Archive for June, 2012
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Jun 22, 2012
No CommentsTackle Asylum Seeker Phenomenon at the Source
Media Release 21 June 2012 The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) expresses great sadness of the loss of life of the asylum seekers who’s vessel capsised attempting to reach Australia. “The decision to get on a boat in order to seek asylum is not made by someone who has any other choice” said...
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Jun 15, 2012
No CommentsPersonal Ordinariate of our Lady of the Southern Cross erected in Australia Media Release
Media Release 15 June, 2012 This evening 15 June, 2012, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI officially erected the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross under the patronage of St Augustine of Canterbury. Ordinariates have thus far been erected in England and the United States and are the response of Pope Benedict to...
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Jun 15, 2012
No CommentsCatholic Church speaks out on “Stronger Futures” legislation – questions its appropriateness for Aboriginal people
Media Release, 15 June, 2012 The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC) and the Bishops Commission for Relations with Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (BCRATSI) of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) today take the opportunity to remind senators of some issues surrounding the Stronger Futures legislation that will come before the...
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Jun 07, 2012
No CommentsAustralian Catholic Youth Ministry convention ready to welcome youth ministers
The second Australian Catholic Youth Ministry Convention (ACYMC) will be held in Campbelltown from September 21st to 23rd, 2012. It is expected to gather up to 500 participants from around the country who minister with young people in parishes, schools, religious orders, diocese, universities, diocese, movements and...
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Jun 04, 2012
No CommentsSUMMARY OF THE PLENARY MEETING OF THE AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE
3 – 10 May 2012 The Mass of the Holy Spirit was concelebrated on Friday 4 May 2012 in the chapel of Mary MacKillop Place, North Sydney at 7 am. The President of Conference, Archbishop Philip Wilson, was the principal celebrant and preached the homily. The President welcomed the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto who...
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Jun 03, 2012
No CommentsProclaim Conference on the New Evangelisation – 9-11 August, 2012!
The PROCLAIM CONFERENCE will be held from 9-11 August, 2012 at the Concourse in Chatswood, Sydney. More information is available as well as registration and information on speakers at the following link www.proclaimconference.com.au PROCLAIM 2012 is a conference on the New Evangelisation organised on behalf of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference by the National Office...
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Jun 03, 2012
No CommentsIllegals and their salad bowls
By Fr Maurizio Pettena This article was first published in CathBlog, a daily service of CathNews Our public conversation about refugees and asylum seekers seems to be degenerating once again into political statements and rhetoric. Yesterday, in a commercial for the Today Tonight program, statistics flashed across the TV screen proclaiming: “illegal boat people with...
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Jun 03, 2012
No CommentsWomen’s Fellowship still gifting the Church
By Beth Doherty In 2005, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference through the then Commission for Australian Catholic Women approved an inaugural fellowship which would draw together young women from across Australia for academic and spiritual formation. This pioneering course was known as the Young Catholic Women’s Interfaith Fellowship. The first program of its type...