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Plenary Council Second Assembly: Members approve Council closure
Plenary Council Members applaud the closing of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, Saturday 9 July 2022. Photo: Fiona Basile/ACBC.
The nine-month celebration phase of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia ended on Saturday, with Council Members standing and applauding as President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB formally declared the Council closed.
Almost four-and-a-half years aft...
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Council re-imagines the Church through a missionary lens
Archbishop Costelloe encouraged Members to believe that what the Archangel Gabriel said to the Blessed Virgin Mary is true for them today: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow.”
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Day 3 Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9v7KrvQB3I
Day 3 highlights video from the Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council. Video: Neil Helmore/ACBC.
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Day 2 Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsSmZ8EiSBI
Preach the Gospel, obey the Church, Pope Francis tells Neocatechumenal Way
Members of the Neocatechumenal Way met with Pope Francis as they prepared to send priests and families out “on mission”. He reminded them to preach the Gospel and obey the Church.
To evangelise is to live the Gospel, then share it, Pope Francis says
One cannot share the Gospel without living it first, Pope Francis said in separate meetings with members of the general chapters of the Pauline Fathers and Comboni Missionaries.
National evangelisation conference set for October
Australian Catholics are being invited to take part in a unique national evangelisation conference on 20-22 October to be hosted online by the Australian Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry.
Perth’s ‘piano priest’ debuts first album, capturing journey to religious life
Armadale Parish Priest Fr Mark Baumgarten, known to many as the ‘Piano Priest’, has released his first album titled Now and Not Yet – which takes listeners on a journey from his younger years to his priestly ministry. By Amanda Murthy.
Invitation to serve on the Council for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry
Baptised Catholics are invited to submit expressions of interest to serve on a national advisory body to the Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry (BCELM).
Pope Francis to institute formal ‘Ministry of Catechist’
Pope Francis is preparing to formally institute the “ministry of catechist”.
