Conference Presentation

Sr Margaret Beirne recently participated in the combined Conference of the Australian Catholic Biblical (ACBA) and Theological (ACTA) Associations in Brisbane, 4-7 July. At the Joint Session, Sr Margaret represented ACBA on a 3-person panel where she spoke on the topic “Acts 15, a Spirit-led model for the Synod process”. She also presented a paper “Conversations in the Spirit – the Emmaus Story”. At the closing Mass in St Stephen’s Cathedral, Archbishop Mark Coleridge (of Brisbane, and a member of ACBA) spoke of the importance of theologians and biblical scholars for the Church and for the world. He then joined us for the Conference dinner.