Media Releases

1996

23rd August 1996
Social Justice Commission Urges Community Response to "Participation of Women in Church Project
On Wednesday 21 August at St Mary's Cathedral College, Cardinal Edward Clancy, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, launched a study on women's participation in the Catholic Church in Australia.

The aim of this nation-wide project is to gather information about how women currently participate in the Church in Australia and how their participation can be increased.

In response to the national launch of this project, the Social Justice Commission of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle is calling for interested people to form a committee so as to co-ordinate this project at a local level.

Members of this co-ordinating group will be required to disseminate information about the project as widely as possible, encouraging discussion and written submissions.

This research project provides an opportunity for everyone to express their views on women's participation in the Church, whether female or male, young or old, involved in official Church structures or not.