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Plenary Council Updates

06 July 2022
MEMBERS WILL RECONSIDER TWO PLENARY COUNCIL MOTIONS Read More
04 July 2022
SECOND PLENARY COUNCIL ASSEMBLY OPENS IN SYDNEY Read More
15 June 2022
Plenary Council on YouTube Read More

Plenary Council News and Articles

24 October 2023
Vatican II’s discussion of tradition ‘the authority’ for Synod’s reflections Read More
23 October 2023
Synod assembly to issue ‘Letter to the People of God’ Read More
19 October 2023
Pope calls for world day of prayer for peace as catastrophe looms in Gaza Read More

Local Members

The Plenary Council members from our diocese are:
  • Mrs Tanya Rodney (West Cairns Parish)
  • Fr Frank Gordon (Vicar General)
  • Mrs Anna Montgomery (Atherton Parish)
  • Fr Kerry Crowley (Episcopal Vicar)
  • Ms Sabrina Stevens (Parramatta Park Parish)
Assembly 1: October 3-10, 2021, Online
Assembly 2: July 4-9, 2022, Sydney

Plenary Council Resources

  • Continuing the Journey - Instrumentum Laboris
  • Plenary Council Discernment Papers
  • Official Plenary Council website
  • Announcement of National Themes for Discernment
  • Agenda - Fifth Plenary Council of Australia
  • Plenary Post
  • Plenery Council Reports
  • Report to the Diocese of Cairns

Contact Details

For information about local Plenary Council Preparations, please contact:

Cathy Spencer
Plenary Council Local Coordinator
Diocese of Cairns
Bishop's House, 183 Abbott Street, Cairns Qld 4870 Australia
PO Box 625, Cairns Qld 4870
Phone: 07 4046 5653
Mobile: 0419 688 050
Email: email/pastoralss)(cairns.catholic.org.au

Anne Chellingworth
Plenary Council Local Coordinator
Diocese of Cairns
Bishop's House, 183 Abbott Cairns Qld 4870 Australia
PO Box 625, Cairns Qld 4870
Phone: 07 4046 5625
Mobile: 0407 716 430
Email: email/achellingw)(cairns.catholic.org.au

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