The CRA National Assembly is the annual gathering of Leaders and Leadership Team Members of Religious Institutes and Societies of Apostolic Life across Australia.

Event Details

Date:

Monday, 18 August to Wednesday, 20 August 2025

Venue:

Novotel Parramatta
350 Church St,
Parramatta NSW 2150

Ph: (02) 9630 4999

Extending your Accommodation:
- If you wish to extend your stay, you have two options:

- Contact Reservations Manager, Novotel Parramatta directly by phone: (02) 9630 4999 this is the preferred option

- Book the extra nights online with the hotel or through a third-party website

If you do book extra nights (other than Monday – Wednesday), please let us know as soon as possible so that we can try to avoid you having to change rooms across the booking.

Please also note that while the hotel will try to book your extended stay in the same room that is assigned to you as per your booking for the National Assembly, there may be the need to change rooms.

Please note that pre- and post-stay dates will be subject to availability and will vary from the Assembly rate that we were able to negotiate. The hotel will quote you directly for this at the time of making any additional bookings.

Presenters:

Br Philip Pinto CFC has been a Principal, a Provincial, and then General of the Christian Brothers, as well as Assistant to the Congregational Leader at the Christian Brothers’ General Curia in Rome. After completing his term, he returned to India, where he now lives, and is actively engaged in ongoing formation programmes and other animation services for religious women and men. He is passionate about religious life and the search for God in our world today.

Dr Margaret Scharf OP, a Dominican Sister of Western Australia, presents adult faith formation programs, serves as a retreat guide and spiritual director, and has also participated in the formation of spiritual directors. She has earned a Master of Arts in Spirituality, a Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Direction, and has spent 17 years in the USA. Her past ministries include primary education and administration in the Diocese of Geraldton, Motor Mission, and the training of catechists in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.

Facilitator:

Sr Mary-Louise Petro RSM is a Sister of Mercy of the Parramatta Congregation. Following ministries in education and youth ministry Mary-Louise was the founder and CEO of the Mamre Project in Sydney’s Outer West for thirty years. This brought her into contact with those who were unemployed, youth at risk, people with disabilities and refugees primarily from South Sudan, Liberia and Myanmar. Mary-Louise has held roles in congregational formation and leadership. She served on the Leadership Team for twenty-four years, the last six as Congregation Leader

Enquiries:

Natalia López Plata, CRA

Ph: 02 9557 2695

Email: secretariat@catholicreligious.org.au

For details on our cancellation and refund policy, please visit
our website: Cancellation Policy.

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