This weekend (7 July 2019) is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday. The theme for this year is “Peace to this house and all who dwell within” drawn from Luke 10:1–2. In our busy lives, we are often bombarded with competing priorities, distractions, worries and concerns about...

Positions: Plenary Council Discernment and Writing Group Chairs and Members Position description: Click to view Work type: Volunteer Department: Bishops Commission for the Plenary Council Organisation: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Closing date: Monday 22 July 2019 As we move into the...

Pope Francis has given his apostolic blessing to the Australian Catholic bishops and encouraged them to explore new ways of being missionary in Australia at this time. Almost 40 Australian bishops today met with Pope Francis for more than two hours as part of their Ad Limina Apostolorum visit,...

The Plenary Council 2020 moves into its next phase of preparation today with the announcement of the National Themes for Discernment that emerged from a historic process of listening to the voices of more than 222,000 people. Between May 2018 and March 2019, almost 17,500 submissions, from...