ACPA President and Diocese of Townsville Communications Media Manager Neil Helmore said the Conference is this year looking to increase the knowledge of Catholic communications professionals and how they can listen, speak, and communicate with heart.
As the first in two years because of cancellations caused by COVID-19, this year’s theme for the Australasian Catholic Press Association conference focused on the words of Pope Francis from his 2021 World Day of Communications message, “Witnesses of the Truth, to go, to see, to share”. Australian Redemptorist publication The Majellan has taken home the top gong at the annual awards.
Salesian priest Father Frank Freeman SDB, who now resides at the Salesian Province Centre in Ascot Vale in Victoria, has last month celebrated 60 years of priesthood.