ACCCR – A NEW KIND OF CHURCH Recording

On 27 July 2023, Australasian Catholics Coalition for Church Reform (ACCCR), Yarra Theological Union (YTU, and Garratt Publishing presented the Synod on Synodality – A New Kind of Church Webinar.

The Instrumentum Laboris (Working Document) for the Synod in Rome in October has now been released. It reflects the cumulative responses of the seven continental groups on the Document for the Continental Stage (DCS), Enlarge the Space of your Tent.

The Synod on Synodality: A New Kind of Church webinar focused on the key issues set out in this Working Document in the context of priorities and tensions identified by Catholics in Australasia and worldwide.

The convocation was recorded and can be viewed below.

RESOURCES

Download Susan Pascoe’s slide presentation here:
https://www.garrattpublishing.com.au/pdf/ACCCR_ANewKindOfChurch-SusanPascoe.pdf

Download Susan Sullivan’s slide presentation here:
https://www.garrattpublishing.com.au/pdf/ACCCR_ANewKindOfChurch-SusanSullivan.pdf

PRESENTERS

MODERATOR

Agnes Dodds
Agnes is the Secretary of Women’s Wisdom in the Church (WWITCH), a Melbourne based group of women from the Catholic and Anglican faith traditions who work to raise awareness of women’s wisdom, experience and skills in the Australian Church. Agnes has been a university researcher and teacher all her working life. She hopes to bring her experience in program design and evaluation to help promote synodal dialogue within the Church.

SPEAKERS

Susan Sullivan
Susan commenced her professional life in Perth, Western Australia as a high school teacher in the Catholic system. Following the completion of a Masters in Religious Education at Loyola University Chicago, Susan worked as a Senior Education Consultant at the Catholic Education Office, Perth and moved to Canberra in 1993. Susan has worked in executive mission leadership roles over the past two decades. She has designed and implemented innovative mission -focused initiatives at a national level. She led a strategy to engage Australian health, aged care and social services organisations in a range of collaborative leadership formation initiatives. Susan has been a board member for Meaningful Ageing Australia, is currently a director of Marymead CatholicCare in the Canberra and Goulburn Archdiocese, and of Campfire in the Heart located in Alice Springs and is a contributing member of Concerned Catholics Canberra Goulburn. Susan attended the final session of the German Synodal Way held in Frankfurt March 6-9 2023. Her report on that experience can be found here.

Susan Pascoe AM
Susan will attend the Synod Session in October as an expert/facilitator. She chairs Catholic Emergency Relief Australia (CERA) and has held a number of senior roles in the Church and government, including inaugural Commissioner for the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and head of the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria. Susan is an Adjunct Professor at The University of Western Australia.

CLOSING REMARKS

Andrea Dean
Andrea is the president of Women and the Australian Church (WATAC) and lives in Canberra. She grew up in Adelong in southern NSW and is a country girl at heart. After years of working in Catholic schools, institutions, and agencies she finds herself (happily) on the fringe of the Church.These days she finds joy in working in the community sector, seeing others flourish and experiencing the delights and challenges of being a dog owner!

YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED

ACCCR works to bring about the Church we dream of – a Christ-like Church. Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality is a moment of hope for the Church. Synodality is all the baptised working together equally in the Church’s mission. We encourage all Catholics to be involved in synodal activities. For this we need resources to pay for events as we build on previous convocations and publications. All ACCCR members involved volunteer their time and effort.

Donations can be made at the following link: https://www.mycause.com.au/p/318102/acccr-webinars

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