There is growing fear among Catholic providers of disability services that the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will not deliver the level of support that clients and providers need.

The Mission: One Heart, Many Voices conference held from 1 to 3 September 2021, with an additional day of creativity shaped by young people on 4 September, explored the challenges of living the gospel and leading mission in Australia and globally. The biennial event was last seen in 2019.

Plenary Council Member, Eva Skira AO, is Chair of both the Association of Ministerial Public Juridical Persons (AMPJP), and the Trustees of St John of God Healthcare.

In this exclusive story as part of the lead up to the First Assembly of the Plenary Council, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Mark Coleridge from Brisbane has this week given a historical recount of the events that led to the calling of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia.

As the Church in Australia prepares for Assembly 1 of Plenary 2020 (2-10 October, 2021), it has asked members to consider the question: “In what way does the Church in Australia recommit to the mission of Catholic education, including Catholic schools and universities in the decades to come?”

The role of Catholic schools has always been central to Australian Catholic identity, and the introduction of curricula and teaching practices, such as WA’s Religion and Life as an ATAR subject, plays an important role in the Church’s evangelisation and formation of young people.

Plenary asks for “candour and courage” as members examine the future of Catholic education.

89-year-old Fr John Neill OP was a founding Trustee-Governor of UNDA and will be remembered as a visionary leader who devoted his life to the service of the Church and education. He passed away Saturday 22 August.

The 2021 National Church Life Survey (NCLS) has more than 142,000 participants confirmed to take part, a clear indication to researchers that churches are focused on the future and what it holds.

NCEC Executive Director, Jacinta Collins, said the NAPLAN 2021 summary results
demonstrate an upward trend across most literacy and numeracy domains.

Searching for fresh inspiration, an artistically blocked painter, investigates the urban legend concerning the hook-handed murderer of the title that long prevailed among the once-deprived area’s residents (including Colman Domingo). What begins, under the direction of Nia DaCosta, who co-wrote the script with Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld, as an uneasy blend of slasher film and social commentary degenerates, by its conclusion, into a fantasy of racial revenge wholly at odds with Gospel values.

By means of policies and regulations, lawmakers can protect human dignity from whatever may threaten it. Those were the words of Pope Francis who spoke to members and representatives of the International Catholic Legislators Network, who were in Rome for an annual conference, on 27 August.