Plenary Council

Council members begin work of communal discernment

Council members begin work of communal discernment

Plenary Council - October 5, 2021
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...
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Pope sends blessings to historic Church event

Pope sends blessings to historic Church event

Plenary Council - October 4, 2021
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...
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St Francis a model for Australia’s Plenary Council

St Francis a model for Australia’s Plenary Council

Plenary Council - October 4, 2021
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...
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Catholics in Australia urged: “Become true disciples”

Catholics in Australia urged: “Become true disciples”

Plenary Council - October 3, 2021
As Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB opened the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, he said Catholics “must become, even more than we are already, a community...
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Plenary Post, Edition 38 – September 24, 2021

Plenary Post, Edition 38 – September 24, 2021

Plenary Council - September 24, 2021
PlenaryPost is the Plenary Council e-newsletter. It is periodically and keeps you up-to-date with all the news and information related to the Plenary Council happenings...
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A chat with some of our Plenary Council members

A chat with some of our Plenary Council members

Plenary Council - September 21, 2021
As the first Plenary Council in Australia in over 80 years gets underway from October 3-10, we have had a brief chat with each of...
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Advisers, Chairpersons named for Plenary Council

Advisers, Chairpersons named for Plenary Council

Plenary Council - September 16, 2021
Some of the country’s leading Catholic thinkers have been engaged to support the members of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia when they gather for...
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Why a Plenary Council?

Why a Plenary Council?

Plenary Council - September 15, 2021
There have been times when I wondered if we would ever make it. But after all the delays and changes of plan, we have come...
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Praying for the Plenary Council around the corner

Praying for the Plenary Council around the corner

Plenary Council - September 15, 2021
From 3 – 10 October, the Church in Australia will commence its fifth Plenary Council – the first in 84 years. 280 members will begin...
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