FELLOWSHIP PARTICIPANTS
The Women’s Fellowship commenced in February 2024 with Bishop Michael Morrissey, the Bishop’s Delegate for Women welcoming the eight participants at an online gathering. The young women come from a diverse range of cultures, employment and geographical locations. To read more about the participants, please see The Bridge, a bimonthly publication of the National Centre for Evangelisation.
FELLOWSHIP SCHEDULE 2024-2025
The following table provides an outline of the schedule for the Women’s Fellowship for 2024-2025 (current participants please refer to schedules provided by the NCE and ACU for exact dates etc).
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Dates |
Events |
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2024 |
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February |
Online gathering with Bishop Morrissey, Bishop’s Delegate for Women, NCE staff, Fellowship participants. |
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March |
In-person gathering at Mary MacKillop Place, North Sydney, with formation in leadership in a Catholic context and spiritual direction and supervision. |
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March - May |
ACU Unit: Mission: Transforming the World Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies |
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June |
Fellowship community online gathering. |
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July |
Fellowship community online gathering. Proposed topic: Called & Gifted – An introduction to the spiritual gifts with Clara Geoghegan. |
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Late July - October |
ACU Unit 2: Interpreting the Bible for Leadership and Mission (online evening and weekend sessions) |
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November |
Fellowship community online gathering. Proposed topic: Dialogue with female leaders and reflecting on 2024. |
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2025 |
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February |
Fellowship community online gathering: Where are women leading in the Church? |
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February |
Possible in person gathering (this may be moved to later in the year) |
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March – May |
Unit 3: Theology for the future: Reimagining Leadership (online) |
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June |
NCE connects with Fellowship community |
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July |
Fellowship community online gathering. Proposed topic: Self-care in ministry |
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July |
Unit 4: Leading for Mission |
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October |
Fellowship community online gathering. Proposed topic: How do we faithfully and practically evangelise the culture by living as missionary disciples? |
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November |
Fellowship community online gathering. Proposed topic: Debrief, dialogue and blessing from Bishop’s Delegate for Women, where to from here? |
For the duration of the Fellowship, participants will also receive regular newsletters informing them of events they might be interested in, resources and introductions to networks and groups that can provide ongoing formation and accompaniment.
EVANGELISE PLUS - WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP VIDEO SERIES
On International Women’s Day 2024, the NCE launched a new video series on Women’s Leadership. The series features five Australian senior female leaders offering their perspectives on key questions about leadership.
- How would you define leadership?
- What are the key attributes for good leadership?
- How does your Catholic faith guide you as a leader?
- How do you deal with challenges?
- What gifts do women bring to leadership?
The videos were used as a stimulus for a very lively discussion by the Fellowship members. The videos can be accessed by the public for free on Evangelise Plus.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2024
To celebrate International Women’s Day, members of the Fellowship and alumni were guests of the Australian Catholic University at Mary MacKillop Place, North Sydney. Sr Allesandra Smirelli, Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development spoke via video from Rome on the theme, ‘Count her in: Women’s economic empowerment’.
This was followed by a panel discussion which included Fellowship alumni Natalia Teguhputri, co-founder of the Waterjars Movement and member of the Economy of Francesco.
The current Fellowship community and alumni gathered for International Women’s Day 2024.
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