Fr Chris Ryan speaking

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 for Evangelisation and Catholic Mission.

The aim of PROCLAIM 2012 is to give people an understanding of the new evangelisation. It will also help attendees in building parishes that can evangelise effectively today. Some participants may already be actively engaged in the new evangelisation while others will be unfamiliar with the term and what it entails. Continue reading →

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 the destination Sydney – you’ll be shocked at the numbers!” Continue reading →

Original fellowship recipients, 2006

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 in the world, the Young Catholic Women’s Interfaith Fellowship began in 2006, and has seen all of its graduates gifting the Catholic Church and society with a wide range of skills ranging from education to media, to social justice advocacy and youth ministry, to pastoral care and academic leadership in various forms.

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