EVENT DETAILS:

Dates: Friday 9 August and Saturday 10 August 2024

Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm

Venue: Isabel Menton Theatre, Mary MacKillop Place, 80 William Street, North Sydney

Audience: You are encouraged to bring full leadership teams to attend, together with any key lay staff, noting that some Congregations may opt to send individual Leaders only.

PROGRAMME:

Day 1: Amy Hereford CSJ will share her expertise and wisdom for those considering completion. Amy is brought to Australia by the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration

Day 2: Four Religious Institutes will share aspects of their journeys towards completion and a civil lawyer will discuss options. Bonnie MacLellan CSJ will speak from her perspective as a Canon lawyer and Canonical delegate.

REGISTRATION:

Cost: 1-2 persons per Congregation: $250 per person
3-4 persons from same Congregation: $600 total
5-6 persons from same Congregation: $800 total
Additional participants: $200 per person
Cost includes morning tea and lunch each day

RSVP: by 14 July 2024

Enquiries: CRA Secretariat 029557 2695. Email:ea@catholicreligious.org.au

INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS:

Amy Hereford CSJ is a Sister of Saint Joseph of Carondelet from St Louis, Missouri, USA. With 30 years in religious life, she has served in a variety of ministries: education, administration, communication, vocation/formation and community leadership. Amy has degrees in science, communication and theology, as well as in civil and Canon law. She works with religious communities across the USA and beyond, assisting organisations with the challenges of the evolving nature of religious life.

Bonnie MacLellan CSJ is a Sister of Saint Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. She has a nursing background, a Master of Public Health and a PhD in Human and Organisational Systems. She also studied Canon law at Saint Paul University, Ottawa, where she earned her JCD and received the Governor General's Gold Medal for Academic Excellence. As a General Superior, she currently works with her own and other congregations in Canada, USA and other countries as they consider canonically appropriate governance options to support consecrated life into the future.

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