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Columba Catholic Primary School at Bunyip is abuzz with excitement as staff and students prepare to work on a large art mural project with contemporary Aboriginal artist, Mr Scott Ratham to transform the school grounds.
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On the Feast of Pentecost, a new guide has been published to support local reflection on the outcomes of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. Carrying Forward the Plenary Council invites Catholic parishes, schools and other communities to pray about, reflect upon and review what they are already doing, or could be doing, in relation to acting on the commitments the Council members made in the decrees.
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The Bishops Conference has appointed Fr Chris de Souza, one of two vicars general in the Diocese of Parramatta, as its new general secretary. Fr de Souza has held a number of leadership roles in the Diocese of Parramatta over the past 25 years, including episcopal vicar for formation, episcopal vicar for education, director of prison chaplains, director of deacons and students, and vice rector of the diocesan seminary. He has also had many parish appointments over his 40 years as a priest.
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Pope Francis has this evening appointed Bishop Ken Howell the seventh Bishop of Toowoomba. Bishop Howell, who has served as Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane since 2017, will succeed Bishop Robert McGuckin, who has led the Diocese of Toowoomba since 2012. Pope Francis has this evening accepted Bishop McGuckin’s resignation.
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Pastoral Associates and Parish workers from across our diocese, gathered at St Jarlath’s Parish in Yarragon for a day of spiritual enrichment, learning, and personal development. They deepened prayer leadership skills, wrote prayers of the faithful, and explored synodality, fostering unity and empowering ministry in their parishes.
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Catholic schools across Gippsland and Melbourne’s outer south east will open their doors to the community to celebrate Catholic Education Week 2023 from 19 May to 26 May.
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As the bishops conclude their plenary meeting in Sydney, they have issued a statement on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The statement expresses the bishops’ view that the failure to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ traditional custodianship of Australia in the Constitution is “an omission which needs to be rectified”.
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The Diocese of Sale honours the memory and contribution to Catholic Education of Dr Therese D’Orsa who died suddenly on 7 May 2023
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