A National Vocations Office, based in Sydney, was established in 2001. The Executive Director is Veronica McCluskie SGS
postal address:
PO Box 2399,
North Parramatta, NSW 1750
street address:
6 Victoria Road,
Parramatta, NSW 2150
CVMA Biennial Conference 2007
TELLING OUR AUSTRALIAN STORY
Putting Vocations Ministry within an Australian Context
was held September 18-21
Mary MacKillop Place, North Sydney
There were three guest speakers: Fathers Gerard Arbuckle SM and David Ranson and Ms Janiene Wilson, all from Sydney.
Dr Gerard Arbuckle, SM, a graduate in social anthropology from Cambridge University, with postgraduate studies at Oxford University, is the co-director of the Refounding and Pastoral Research Unit in Sydney.
The author of nine other books, he has published Healthcare Ministry: Refounding the Mission in Tumultuous Times (2000); Violent Society and the Church - A cultural approach (2004) and Confronting the Demon: A Gospel Response to Bullying (2004).
Fr David Ranson is a priest of the Diocese of Broken Bay, lecturing in Spirituality at the Catholic Institute of Sydney where he is also Academic Secretary. He is a member of the International Promotions Committee for the Society of the Study of Christian Spirituality. The author of numerous articles on spirituality and pastoral formation in both Australia and Ireland, he is the author of Across the Great Divide - Bridging Spirituality and Religion Today (2002).
Ms Janiene Wilson is an analytic psychotherapist with 20 years experience in private practice. She also lectures in Pastoral Theology at the Catholic Institute of Sydney. She has consulted to many religious congregations and dioceses in the psychological formation of those exploring a vocation to priesthood and religious life. She was formerly on the formation staff of the Seminary of the Good Shepherd for 10 years.
Workshop presenters included Br Matthew Beckman, Fr Chris de Souza and Bishop Anthony Fisher OP.
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