Plenary Council Participation
The 278 Members of the Plenary Council include two people who also have current MPJP roles.
The Eva Skira AM (above) is a Member of the Plenary Council after securing the AMPJP nomination. The AMPJP was offered one place at the Plenary Council. This was appreciated given that Canon law does not list Ministerial PJPs as either a compulsory or optional category of invitee to a Plenary Council.
Loretta Conroy rsm, a Canonical Steward with Catholic Healthcare, is also a Plenary Council Member. Loretto is a Member by virtue of her role as Leader of the Sisters of Mercy (North Sydney).
There are five ways that others can have a sense of participation:
- The 75 minute morning session is available as a livestream from 11am AEDT each day, except on Thursday, October 7 on the Plenary Council website, the Plenary Council’s Facebook page or direct from the Plenary Council’s YouTube channel (see the program for the first general assembly below).
- Each day, the Masses, can be viewed on the Plenary Council website, the Plenary Council’s Facebook page or direct from the Plenary Council’s YouTube channel.
- Every night from Sunday October 3 to October 10 at 7.30 AEDT, Genevieve Jacobs AM will speak with Plenary members and insiders summarising, highlighting, and discussing each day’s events. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
- Every day Geraldine Doogue AO will provide daily Plenary Matters podcasts with guests reviewing each day’s discernment and where it might take Council members CLICK HERE FOR PODCASTS
- Every day, Plenary Council Member and CSSA Chair, Francis Sullivan AO, will provide his reflection on progress. AVAILABLE ON THE CSSA website.
The first assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of the Church in Australia will take place 03-10 October 2021 will meet online due to the COVID restrictions. The second Assembly will be held in Sydney on July 4-9, 2022.
