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Council Members begin communal work of discernment
The first “spiritual conversations” of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia covered a broad range of thoughts and topics from Baptism being the place for fundamental conversion to the need for the Church to tend to its past and current failures.
Pope Francis sends blessings to historic Church event
Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives for his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican on 29 September, 2021. Photo: CNS/Paul Haring.
Pope Francis has sent greetings and blessings from Rome as the program for the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, the first such event in this country in 84 years, began today.
A message read out during the opening plenary session
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Plenary Council Assembly #1 Day 1 – St Francis a Model for Australia
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On the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, Bishop Shane Mackinlay has said the saint that so loved creation and those living in poverty can inspire the work of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia.
Bishop Mackinlay, the Bishop of Sandhurst and the Plenary Council’s vice-president, celebrated Mass for the first day of the Council’s program, a day...
Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS
Here are some of the highlights of the Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia at St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, on Sunday 3 October, 2021.
The Aboriginal Cross stands in front of the lectern for the Book of the Gospels at St Mary’s Cathedral for the Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council on Sunday 3 October at St Mary’s Cathedral.
Plenary Councils Members Sr Lucy Van Kess...
New resource opportunity for the young to Come and See
A new resource developed by the Office of Christian Initiation will be launched next month with the aim of engaging young people in conversation and reflection about the Christian faith.
PLENARY COUNCIL: We are all called to the mission of the Church
The issue of Conversion in the Agenda of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia invites Members to think about how we might better accompany one another on the journey of personal and communal conversion which mission in Australia requires.
Global Awareness campaign launched ahead of World Mission month
The 2021 World Mission Month was launched with a digital campaign, connecting mission partners from around the world. The campaign sheds light on the dedication of missionaries to serving people in places where poverty and disadvantage compound the devastating impact of COVID-19.
Mercy Sisters ‘yes’ to the Pilbara leaves lasting legacy
In this special report, Paul Cleary writes about Mercy Sisters Bernadette Kennedy and Bernadine Daly, who answered a call to work with Aboriginal people in the late 70’s in the mid-west WA town of Roebourne.
US OKs abortion bill called ‘far outside the American mainstream’
The United States House of Representatives have last week passed what opponents consider one of the most extreme abortion bills ever seen in the nation – the Women’s Health Protection Act. The measures of the Bill establish the legal right to abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy in all 50 states under federal law.
‘The God in whom we trust’: Formation and the Plenary Council
What does formation mean? What is it and how do we get it?
Is it merely through catechesis? Is it by committing the principles of the faith to memory by rote?
According to Centre of Faith Enrichment lecturer Natalie Thomas, formation is about much more. It is about learning to understand the God in whom we trust and what it means to be a follower of Christ. Nathan Hondros reports for The Record ahead of the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia.
