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A Church for All - A Guide to the Australian Plenary Council… and Beyond

Thursday 9 September 2021
7:00pm-8:00pm (AEST)
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210909 - VIDEO - Book Launch - A Church for All

210909 - SPEECH - Book launch - A Church for All - Response on behalf of authors - John Warhurst

210909 - SPEECH - Book Launch - A Church for All - Claire Victory

210909 - SPEECH - Book launch - A Church for All - Francis Sullivan

As we journey together towards the Plenary Council, please join us virtually as we officially launch  A Church for All: A guide to the Australian Plenary Council ...and beyond – an important new publication from Garratt Publishing.
 
Compiled from the recent Australasian Catholic Coalition for Church Reform’s inspirational Convocations that explored the future of Catholicism in Australia, A Church for All presents a path forward for the Church.  

This new and timely guide includes contributions from American Benedictine Sr Joan Chittister, along with Australian Catholic thinkers Debra Zanella, Robert Fitzgerald AM, and John Warhurst AO. Also included is a response to the Plenary agenda and concrete proposals for the Plenary, which was prepared by the Coalition and its 19-member groups.

Join Plenary Council members Francis Sullivan AO, Claire Victory, and Emeritus Professor John Warhurst AO as we officially launch this important book, and support its contribution to a spirit led Plenary.

PRESENTERS

Francis Sullivan is Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia, a Plenary Council member, as well Chair of the Board at Mater Misericordiae Ltd. He was also Chief Executive Officer at the Truth, Justice and Healing Council and Secretary General of the Australian Medical Association (AMA). Francis is committed to equity and justice and has been highly successful in bringing a social conscience to the political debate on health, aged care, and community service issues.

Claire Victory is National President of the St Vincent De Paul Society and a Plenary Council member. She is a solicitor who began her involvement with the Society around the age of 10 years, through her parish Young Vinnies group. During high school she became heavily involved in running Vinnies Youth programs for at-risk children and teenagers. Claire worked as the School Liaison Officer for the Society in SA from 2004 to 2007, and was on the Society’s National 2008 World Youth Day Committee. She has been a member of National Council since 2011.

John Warhurst is an Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University, Chair of Concerned Catholics Canberra Goulburn, and a Plenary Council member. John writes for Eureka Street and the Canberra Times and is author of the new book Wrestling with Church Hierarchy: Engaging with the Plenary Council & Beyond. He was a member of the writing team for Light from the Southern Cross, the report on Church governance commissioned by the Australian Bishops, following the Royal Commission.

BUY THE BOOK
A Church for All: A Guide to the Australian Plenary Council and Beyond,
The Australasian Catholic Coalition for Church Reform (ACCC), 2021
Available from Garratt Publishing
www.garrattpublishing.com.au
RRP $14.95