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The Launch of the Synod 2021-2023 - Archbishop Mark Coleridge
28 October 2021Pope Francis launched the worldwide Synod process on Sunday October 10 in Rome, reaching out to the great community of the baptised everywhere on earth. In a message for the local launch, Archbishop Mark Coleridge poses the key question you might ask... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Early start key to respectful relationships
20 October 2021The starting point to respectful relationships was in the earliest years of a child's life rather than the popular media focus on adolescent years and beyond. That was among the key messages at a forum organised by Brisbane Catholic Education for Year... - Author: Archdiocesan HighlightsAfter 16 sessions across six days, the First Assembly of the Plenary Council has wrapped up. The process of members listening to each other in those various forums has planted promising seeds and raised important questions for all. As the concluding statement...
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Plenary Council First Assembly - Halfway Through the Journey
7 October 2021The Plenary Council First Assembly continues with plaudits from many members over the process. The facilitators encourage them to be "open to listening for the whisperings of the Spirit." It seems to be working. The post Plenary Council First Assembly... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Uluru Statement From the Heart - Event Highlights
29 September 2021Archbishop Mark Coleridge publicly endorsed the Uluru Statement From The Heart, in a historic commitment by the Catholic Church to back indigenous leaders from across Australia demanding a constitutional voice. Standing at the Santa Teresa Spirituality... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Anticipating the Plenary Council - Dr Maeve Louise Heaney VDMF
23 September 2021We asked Dr Maeve Heaney VDMF about the importance of the upcoming Plenary Council. Dr Heaney underlined that the world is watching how Australia, with their great theologians, will be working and thinking together, creatively and intelligently, for the... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Plenary Council Previews with Peter Arndt
23 September 2021The first of two gathering sessions for the Plenary Council is soon upon us. It is the first such gathering in Australia in 80 years, and distinctive because of the greater participation of lay people. We have asked various community members to share... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Plenary Council Previews with Margaret Vider
16 September 2021The first of two gathering sessions for the Plenary Council is soon upon us. It is the first such gathering in Australia in 80 years, and distinctive because of the greater participation of lay people. We have asked various community members to share... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Journey towards Plenary Council
16 September 2021This is a truly exciting time for the Catholic Church in Australia. We're preparing for the first gathering of our Plenary Council, the first in 84 years. It is the highest formal gathering of the church across the country and brings together Catholics... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
New online education tool offers insights into Catholic end-of-life care
15 September 2021Teachers and students now have easy access to an online resource that clearly explains why the Catholic Church supports palliative care, but rejects euthanasia. The Church's 'Care First' approach to end-of-life care is given voice on a new 'Catholic identity'...