The last time the Catholic Church in Australia held a Plenary Council was in 1937. It has been more than 80 years since we gathered all of the Church together and much has changed. In 2020, we will have a Plenary Council about the future of the Catholic Church in Australia. What are we called to do? Who are we called to be? How do we need to change?

We have created a two page summary sheet covering the Plenary Council process so far, what’s happening now and what’s planned shortly. Feel free to share within your networks.

Keep an eye out for applications to working groups for each of the National Themes for Discernment, which will open soon (July 2019). There will also be available a Communal Discerment Guide soon. A resource which will help the continue the conversation locally and work in tandem with the national level working groups.  Watch this space.

Each week a snapshot report is being released on the Plenary Council website covering each of the National Themes for Discernment.

• Missionary & Evangelising
• Inclusive, Participatory and Synodal
• Prayerful & Eucharistic
• Humble, Healing and Merciful
• A Joyful, Hope-filled and Servant Community
• Open to Conversion, Renewal and Reform

The comprehensive report of the findings from PHASE I: LISTENING AND DIALOGUE will be released on July 28, 2019