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Our Pastoral Plan expresses the call to ongoing renewal, both personal and institutional, and offers a practical framework that elevates every person’s baptismal call to communion, participation and mission in the local contexts of our parishes, schools and agencies, as a priority for the Church in these times....
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More than 220 people gathered on Sunday 10 August to celebrate the launch of the Diocese of Parramatta’s new Pastoral Plan for a Synodal Church 2024-2028 – a plan that establishes and articulates the Diocese’s Christ-centred vision. ...
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Bishop Vincent's address from the official launch of the 2024-2028 Diocese of Parramatta Pastoral Plan for a Synodal Church: "Behold, I am with you always" (Matthew 28:20) at Western Sydney Conference Centre, Penrith
10 August 2024...
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In the next step of our synodal journey, hundreds of people across the Diocese of Parramatta have given feedback and practical ideas for the development of a new pastoral plan for the Diocese. ...
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The pastoral planning wraparound cover on the February 2016 issue of our diocesan magazine, Catholic Outlook, features an explorer venturing through a cave, perhaps in the Blue Mountains. A new year can seem a little like venturing into a dark cave, unsure of where we are heading, and if...
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Somewhere behind the decorations box and the special presents bought early and stored carefully away for Christmas (which we will no doubt be unable to locate in time), lurk the figures from the nativity scene. There they perch, maybe appearing a little chipped and worn, maybe a little dusty,...
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When I share with my friends my new job title, I am often greeted with a quizzical expression. The world of pastoral planning can be perceived as far removed from everyday life. However, as a husband, father, soccer coach and parish youth group leader, and having worked both in...
Our Pastoral Plan expresses the call to ongoing renewal, both personal and institutional, and offers a practical framework that elevates every person’s baptismal call to communion, participation and mission in the local contexts of our parishes, schools and agencies, as a priority for the Church in these times....
Bishop Vincent's address from the official launch of the 2024-2028 Diocese of Parramatta Pastoral Plan for a Synodal Church: "Behold, I am with you always" (Matthew 28:20) at Western Sydney Conference Centre, Penrith 10 August 2024...
In the next step of our synodal journey, hundreds of people across the Diocese of Parramatta have given feedback and practical ideas for the development of a new pastoral plan for the Diocese. ...
The pastoral planning wraparound cover on the February 2016 issue of our diocesan magazine, Catholic Outlook, features an explorer venturing through a cave, perhaps in the Blue Mountains. A new year can seem a little like venturing into a dark cave, unsure of where we are heading, and if...
Somewhere behind the decorations box and the special presents bought early and stored carefully away for Christmas (which we will no doubt be unable to locate in time), lurk the figures from the nativity scene. There they perch, maybe appearing a little chipped and worn, maybe a little dusty,...
When I share with my friends my new job title, I am often greeted with a quizzical expression. The world of pastoral planning can be perceived as far removed from everyday life. However, as a husband, father, soccer coach and parish youth group leader, and having worked both in...