Archive for May, 2012
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May 14, 2012
No CommentsMonsignor Robert McGuckin appointed Bishop of Toowoomba
All media statements on this appointment are contained at www.catholic.org.au Monsignor Robert McGuckin, Vicar General of the Diocese of Parramatta has been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the sixth Bishop of the Diocese of...
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May 08, 2012
No CommentsCatholic Earthcare celebrates ten years
Media Release, 9 May, 2012 Today marks a special anniversary for the Catholic Church. Ten years ago at the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference plenary meeting in May 2002, a new agency was born with an extraordinary purpose for humanity to undergo an ecological conversion. This call for ecological conversion was proclaimed by Pope John Paul...
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May 08, 2012
No CommentsWorld Communications Day – Silence and Word: Path of Evangelisation
The ACBC has prepared a kit for the celebration of World Communications Day which includes the following YouTube of Bishop Peter Ingham, Chair of the Australian Catholic media Council, sharing on the theme. You can download the kit here or by visiting...
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May 06, 2012
No CommentsCommunicating the Word 2012 – Matthew Tan
Matthew Tan lectures in theology and philosophy at Campion College. He received his doctorate in Political Theology at the Australian Catholic University in 2010. His doctoral thesis was entitled “Body of Christ in Seas of Change: The Relationship Between Ecclesiology, Politics and Practice in the Conditioning of 20th Century Roman Catholic Responses to Violence”. He...
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May 06, 2012
No CommentsCommunicating the Word 2012 – Scott Stephens
Scott Stephens is the Religion and Ethics editor for ABC Online. Before joining the ABC he taught theology for many years, and even did a stint as a parish minister with the Uniting Church in Australia. He has written extensively on the intersections among philosophy, theology, ethics and politics, as well as on modern atheism’s...
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May 06, 2012
No CommentsCommunicating the Word 2012 – Virginia Ryan
Virginia Ryan has been an educator for over 30 years. She was the Adult Faith Education and Pastoral Formation Coordinator at The Broken Bay Institute where she was the national co-ordinator for the ACBC eConferences on Paul, Luke, Mary and Jesus the Christ. For three years Virginia edited and wrote for a monthly e-newsletter each...
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May 05, 2012
No CommentsStronger futures or stolen futures – Bishops and Religious question legislation
Media Release, 5 May, 2012 The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) and Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) call upon all Federal Senators not to pass the legislation of the ‘Stronger Futures Northern Territory 2011 Bill’. In their meeting today in North Sydney, Archbishop Philip Wilson and Sr Anne Derwin RSJ on behalf of the ACBC and...
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May 04, 2012
No CommentsArchbishop Denis Hart elected President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
Media Release 4 May, 2012 Archbishop Denis Hart, Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne has been elected as the President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference at the Australian Bishops Plenary today in Sydney. Archbishop Hart will take over after this meeting from Archbishop Philip Wilson who has held the post for the past six...
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May 03, 2012
No CommentsCommunicating the Word 2012 – Monsignor Paul Tighe
Monsignor Paul Tighe one of the Vatican’s most senior media advisors, is Secretary to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Irish-born, Monsignor Tighe worked as the Director of Communications in the Archdiocese of Dublin prior to this Vatican role, where he focusses on developing new media strategies and also with liaising between the Vatican and...
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May 03, 2012
No CommentsCommunicating the Word 2012 – Emma Rossi
Emma Rossi is a Media Executive at the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) She has previously worked as a Reporter/Newsreader at Seven Network Limited and at the Nine Network as a Reporter/Newsreader. She was chair of the Board of Directors for the Sisters of St Joseph Peruvian Project for four...