The Catholic Weekly 29 March 2020

catholicweekly.com.au 5 29, March, 2020 Ordinary things done extraordinarily well. Fostering hard work as a gift to God and as a service to others. WOLLEMI COLLEGE Boys Year 2 to Year 12 4 Gipps St, Werrington NSW 2747 wollemi.nsw.edu.au | 02 9833 0499 REDFIELD COLLEGE Boys Year 2 to Year 12 855 Old Northern Rd, Dural NSW 2158 redfield.nsw.edu.au | 02 9651 4066 MONTGROVE COLLEGE Infants Girls and Boys K to Year 1 Girls Year 2 to Year 12 140 Bringelly Rd, Orchard Hills NSW 2748 montgrove.nsw.edu.au | 02 4736 5977 TANGARASCHOOL FORGIRLS Infants Girls and Boys Reception (4yr olds) to Year 1 Girls Year 2 to Year 12 77-97 Franklin Rd, Cherrybrook NSW 2126 tangara.nsw.edu.au | 02 9680 4844 added up to 180 delegates. Canon law also allows for delegates who may be called as representatives – the total of which can’t exceed half of the total of those who must be called. The number of delegates from each local church – a di- ocese, eparchy, ordinariate or Plenary delegates announced TWENTY SYDNEY delegates will represent the Archdio- cese of Sydney at the Fifth Ple- nary Council of Australia due to commence on 1 October. They represent all states of life in the Church, from laity to bishops, parish priests, the- ologians, philosophers and religious, men and women. Four of the delegates have been selected as represent- ative of the laity: they are Chris Lee, team leader for the Archdiocese’s Catholic youth office, Selina Hasham, from the Archdiocese’s Office of the Episcopal Vicar for For- mation, prominent marriage and family advocate Fran- cine Pirola and ACU Deputy Vice Chancellor Dr Hayden Ramsay. The announcement of Del- egates appointed to represent Australia’s Catholics at the Plenary came from Plenary Council president Archbish- op Timothy Costelloe SDB of Perth on Tuesday. “At a time in our Church’s history we’ve not seen be- fore, with the suspension of Masses across the country and around the world, the an- nouncement of our Plenary Council delegates is a source of great joy for the People of God in Australia,” Archbishop Costelloe said. Canon law outlines those who must be called as del- egates to a plenary council, including bishops, vicars gen- eral, episcopal vicars, heads of seminaries and theological institutions, and leaders of religious congregations. That personal prelature – ranged from one to four depending on the local Catholic popula- tion. In all, 78 people have so far been confirmed, with ad- ditional representation to be named from national organ- isations representing educa- tion, social services, health and aged care, and Aborigi- nal and Torres Strait Islander Catholics. Sydney delegate Chris Lee, team leader of Sydney Catho- lic Youth told The Catholic Weekly he felt humbled to have been chosen. “I feel very privileged to be able to represent the Archdio- cese of Sydney at the Plenary Council and to be selected by Archbishop Anthony as one of his delegates, being so young as well – I’m 26,” he said. “At the Plenary I’m hoping to be able to find new ways to evangelise at the same time as holding on to the foundations of the faith and its fundamen- tal truths.” Ms Hasham said she felt blessed to have been chosen. “It’s been a privilege to ¾ ¾ Peter Rosengren Chair one of the six nation- al Writing and Discernment groups as we play our role in preparing the Plenary Council papers for the bishops,” she told The Catholic Weekly . “My theme (Humble, Heal- ing and Merciful) deals with the pain of the Church includ- ing the sexual abuse crisis. Though this is a deathly dark chapter in our story, many are showing, including some of the brave survivors, that we have an incredible opportuni- ty to heal and project hope for the future. “The Council is a genuine impulse to listen to what the Spirit is saying” “I recognise the Plenary Council is a genuine impulse to listen to what the Spirit is saying to the Church in Aus- tralia and I wish to serve in a way that helps the very best response to emerge,” she said. Archbishop Costelloe said that bishops across the coun- try had worked locally with leaders in their diocese to design a process to consider nominees. “We were grateful for and impressed with the faith and the calibre of the people who were nominated. We could quite easily have filled sever- al quotas with the names that were put forward,” he said. At a time in our Church’s history we’ve not seen before ... the announcement of our Plenary Council delegates is a source of great joy for the People of God in Australia.” Archbishop Costelloe SDB SYDNEY DELEGATES FOR THE FIFTH PLENARY COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA 1. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP 2. Fr Gerald Gleeson 3. Francine Pirola 4. Professor Hayden Ramsay 5. Selina Hasham 6. Chris Lee 7. Bishop Richard Umbers 8. Bishop Terry Brady 9. Fr Isidore Anantharaj 10. Fr Kelvin Lovegrove 11. Fr Michael McLean 12. Fr Paul Monkerud EV 13. Fr Danny Meagher 14. Fr Eric George Skruzny 15. Professor Dermot Nestor 16. Professor Isabell Naumann ISSM 17. Professor Michele Riondino 18. Professor Renee Kohler-Ryan 19. Dr Rohan Curnow 20. Professor Greg Craven NEWS