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Notre Dame Announces Appointment of New Vice Chancellor |
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
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 The Acting Chancellor of The University of Notre Dame Australia, Dr Michael
Quinlan, announced today the appointment of Professor Celia Hammond as its third
Vice Chancellor.
Professor Hammond is a legal practitioner with experience in private practice
in Western Australia. She has held senior leadership, management and teaching
positions at Notre Dame, where she has been a staff member for over ten years.
She was Head of the University’s School of Law, and served as the University’s
General Counsel, Executive Director of the Vice Chancellery, and Assistant
Provost.
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ACBC appoints new Chair for the National Catholic Education Commission |
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 |
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has appointed Mrs Therese Temby to the position of Chair of the National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC).
Mrs Temby was Director of Catholic Education in Western Australia from 1992 to 2003 and has first-hand experience of all facets of Catholic education – primary, secondary and tertiary. Mrs Temby was a member of the NCEC for 16 years and has been appointed as chair to various West Australian educational bodies.
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 |
 Jenny
Wells, team leader, of Caritas Australia’s
Emergency and Humanitarian Group gave an informative presentation to staff in
the Secretariat of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference this week. Jenny has recently returned from Afghanistan where Caritas Australia is
currently partnering with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to implement an Early
Childhood Development Program. Community
based Centres are being established to provide experiential learning to build
socialization, literacy and numeracy skills to prepare children for primary
school.
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Women Leading Action of Climate Change |
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 |
Climate
Coolers is a non profit women’s organisation that exists to cut CO2
pollution. Through our national campaign
‘Million Women, Million tonnes’ we aim to inspire, empower, motivate and
mobilize a million women of Australia
into action to cut a million tonnes of CO2 emissions. They will be celebrated as women leading our
communities in taking action and promoting awareness of climate change
challenges and solutions.
Catholic Earthcare Australia supports the Climate Cooler initiative 'Million Women, Million tonnes'. If you would like more information go to http://www.climatecoolers.com/
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Working party to look at Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest |
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 |
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At the May Plenary meeting of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference it was decided to establish a working party on priestless Sundays. The working party will provide an opportunity for wide consultation on the practice of Sunday Celebrations in the absence of a Priest. The Office for the Participation of Women would like to gather your experience of this ministry, with particular interest in women who currently minister in this way.
Please forward your experiences related to this topic to
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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 Throughout 2007 Catholic women throughout Australia were
invited to submit prayers and reflections for a prayer book being compiled by
the Office for the Participation of Women.
Approximately 150 prayers were submitted for this project. A project team was formed in 2008 comprising
of: Patricia
Banister, Tricia
Walsh, Julia
Trimboli, Hannah
Norgrove, Tracey
Edstein, Ruth Durick and Kim
Davis.
The team has made the decision to produce a
small publication and is currently in the process of making selections and
moving to the editing stage. It has been
a privilege to share the faith journeys of those who have submitted
prayers. We will keep you updated as
this project continues to progress. Once
again, thank you to the many women who responded to the invitation and
submitted prayers.
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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The 2008-09 Women’s Budget Statement is available from the Australian Government, Office for Women
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Christians and Buddhists: Caring for the Planet Earth |
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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World Environment Day will be celebrated on the 5 June. Reflecting on our stewardship of this Earth, the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue in its annual message to Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh wrote:
It gives me much joy to recall the positive relationships that Catholics
and Buddhists have enjoyed for many years. I am confident that this foundation
will serve to strengthen and deepen our understanding of each other as we
continue to work together to build a better world not only for ourselves but
also for the entire human family. Experience teaches us that dialogue fosters
the desire within the person and the community to share the goodwill and harmony
which already exists, and indeed to reach out ever more courageously to others,
ready to embrace the challenges and difficulties that may arise.
The full text can be found on the Vatican website
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Loreto Sister graduates top of the class |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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Sr
Theresa Elliott graduated from Edith
Cowan University
on 16th March 2008 with a Graduate Diploma of Science (Information
Services) specialising in Archives and Records Management.
She
received the Margaret Jennings Award, donated by the Australian Society of
Archivists, for being the Outstanding Student of the 2007 Class.
For
further information about the Loreto Sisters please visit www.loreto.org.au
Sophia Ljaskevic, Communications
Officer, Loreto Sisters Australia
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Food security and the current world food crisis. |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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This fortnight, Caritas Australia's free e-magazine, OzSpirit, focuses on Food Security and the current
world food crisis.
"Many low income countries are currently unable to produce enough food to feed
their own populations. Hence they rely on the importation of food staples such
as rice, wheat, corn and soya. Hence when global food shortages are high and
demand increases, prices also increase meaning that poor people have to spend
more of their income on ensuring their families have enough food to eat."
To access the current edition go to: http://www.ozspirit.com/2008/179b.html
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Stolen Generation Commemorative Flower |
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
For the mothers and children of the Stolen Generations
The commemorative 'silk' flower has been created as a national emblem of the
Stolen Generations. This was initially proposed by members of the Kimberley
Stolen Generation Aboriginal Corporation, and later endorsed by the National
Sorry Day Committee. It is wholeheartedly supported by the Stolen Generations
Alliance. This flower was adopted because it is found widely across Australia and
it is a survivor. Its colour denotes compassion and spiritual healing.
For more information go to:
http://www.kimberleystolengeneration.com.au/flower.html
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