Responding to ‘The signs of the times': The 2018 survey of Catholic religious institutes in Australia and emerging initiatives
As is the annual practice ahead of World Mission Sunday, the Vatican published statistics in October 2023 offering a perspective on the church globally. This highlighted that the world's Catholic population is rising, but the number of priests and religious is declining, while the number of per...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2024, Volume: 101, Issue: 4, Pages: 409-427 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KBS Australia; Oceania KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Demography
B Congregations B Vocation (in religious orders B Vocation (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) B Catholic Church B etc.) B Surveys; Evaluation B Universities and colleges B Australia |
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| Summary: | As is the annual practice ahead of World Mission Sunday, the Vatican published statistics in October 2023 offering a perspective on the church globally. This highlighted that the world's Catholic population is rising, but the number of priests and religious is declining, while the number of permanent deacons is increasing. Such data are of importance to support the church's pastoral planning. This article on the 2018 survey of Catholic religious institutes in Australia focuses especially on the situation of religious3 in this country and then looks at emerging initiatives in the Australian Church in response to these trends. |
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| ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3316/informit.T2024120400026100089642948 |
