Learnings from the development of new lay-led church entities in Australia

Since 1994, eleven ministerial public juridic persons (MPJPs) have been established in Australia to take the education, health and community service ministries of the instigating religious institutes purposely into the future as ministries of the Catholic Church. Subsequently other ministries have b...

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Published in:The Australasian Catholic record
Authors: McMullen, Gabrielle (Author) ; Laverty, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Informit [2020]
In: The Australasian Catholic record
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBS Australia; Oceania
KDB Roman Catholic Church
RK Charity work
Further subjects:B Learning
B Lay ministry; Catholic Church
B Catholic Church
B Leadership; Religious aspects
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Summary:Since 1994, eleven ministerial public juridic persons (MPJPs) have been established in Australia to take the education, health and community service ministries of the instigating religious institutes purposely into the future as ministries of the Catholic Church. Subsequently other ministries have been entrusted to established MPJPs, including some diocesan and parish health and aged care services. In the period from 2012 to 2016, representatives of the MPJPs explored means of fostering collaboration between the respective entities, leading to the founding of the Association of Ministerial PJPs Ltd in May 2016. These are historic developments for the Australian Church in relation to lay ecclesial leadership, and offer a canonically recognised means of expanding lay women and men's participation in church governance. Table 1, in the pages that follow, summarises details of the Australian MPJPs.
ISSN:0727-3215
Contains:Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record