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In communion - the 50th international Eucharistic Congress
Learning in Boston
Reach out - give life
Joy and sadness at CEC
conferences and workshops
Widen the space of your tent October 27-29
Spirituality in health and aged care October 30
Embrace the other and welcome difference November 6-8
Creation spirituality retreat from November 6
Distress in the workplace November 30 - December 4
In communion - the 50th international Eucharistic Congress
 The next International Eucharistic Congress will be held in Dublin, Ireland, from June 10-17, 2012, with the theme, The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and with one another . It will be the 50th International Eucharistic Congress and will also be the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. The host of the congress will be the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Reverend Archbishop Diarmuid Martin (pictured ).
 Learning in Boston
Boston is a great place for meeting and learning when the annual Summer Institute is conducted by Boston College. A large contingent of Australians can always be assured while one of the regular international lecturers is theologian Sr Anne-Marie Confoy RSC who divides her time and her lecturing commitments between Boston and Melbourne. Sr Anne-Marie is pictured (centre) with some of the Australians who made the long trek this year, from left Paul and Kerry Cahill and David O'Connor (in cap) all from Victoria and Chris (back) and Jill Smith from Tasmania.
Joy and sadness at Catholic Enquiry Centre
The Catholic Church's national outreach body, the Catholic Enquiry Centre, is hosting a series of celebrations to mark 50 years of helping people to learn more about Catholicism and, in many cases, to connect with the faith in a life- changing and lasting way. The Catholic Enquiry Centre has been assisting Catholics who wish to return to faith practice and to share information with non-Catholics about the faith since 1959.
Archbishop John Bathersby, the Chairman of the Bishops Commission for Mission and Faith Formation, said that the 50th anniversary was a chance to reflect on the work of the CEC. Already, celebrations to mark the anniversary have taken place in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney as well as with the Bishops at their Plenary Meeting in Sydney in May. The celebrations will continue on Friday, October 23, at 1pm, when Archbishop Denis Hart (Melbourne) will celebrate Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral. Current and former CEC donors in Victoria have been invited and all are welcome to attend.
However one of the great evangelisers of the Catholic Church in Australia, and the founding director of the Catholic Enquiry Centre, Fr Tom White, will not be there. The Irish-born Fr White, a priest of the Melbourne Archdiocese, died recently, aged 86.
Reach out - give life
 As Catholics around the world celebrate World Mission month in October, Catholic Mission Australia has asked all Catholics in Australia to remember the children of the world on Children's Mission Day, October 21.
The National Director of Catholic Mission Australia, Martin Teulan, said, "The work for children is paramount for communities all over the world. This Mission month please remember the children on Children's Mission Day, Wednesday, October 21, and know that lives of millions of children are improved thanks to the generosity of Australian Catholics."
This year's theme - reach out: give life - has been inspired by the missionary life of Father Damien of Molokai who was canonised on October 11.
CONFERENCES and WORKSHOPS
Widen the space of your tent
The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office will on people to follow Isaiah's call to 'Widen the space of their tents" when the second conference on the pastoral care of migrants and refugees is held in Sydney, from October. 27-29.
The Migrant and Refugee conference will bring together groups involved in the pastoral care of migrants, and will focus specifically on the document of the previous conference Graced by Migration. Participants will have an opportunity to feedback on their experiences of working with migrants and refugees, and opportunities for reflection, prayer and discussion on matters affecting them. The launch of Caring for Migrants - a collection of Church Documents on the Pastoral Care of Migrants, edited by Fabio Baggio CS and Maurizio Pettena CS will be launched during the conference.
Spirituality in health and aged care
 Barriers to caring for the spiritual needs of patients and residents of Catholic health and aged care facilities will be examined at a special forum exploring the meaning of pastoral care. The Catholic Health Australia (CHA) forum, on Friday, October 30, will help Catholic health and aged care providers discover how they can incorporate spiritual issues and become more people-centred.
"We'll identify barriers to delivering pastoral care and look at how they can be overcome, share good news stories about what we know works in delivering pastoral care to patients and residents in Catholic facilities, and brainstorm new possibilities," said CHA CEO Martin Laverty.
"The forum will also examine professional development and interfaith issues, and look at how pastoral care in health and aged care can work in conjunction with pastoral care delivered within parishes."
The forum will be held from 9am-4pm at the Metropole Hotel Apartment and Conference Centre in Fitzroy, Victoria.
Embrace the other and welcome difference
Leading social justice practitioners, thinkers and advocates will give input to a mercy justice conference that will focus on the specific issues of the needs of the earth, indigenous communities, refugees and asylum seekers and the impact of poverty on women. The aim of the conference is to enable people of all walks of life to be more informed about social issues and to encourage them to reflect, to network and to act. Embrace the other and welcome difference will be held at the Queanbeyan Conference Centre, November 6-8.
Creation spirituality retreat
Sr Shelley Barlow RNDM and Br Michael Godfrey CFC will offer a weekend/week retreat on creation spirituality at the St John of God Retreat Centre, in Shoalwater near Rockingham, one hour south of Perth. They are offering a weekend November 6-8 or a full week November 6-12, 2009. The St John of God Retreat Centre is set on several hectares of landscaped gardens opposite a picturesque coastline and close to the rugged headland Point Peron. A chapel provides space for prayer, reflection and liturgical celebration.
Distress in the workplace
Clinical psychologists Geraldine Taylor-Robinson and Tony Robinson of Vitality Psychology and Consulting Services will conduct a practical five-day workshop, Mental Health Matters: Identifying psychological distress in the workplace, in Sydney from November 30 - December 4. Of interest to teachers, parents, team leaders, youth leaders, community workers, retreat leaders, community leaders, spiritual leaders and directors, clergy and coaches, the workshop will look at understanding adult psychological distress and disorders.
This is an essential skill when working as a professional responsible for the education, personal development and care of others, according to Dr Robinson. "To avoid learning about this topic can limit your effectiveness and can even be dangerous if a person in your care is unwell or distressed," he said.
Topics to be covered will include theories of abnormal behaviour, assessment and diagnosis, mood and addictive disorders,suicide, sexuality, understanding internet pornography, personality types and their disorders.
The workshop will be held at the Burwood RSL, Burwood from 9am-3.30pm Monday-Thursday and 9am-noon on the Friday.
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