pathways, May 09
Paul - the man, his mission and message today!
A ground-breaking e-conference will be presented to mark the end of the Year of Paul. Everyone has been invited to attend - to hear international speakers - for free - without having to travel far.
Religious, parishes, schools and Church groups have been encouraged to gather on Tuesday, June 30, to take part in the innovative conference on St Paul, the first national e-conference to be presented within the Catholic Church in Australia.
The conference,
Paul - The Man, the Mission and Message for Today: igniting his purpose and passion, will feature sessions from world renowned Pauline scripture scholars, Brendan Byrne SJ, Michele Connolly RSJ
(pictured) and film, media and communication scholar, Richard Leonard SJ. It will be hosted by television identity Mike Bailey.
The sessions will be web-cast live to sites across the nation, and will be interspersed with opportunities for local gatherings to discuss the sessions with the guidance of a trained facilitator. The conference is scheduled for 10.30am-4pm Eastern Standard Time; 10am-3.30pm Central Standard Time and from 8.30am-2pm Western Standard Time.
Bishop David Walker, a member of the Bishops Commission for Mission and Faith Formation, said the format of the day would be a first for the Church in Australia.
"Every parish in Australia will have the opportunity to get involved, either by hosting a web-cast site themselves or by joining with another group nearby," Bishop Walker said.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for people from Broome to Broken Bay to be able to join in this very exciting program of world class speakers. It is a fitting way to mark the end of the Year of St Paul in the Church and we feel it is an initiative of which St Paul, the great Gospel communicator would surely have been proud."
The Director of the Broken Bay Institute (host of the e-conference), Dr Gerard Goldman said it was easy for parishes and groups to become involved.
"Essentially, all that is needed for local communities to get involved is a broadband Internet connection, a projector and a screen," he said. "There will be no cost to those who take part in the E-Conference."
Registrations have opened. To register your parish or Church group to take part in the Year of St Paul National E-Conference on Tuesday, June 30, simply follow the link to Year of St Paul on the Broken Bay Institute homepage:
www.bbi.catholic.edu.au.
For more information on the E-Conference, contact Virginia Ryan at the Broken Bay Institute by emailing
Virginia.ryan@dbb.edu.au or phoning 02 9847 0556.
The E-conference is an initiative of the Broken Bay Institute and the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference through the Bishops Commission for Mission and Faith Formation.
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