Programme and schedule information

Conference schedule

10 AM: Session for priests only

1:15 PM: Opening Mass

3 PM: Keynote: The Case for Mission – Fr. James Mallon

4:15 PM: Afternoon tea

5:15 PM: Workshops 1

6:30 PM: Dinner

7:45 PM: Keynote: The Best of Leadership – Fr. Chris Ryan, MGL

9 AM: Mass

10 AM: Keynote: The Primacy of Evangelisation – Fr. Simon Lobo, CC

12 PM: Lunch

1:30 PM: Workshops 2

3 PM: Workshops 3

4:15 PM: Afternoon tea

4:45 PM: Keynote: Clothed with Power from On High – Fr. James Mallon

6:30 PM: Dinner

9 AM: Mass

10:15 AM: Morning tea

10:45 AM: Alpha (Explore + Next Steps)

12:30 PM: Commissioning – Fr. James Mallon & Fr. Simon Lobo, CC

1 PM: Praise & Worship

1:30 PM: Lunch

Subject to change without notice

Breakout session topics

Wherever you are in the parish renewal journey, these breakout sessions are full of valuable and practical insights based on real-life, from-the-trenches experience of parish leaders from around the world.

Chaos to Clarity: Forming & Casting a Winning Vision

Fr. John Adams & Carly Mulqueen

 

Small Groups: Small Christian Communities at the Heart of Parish Life

Cathy Kennedy & Jacky Krsnik

 

Funding the Mission: Nurturing a Culture of Generosity

Kevin Bailey

 

Practical Evangelisation: Sharing the Gospel Through Testimony and Prayer

Cheryl Surrey

 

Raising Up Leaders: “I See In You” – Identifying, Equipping, and Empowering Leaders

Debbie Riddell

 

Leading Out of a Team: The Way Ahead

Paul Donovan & Daniel Ang

 

Crucial Conversations

Fr. Simon Lobo, CC

Chaos to Clarity: Forming & Casting a Winning Vision

Fr. John Adams & Carly Mulqueen

 

Small Groups: Small Christian Communities at the Heart of Parish Life

Cathy Kennedy & Jacky Krsnik

 

Sunday Experience: Hymns, Homilies, and Hospitality as Gateways to Evangelisation 

Paul Donovan

 

The Mission Needs Strategy: Why a Little Bit of Strategy Goes a Long Way

Dan O’Rourke

 

Made for Mission: Making Evangelisation the Top Priority

Fr. James Mallon

 

Preaching on Purpose: Unleash Mission Through Missional Preaching

Fr. Chris Ryan and Fr. Simon Lobo

 

Building a Dream Team: How to Create a Healthy, Missionary Parish Staff on a Lean Budget

Debbie Riddell

 

Growing in Holiness Through the Holy Spirit

Fr. Ken Barker, MGL

Locating the RCIA at the Heart of Parish Renewal

Fr. Chris Ryan, MGL

 

Raising a Culture of Mission to Make Disciples

Daniel Ang

 

Sunday Experience: Hymns, Homilies, and Hospitality as Gateways to Evangelisation 

Paul Donovan

 

The Mission Needs Strategy: Why a Little Bit of Strategy Goes a Long Way

Dan O’Rourke

 

Raising Up Leaders: “I See In You” – Identifying, Equipping, and Empowering Leaders

Debbie Riddell

 

Empowering Young People for Discipleship

Tomasz Juszczak

 

Encountering Jesus: A Crash Course on Launching Alpha in Your Parish

Donna Brennan, Barb Conlon, & Tania Rimac (Alpha Australia)

 

Serving Mission Through Effective Parish Communications

Melanie Dooner & Angela Yap

Subject to change without notice