Opportunity for you to participate in the future formation of the Catholic Church in Australia

Around Australia people are invited to engage in reflection and discussion about God and the future of the Catholic Church in Australia. The last time the Catholic Church in Australia held a Plenary Council was more than eighty years ago - much has changed since!

The Australian Plenary Council 2020 has developed several facilitator and discussion guides available for download so you can prepare your own group discussion to reflect on the future of the Catholic Church.

Your local Parish may be organising a Plenary 2020 group discussion or you may wish to organise one at your school. The guides on the website provide information for facilitators of the discussion and the opportunity for students to also have their say in the future of their Catholic Church.

Click here to learn how to be a facilitator for the Plenary discussions

In this video, CSPV council member, Rhyannon Elliott discusses the role of the facilitator and how to run a discussion. Rhyannon discusses the importance of a facilitator being the group manager rather than a participant in the discussion.

There are three things a facilitator needs to do during the discussion:

• Engage the group
• Manage the group - Set the direction of the conversation
• Close the group

CSPV encourage parents to take a leadership role in organising a group discussion either in their school along with the Principal and school leaders or to participate in their local Parish.