Assembly 2008: OUR MULTI-CULTURAL AUSTRALIAN CHURCH

REALITY.  GIFT. CHALLENGE.

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The annual assembly of Catholic Religious Australia was held in Melbourne from June 30 - July 3. 




President's address:
"Not in danger, only near to death":  Religious Institutions and a Church in Transition, by Father Mark Raper SJ
 
Dirt.  Fire. Water.
 
setting the scene:
Fr Noel Connolly SSC and Sr Mary Labruna SJBP
small is beautiful:
Sr Lorraine Testa OSA
Sr Rita Ruzzene SJBP
Sr Michele Toussaint FCS
Sr Christa Murphy SSpS
 
quest speaker:
Professor Des Cahill, Professor of Intercultural Studies at RMIT University of Melbourne
 
formation in a multicultural church and models of religious life
Fr Tim Norton SVD
Fr Thien Nguyen SVD
Sr Blandina Bano SSpS

What can we do to help build a multi-cultural Church?

 
The thread
 
background reading:
GRACED BY MIGRATION:  Implementing a national strategy in pastoral care for a multi-cultural Australian Church
a paper for the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference through the Bishops Commission for Pastoral Life and the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office
 
prelimary pathway articles:

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