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2020 WUCWO ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE




IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Asia Pacific Regional Conference has been postponed until a later date.
MONDAY 18 MAY 2020
2.00pm onwards Registration at Rydges World Square Hotel, Sydney
5.30pm Opening Mass – Most Rev Terence Brady DD VG EV
Official Opening of Conference
St Mary’s Cathedral
Dinner or Supper of own choice
TUESDAY 19 MAY 2020
7.45am Registration
8.15am Mass in Conference Room (Fr Sean Cullen)
9.00am Welcome - Ann Pereira
President
Catholic Women’s League Australia-New South Wales Inc
9.30am Keynote Speaker -
Most Reverend Anthony C Fisher OP DD BA LLB BTheol DPhil
Archbishop, Archdiocese of Sydney
10.30am Morning Tea
11.00am Guest Speaker -
Maria Lia Zervino, Servidora
President General, WUCWO
11.45am ASPAC Report (New Zealand)
12 noon Regina Coeli
12.05pm ASPAC Report (Korea)
12.15pm ASPAC Report (Fiji)
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm Guest Speaker -
Bernard Holland:
Director of Catholic Earthcare, the ecological agency of the Catholic Church in Australia.
2.45pm ASPAC Reports (Philippines)
3.00pm Afternoon Tea
3.30pm ASPAC Reports (Tonga, Japan)
4.00pm Daily Plenary
End of Day
5.30pm Social Gathering to be confirmed
WEDNESDAY 20 MAY 2020
7.15am Registration
Pauline Bookshop - book sales available
8.15am Mass in Conference Room
9.00am Welcome - Catherine McGrath
Vice President, Asia Pacific Region WUCWO
9.30am Guest Speaker -
Rev Father Richard Leonard SJ.
Fr Richard is a Jesuit priest, an author and educator.
10.30am Morning Tea
11.00am ASPAC Report (Australia)
11.15am Guest Speaker -
Kirsty Robertson
CEO, Caritas Australia
12 noon Regina Coeli
Daily Plenary
12.30pm Lunch
2.30pm Pilgrimage to MacKillop Place (at own expense)
6.30pm for Conference Dinner and Cultural Evening
7.00pm
THURSDAY 21 MAY 2020
8.00am Registration
9.00am Welcome - Kate Mathai
President,
Catholic Women’s League Australia Inc
9.15am Guest Speaker -
Maribeth Stewart Blogoslawski,
Vice President General, WUCWO
and Regional Vice President North America
10.00am Question Time - Facilitated by Ann Pereira
2 x WUCWO
2 x CWL
10.30am Morning Tea
11.00am Workshop
12 noon Regina Coeli
12.05pm Workshop continues
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm Youth Panel
2.15pm Strategic Plan Recommendation and Resolution
3.00pm Afternoon Tea
3.30pm Conference concludes with Closing Mass