About this event
How might we transform our work and the services we provide to our students, families and staff to ensure vibrant and flourishing communities?
In 2022, Catholic Schools NSW embarked upon a bold initiative to respond to the outcomes of the Australian Plenary Council which call on those responsible for Catholic education, including parents and parishes, to identify and respond to the diverse needs and distinct circumstances of Catholic schools in Australia today.
This initiative is called Connected Catholic Communities.
We have the rare opportunity to reimagine the work being done and services provided in schools, as well as strategic partnerships developed beyond the school gate, both now and into the future.
Every Catholic school is a sacrament of hope.
Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP
CSNSW invites all those interested in creating flourishing educational communities, including parent bodies, parishes, Catholic School Agencies and schools, social services, health providers and others to continue to engage in this important conversation throughout 2025.
We are particularly excited to invite you to join us at Symposium in August with international guest speaker Anne T Henderson.
WHEN: Thursday 14 August
9 am - 4 pm
WHERE: Amora Jamison Hotel, Sydney
What does a Connected Catholic Communities Symposium look and sound like?
Access the 2024 Symposium HERE Watch the 2022 Symposium HERE
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN
Project Resources:
We know that a ‘connected Catholic community’ will be contextual to the needs of each individual community, to assist, over the last three years CSNSW have undertaken a number of projects to begin to articulate and support this work. Click HERE to access the work thus far in the image below.

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