Tag: Plenary Council
Philippa Martyr: Plenary should scrutinise the data
I was absolutely delighted to see that Dr Trudy Dantis, the Director of the National Centre for Pastoral Research (NCPR), is helping to write...
Leaked report needs ‘due consideration’ say bishops
Confidential document appeared online before release
In a shock move, a confidential advisory report to Australia’s Catholics bishops and religious superiors has been leaked to...
No easy answers as Plenary papers released
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB released six discernment papers on Pentecost Sunday in a step towards the fifth Plenary Council of Australia.
The documents are the...
Plenary continues despite road bump
The two assemblies will still take place Adelaide and Sydney, with a year's delay due to the pandemic.
Opening Plenary Council assembly postponed
Plenary Council organisers have postponed its first assembly which had been scheduled for October this year in Adelaide.
Plenary Council president Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB...
Sydney announces Plenary delegates
Meet the four delegates who will represent the laity at the Plenary Council in October.
Sanctity: the unspoken question for Plenary 2020
Each of us, individually, is called to strive to live a life of service to God in the circumstances in which we find ourselves and the unique purpose He calls us to fulfil.
Monica Doumit: Plenary is no toy forum
The recent announcement by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that they would step back as senior members of the Royal Family and relocate,...
Dr Philippa Martyr: What the Plenary Council can do
Having painted a rather grim picture of where the Church in Australia is at in this series of articles, it’s time to offer some...
