Plenary Council agenda

 “develop concrete proposals to create a more missionary, Christ-centred Church in Australia”

The AMPJP welcomes the publication of the agenda for the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia.

This agenda will guide discussion as the first Plenary Council assembly which will take place across multiple sites starting on 03 October 20213.

The agenda takes the form of 16 questions falling under six themes: Conversion; Prayer; Formation; Structures; Governance; and Institutions.

In launching the Agenda, Plenary Council President, Archbishop Costelloe said:

So much of what we heard during the Council journey related to this concept of ‘conversion’ – personal conversion, communal conversion and institutional conversion – with an ever-deeper renewal in Christ,

The agenda asks us a number of difficult questions, but without asking those difficult questions, we won’t be entering into the depth of our hearts to consider how we become that missionary, Christ-centred Church we need today.

The media release is available online.

The two-page agenda is also available online

The launch of the Agenda coincides with the beginning of the formation sessions for Members of the Plenary Council. These sessions are taking place via videoconference.  We pray that the Holy Spirit will guide and equip the Members of the Plenary Council through their formation and their other preparations for the Plenary Council.