| 12-April-18 | International Day of Human Space Flight | |||
| 13-April-18 | St Martin 1, Pope, Martyr | |||
| 14-April-18 | ||||
| 15-April-18 | ||||
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| 17-April-18 | ||||
| 18-April-18 | ||||
| 19-April-18 | Beginning of: Global Soil Week | |||
| 20-April-18 | Chinese Language Day | |||
| 21-April-18 | World Creativity and Innovation Day | St Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop, Doctor | ||
| 22-April-18 | International Mother Earth Day | World Day of Prayer for Vocations | ||
| 23-April-18 | World Book and Copyright Day and English Language Day and Spanish Language Day | St George, Martyr St Adalbert of Prague, Bishop, Martyr |
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| 24-April-18 | Beginning of: World Immunization Week | St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest, Martyr | ||
| 25-April-18 | World Malaria Day | ANZAC Day | ||
| 26-April-18 | International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day and World Intellectual Property Day | St Mark, Evangelist | ||
| 27-April-18 | St Louis Marie Grignion de Montefort, Priest | |||
| 28-April-18 | World Day for Safety and Health at Work | St Peter Chanel, Priest, Martyr | ||
| 29-April-18 | Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare | |||
| 30-April-18 | International Jazz Day | St Pius V, pope |
[1] http://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/index.html
[2] http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/special-dates-and-events
[3] https://www.catholic.org.au/calendar#year=2018&month=1&day=1&view=month