The CRA National Assembly is the annual gathering of Leaders and Leadership Team Members of Religious Institutes and Societies of Apostolic Life across Australia.
Event Details
Date:
Monday, 18 August to Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Venue:
Novotel Parramatta
350 Church St,
Parramatta NSW 2150
Ph: (02) 9630 4999
Extending your Accommodation:
- If you wish to extend your stay, you have two options:
- Contact Reservations Manager, Novotel Parramatta directly by phone: (02) 9630 4999 this is the preferred option
- Book the extra nights online with the hotel or through a third-party website
If you do book extra nights (other than Monday – Wednesday), please let us know as soon as possible so that we can try to avoid you having to change rooms across the booking.
Please also note that while the hotel will try to book your extended stay in the same room that is assigned to you as per your booking for the National Assembly, there may be the need to change rooms.
Please note that pre- and post-stay dates will be subject to availability and will vary from the Assembly rate that we were able to negotiate. The hotel will quote you directly for this at the time of making any additional bookings.
Presenters:
Br Philip Pinto CFC has been a Principal, a Provincial, and then General of the Christian Brothers, as well as Assistant to the Congregational Leader at the Christian Brothers’ General Curia in Rome. After completing his term, he returned to India, where he now lives, and is actively engaged in ongoing formation programmes and other animation services for religious women and men. He is passionate about religious life and the search for God in our world today.
Dr Margaret Scharf OP, a Dominican Sister of Western Australia, presents adult faith formation programs, serves as a retreat guide and spiritual director, and has also participated in the formation of spiritual directors. She has earned a Master of Arts in Spirituality, a Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Direction, and has spent 17 years in the USA. Her past ministries include primary education and administration in the Diocese of Geraldton, Motor Mission, and the training of catechists in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.
Facilitator:
Sr Antoinette Baldwin RSJ, is a Sister of St Joseph and a De La Salle Affiliate with a clinical nursing background in community and aged care. She recently served as Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Committee of CRA and has worked with various Congregations. Antoinette was the Health Care Coordinator for the De La Salle Brothers for ten years and has trained with the Sisters of Charity and Sisters of Mercy. She has held positions on boards for multiple health care facilities and is currently part of the Leadership Team of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in NSW.
Enquiries:
Natalia López Plata, CRA
Ph: 02 9557 2695
For details on our cancellation and refund policy, please visit
our website: Cancellation Policy.