Participant Portal
Welcome to the Participant Portal! This is where you will find everything you need to make the most of your role in the Diocesan Assembly in June. Scroll down for participant resources.
Dates and Times
Friday 14th June - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday 15th June - 9:00am - 3:30pm
2024 Diocesan Assembly Details
Schedule
Coming Soon!
Participant Responsibilities
To be a participant in the Diocesan Assembly is an invitation to create space in your life for the ‘moment’ of the Diocesan Assembly. This is an invitation to feel excited about this space – the Diocesan Assembly will be a time out of the ordinary circumstances of your life. Therefore, you are invited to prepare yourself, heart, mind and body, for this experience. Each us brings to the Assembly our own experiences. We each bring a yearning, and we each bring an intention. This is one of the most important things to be aware because we all have an intention to have our voice heard, to be share our views, to be listened to and to be satisfied. So it is important to spend time thinking about our yearnings and intentions because our intentions influence or thoughts and therefore our behaviour.
Before the Assembly.
Pray! Prepare your heart, soul and mind by spending time in prayer and reflection ahead of the Diocesan Assembly. Use the Diocesan Assembly prayer.
Become familiar with the pre-assembly study resources.
Organise a gathering with members of your parish, school or community to listen to members’ feedback to the Diocesan Assembly questions.
At the Assembly.
What to bring:
Water bottle
Pen
Any information from your local parish/school/community that will assist with your planning and discernment.
Come ready to participate fully in the three days: plenary sessions, prayers, listening, discussions, and discernment.
Arrive early to the sessions.
Get to know other members of our Diocesan family.
Listen and dialogue with openness and respect in your discussion group.
Be curious.
Be open to the movements of the Holy Spirit in the Diocesan Assembly.
After the Assembly.
Share the outcomes of the Diocesan Assembly with your community.
Plan a gathering
Develop a multi-modal communication strategy to reach as many people as possible (e.g. email, bulletin, in-person meeting, social media, website, etc.)
Excite your community with vision
Develop ways to get everyone involved
Work with your community to discern strategies and actions and enact the decisions made at the Diocesan Assembly.
Connect with other communities you met at the Diocesan Assemblies to support each other.