From the NCP Chairman

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Letter to all priests for the NCP

Greg Kennedy leads the NCP Planning Committee, appointed at our meeting in March, that is overseeing the transition to a new executive for the NCP. Here is a letter that is being drafted to send to all priests in Australia. 

I am writing to you as Chair of the Planning Committee for the National Council of Priests. This group was formed at the last NCP Conference in March 2025 with a view to establishing a new Executive Committee and plan a way forward for the NCP.

In our deliberations the members of the committee have been conscious that the NCP needs to be a place of welcome and support for all priests within Australia. We hope the NCP will welcome all priests working in Australia, whatever diverse culture, birthplace, theological background or experience they come from.

The Swag has been a vehicle of communication and sharing of ideas for many years. We believe the way forward may be for it to become a digital magazine that covers a broad spectrum of views, opinions, insights and knowledge. Our aim is to send The Swag to all priests, with an option to discontinue receiving it.

We hope that all priests, working or retired, will find the NCP to be a support in our common ministry to the people of God in Australia. To this end, we are encouraging you to accept membership free for the rest of this year. A newly formed Executive can then determine an appropriate membership fee that would support our work in the future.

We would like to invite you to support the NCP if you wish, and also to contribute views, questions or suggestions to the committee as we prepare for the election of a new Executive.

Kind regards,
Greg Kennedy. 

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