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2001
- Australian elected President - 30 Nov 2001
The former Director of the Australian Catholic Film Office, Fr Peter Malone MSC has been elected the inaugural President of SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communications. Delegates from 133 countries elected Fr Malone on the first ballot. Previously Fr Malone had been the World President of OCIC, the international Catholic Cinema Organisiation. It along with UNDA, the Catholic Television and Radio Association combined last week at Rome to form the Church's new media organisation. - Catholic Communicators Unite - 23 Nov 2001
The Australian Catholic Church will be represented at an historic occasion in the Vatican on Friday 23rd November. Pope John Paul II will receive in private audience delegates of OCIC, the International Catholic Film Organisiation and Unda, the International Catholic Radio and Television Association. He will accept the dissolution of these organisations into SIGNIS, a new International Catholic Media Association.
- World Communications Day - 17 May 2001
To be celebrated in Australia on Sunday, 20th May 2001 (6th Sunday of Easter) |
