The Bishop Michael Putney Memorial Lecture is a joint project of the Brisbane Roman Catholic Archdiocesan Council for Ecumenism & Inter-religious Relations, and Queensland Churches Together (the Council of Churches in Queensland).
It commemorates the life and ministry of Bishop Michael Putney who was a significant leader in international and national ecumenical affairs, principally through the international Methodist – Catholic dialogue and the national Uniting – Catholic dialogue. He also served a term as President of the National Council of Churches in Australia.
This year Prof Stephen Bevans SVD from the Catholic Theological Union, Chicago will speak on Mission in Context: Deep Resonances Between WCC and Roman Catholic Perspectives. Responders will be: Rev Charissa Suli – President Elect of the Uniting Church in Australia and Mr Tim Fawssett – Group Manager Cross Cultural Innovation & First Nations, Scripture Union Australia.
Professor Stephen Bevans SVD is a Roman Catholic missionary priest who has taught for many years in the area of Mission and Culture. From 2014 until 2022 he was a member of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism. His presentation will focus on two significant papers from the World Council of Churches : Together towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes and The Arusha Call to Discipleship and how these resonate with recent Roman Catholic teaching, especially in the areas of Mission and Creation, Mission from the Margins and Mission and Migration.
Date: Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Time: 7pm
Cost – Livestream : $5 (Livestream link will be sent out closer to the date.)
Accreditation: 2 hours Teach Religion in a Catholic School
iLearn: CNS04456
APST: 2, 6, 7
Book: https://app.tickets.org.au/eb/BMPMemorialLecture23
