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ACMRO News August 2019
Ninth Bishop Joseph Grech Colloquium on Ethics and Migration: ‘It is not just about Migrants”.
On 5 August 2019, Fr Fabio Baggio CS, Under-Secretary of the Migrant and Refugee Section of the Holy See and Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta and Chair of the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service marked the start of a three-day national conference on missionary clergy and religious in Australia. Bishop Long spoke about Nurturing of Culture of Encounter and Hospitality. Bishop Long, the chairman of the Bishops Commission for Social Justice — Mission and Service, emphasized that we are all responsible in a way that “We are all living in an interconnected world and what we do has an impact beyond our own environment.”
ACMRO News June 2019
The ACMRO Migrant and Refugee Kit 2019 is now available online
Pope Francis has chosen the theme, “It is not just about migrants”, for the 105th World Day of Migrant and Refugees, commemorated in Australia on Sunday 25 August 2019. Included in the Kit are stories, reflections and prayers to be used in preparation of and for Migrant and Refugee Sunday. We hope that the Migrant and Refugee Kit will assist parishes and schools in commemorating this important event.
ACMRO News May 2019
More speakers for the national conference announced!
Br Anthony Crook
Head of Applied Psychology | Head of Chaplaincy Studies University of Notre Dame Australia | Sydney
Br Anthony is a chaplain with the Royal Australian Navy, currently posted to HMAS Kuttabul. Apart from the face-to-face counselling and pastoral care that RAN chaplains provide, Anthony also provides professional supervision for other Navy chaplains around Australia, and manages the RAN Chaplaincy Branch’s continuing professional development programme.
ACMRO News April 2019
Early bird tickets to the ACMRO 6th National Conference is on sale now.
The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office invites you to join us on 5-7 August 2019 for the 6th National Conference on Missionary Clergy and Religious in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities. Everyone is welcome to attend the conference and in particular we would like to extend a warm invitation to all priests, religious men and women, and all those who work with missionary clergy and religious who have come to minister in Australia from overseas.
