Posts Tagged: Resources
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Dec 14, 2011
No CommentsRockhampton Youth Minister wins inaugural Youth Ministry Scholarship
Media Release 15 December, 2011 The Bishops Commission for Pastoral Life (BCPL) in partnership with The Broken Bay Institute (BBI) is happy to announce the winner of this year’s youth ministry scholarship. Ms Lauren Cole, the Diocesan Youth Ministry Coordinator for the Rockhampton Diocese has been award a full scholarship to study the BBI-University of...
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Dec 12, 2011
No CommentsBishops’ Commission for Church Ministry founds new Pastoral Council for Lay Catholics
Media Release 8 December, 2011 The Bishops Commission for Church Ministry (BCCM) has founded a new Lay Pastoral Council to develop policies for the education, formation, pastoral care and support of Lay Pastoral Ministers. The members of the newly-formed Council are: Sr Philomena Burrell (Perth); Mrs Heather Carey (Adelaide); Sr Kathy Hatherall (Brisbane); Mr Richard...
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Nov 30, 2011
2 CommentsLetter for International Day for People with Disability – a letter from Bishop Terry Brady
Dear Friends in Christ, At our baptism, we are welcomed and commissioned to spread the Good News, to produce fruit that will last and to use our God-given gifts. We are all called to witness the life of Jesus Christ through our prayer, our offerings and how we share our gifts. It is through the...
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Nov 24, 2011
No CommentsNew Roman Missal officially launched by Australian Bishops
Media Release 24 November, 2011 The new English translation of the Roman Missal was officially launched today by the President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Archbishop Philip Wilson during the Bishops’ Plenary meeting in...
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Nov 15, 2011
2 Comments“One Body in Christ” –Disability Council releases new resource for people with disabilities
“One Body in Christ” – Release of a New Resource for Welcoming People with Disability Media Release 16.11.11 The Australian Catholic Disability Council and the Disability Projects Office of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference have released today a new resource for parishes and Church communities called One Body in Christ, Welcoming People with...
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Nov 15, 2011
No CommentsGraces in my Diocese – reflections on an Archdiocesan Assembly
By Archbishop Mark Coleridge, photos by Loui Seselja I have no illusions about the challenges we are facing, but I have high hopes for the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Both the challenges and the opportunities were on show last Saturday at the Archdiocesan Assembly attended by over four hundred members of the Archdiocesan community....
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Nov 11, 2011
No CommentsPut out into the deep – the New Evangelisation’s challenge to the Church
By Marita Winters, Director, Catholic Enquiry Centre and the National Office for Evangelisation Recently I’ve been part of several dinner conversations on the state of the Catholic Church. Does that sound familiar? During one, there was comment on the average age of the few participants at a vigil Mass -the estimate given was “at least...
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Oct 24, 2011
No CommentsBuilding bridges in the justice system
By Beth Doherty Note: For a copy of the Social Justice statement, or for more information, visit http://www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au/ Social Justice Sunday was celebrated in parishes over the weekend of 24 September and this year’s statement by the bishops is on a unique and timely subject: prisons and the justice system. The statement is hopeful and...
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Oct 17, 2011
No CommentsHearing God’s call – resource for prisoners
Two years ago I was researching material for a new book. The book Call and Response is the resource that the Catholic Enquiry Centre supplies to those who enquire seeking information about the Catholic faith. In the midst of research and writing three significant things happened. The first was we received an enquiry from a...