Catholics for Renewal
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Health and Integrity in Church and Mission
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"An ecumenical conversation on the task of rebuilding and renewal after the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse"
Health and Integrity conference calls for a ‘reformation’ of Australia’s churches following Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Media Release, Friday 31 August 2018
In a week when the sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults in church institutions has once again been making international headlines, a conference of Christian churches in Melbourne has called on Australia’s churches to embrace thoroughgoing reformation of their structures, governance and culture inthe wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The three-day ecumenical Health and Integrity in Church and Ministry conference on the task of rebuilding and renewal for the churches after the Royal Commission (27–29 August 2018), was hosted by the University of Divinity and sponsored by three leading Catholic religious institutes and Yarra Theological Union. The conference was attended by church members and leaders, academics, clergy and religious, ministers and church workers, survivors of child sexual abuse and their advocates, and groups advocating church reform.....(full Media Release HERE)
Media Release, Friday 31 August 2018
In a week when the sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults in church institutions has once again been making international headlines, a conference of Christian churches in Melbourne has called on Australia’s churches to embrace thoroughgoing reformation of their structures, governance and culture inthe wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The three-day ecumenical Health and Integrity in Church and Ministry conference on the task of rebuilding and renewal for the churches after the Royal Commission (27–29 August 2018), was hosted by the University of Divinity and sponsored by three leading Catholic religious institutes and Yarra Theological Union. The conference was attended by church members and leaders, academics, clergy and religious, ministers and church workers, survivors of child sexual abuse and their advocates, and groups advocating church reform.....(full Media Release HERE)
Conference Program: HERE
A limited set of recorded formal presentations from the Conference Health and Integrity in Church and Ministry, Melbourne Conference Centre, 27-29 August 2018 is available from Vox, University of Divinity, HERE. and will be progressively added to.
The Conference was sponsored by:
University of Divinity, Yarra Theological Union, Franciscan Friars, Redemptorists, Passionists, Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers, Gilbert & Tobin
Welcome to the Health and Integrity in Church and Ministry Conference
Through this conference, I invite you to be critically engaged with each other and with the challenges and opportunities we face, as we discern new and better ways to live together with wisdom and compassion...(source)
Extract from Conference Program.
Professor Peter Sherlock, Vice-Chancellor, University of Divinity
Over the coming days people from across many religious organisations will gather to explore how we can create healthier churches and promote integrity in ministry. The University of Divinity has a long history of bringing people together across religious divisions in order to promote reconciliation and to work together for the common good. This collaboration is needed more than ever as we seek to remedy our failure to protect children and vulnerable people from harm. Our commitment to restoring health and integrity flows from the University’s Vision: Together we empower our learning communities to address the issues of the contemporary world through critical engagement with Christian theological traditions. Through this conference, I invite you to be critically engaged with each other and with the challenges and opportunities we face, as we discern new and better ways to live together with wisdom and compassion...(source)
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Reflections from the Vice-Chancellor on the Health and Integrity Conference
Extract from Opinion, Peter Sherlock, Vox, 30 August 2018
From 27 to 29 August 2018 the University of Divinity hosted the Health and Integrity in Church and Ministry Conference. Attended by 250 delegates, the conference brought together church leaders, experts in theology, governance, psychology, counselling and leadership, and survivors of child sexual abuse and their families and advocates. This was the first major opportunity for churches and religious orders to consider comprehensively the report and recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.....(MORE)
Extract from Opinion, Peter Sherlock, Vox, 30 August 2018
From 27 to 29 August 2018 the University of Divinity hosted the Health and Integrity in Church and Ministry Conference. Attended by 250 delegates, the conference brought together church leaders, experts in theology, governance, psychology, counselling and leadership, and survivors of child sexual abuse and their families and advocates. This was the first major opportunity for churches and religious orders to consider comprehensively the report and recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.....(MORE)