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Webinar: The Christian roots of Nagasaki & the atomic bombing
On Thursday 23 July 2026 at 7.00 pm (AEST), Assoc. Prof. Maika Nakao of Hiroshima University will present a lecture entitled “Exploring the deep Christian roots of Nagasaki and its response to the atomic bombing.”
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Vale Fr Michael Tate
Once a Labor Senator and Australian ambassador to the Holy See, Fr Michael Tate died in Hobart on 5 June 2026.
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YCW chaplain Henri Caffarel declared venerable
Pope Leo has approved a decree declaring venerable Henri Caffarel, a French YCW chaplain who later founded the Teams of Our Lady movement.
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Lay Mission & Vocation Study Day
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, ACI and the Cardijn Community Australia will hold a Study Day on the theme “The Mission and Vocation of Lay People: Transforming the World and the Church” in Adelaide on Saturday 6 December 2025.
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Perth celebrates YCW Centenary
Mary MacKillop parish at Ballajura will host a YCW Centenary Mass and Reunion on Pentecost Sunday 8 June 2025.
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Seaford Housing Action mobilises community
Cardijn Community Australia leader, David Moloney, and former ACI chairperson, Kevin Vaughan, launched the Seaford Housing Action Committee to address the local homelessness problem.
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YCS leaders in Rome
This October, the YCS plans to send a representative to the Lay Mission and Vocation Conference in Rome. This conference coincides with the Second Assembly of the Synod on Synodality, a crucial gathering for the international Catholic Church.
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Truth and peace: Social Justice Statement 2024
In the 2024 – 2025 Social Justice Statement, “Truth and Peace: A Gospel Word in a Violent World”, Australia’s Bishops scrutinise the signs of our own troubled times, observe the violence around us, and ask why it is so.
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Webinar: The vision of the IYCS today
International YCS secretary-general, Innocent Odongo, will be ACI’s guest speaker for our May webinar at 7pm AEST on Wednesday 8 May 2024.
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Ten themes for Synod study groups
Pope Francis has written to Synod Secretary General, Cardinal Mario Grech, outlining ten discussion points that Study Groups will examine ahead of the second Synod session in October 2024, Vatican News reports.
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Webinar: John XXIII & Pacem in Terris 1963 – 2023
Catholic Social Teaching specialist, Fr Bruce Duncan CSsR, will present the July ACI webinar on “John XXIII and Pacem in Terris 1963 – 2023” marking the 60th anniversary of the publication of the encyclical.
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Video: John Médaille on Cardijn’s Hour of the Working Class
American Catholic Social Teaching specialist, John Médaille, shared his reflections on the issues and questions raised by Cardijn at our February 2023 ACI webinar.
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South African YCS leaders against apartheid
Peter Sadie recounts this story in his new book, “Faith in our struggle: A memoir of hope.”
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Therese of Lisieux at 150
YCW patron saint honoured by UNESCO
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Webinar: Gerard Philips, architect of Lumen Gentium
Remembering the Belgian promoter of the laity and key figure at Vatican II on the 50th anniversary of his death.
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Gustavo Gutiérrez’s A Theology of Liberation at 50
As relevant today as it was in 1971
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Australian YCW 80th anniversary
A webinar with Bill Armstrong AO and Marilyn Bellett
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Working with the IYCW during the 1970s
Marlyse Strasser-Thommen recalls her YCW experience from the age of 14 to becoming an international leader
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Workers and the Church
Former IYCW president, Romeo Maione, attempt to bridge the gap between the Church and the modern world