1 Catholic identity and mission

Service lead: Vice-President

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Lead and implement ACU’s Rome campus ensuring that the University has a visible and vibrant presence in Rome for students and staff
Deliver courses and units for ACU students, including research seminars and ongoing professional development opportunities for students, staff and key stakeholders, including staff and student pilgrimages.

Develop and project sponsor programs, initiatives etc. providing students, staff and community with a university experience that is authentically Catholic in terms of identity, Mission, curriculum, culture and intellect
Provide comprehensive Campus Ministry programs for staff and students (Frontier, FX Mission Team, worship and Liturgical life, faith formation programs, residential and sporting life)
Deliver ACU Engagement opportunities, promote existing community engagement programs; identify opportunities for new programs; plan, coordinate and deliver new service-learning programs; develop and facilitate community partnerships and further programs.

Develop and sponsor culture and intellectual opportunities that supports the Catholic identity and mission of the University and its Art and Culture strategy
Provide Poetry Prize, Book of the Year, Arts and Culture strategy, mission-based arts acquisitions, staff Pilgrimages.

Develop and sponsor ongoing staff professional development programs to further embed the Catholic university experience and Catholic Intellectual tradition
Delivery of the Graduate Certificate in Mission and Culture (GCMC), IACHE Boston College, Mission Integration Institute University of San Diego, Association of Catholic Colleges, International
Federation of Catholic Universities, staff retreats, employment of Staff Pastoral associates in Campus Ministry.

Coordinate and deliver key community engagement programs that demonstrate the University’s commitment to working with poor and marginalised people and communities through research and advocacy
Promote existing community engagement programs; identify opportunities for new programs; plan, coordinate and deliver new programs; develop and facilitate community partnerships that further programs, support Community Engagement Work Release policy.

Foster relationships with Church hierarchy and external stakeholders and promote the University in the wider Church community and its agencies
ACU Committee of Identity, engagement with Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Catholic Religious Australia, and various ministries of the Church e.g. education, health care, social services.

Ensure that the Catholic Identity and Mission of ACU is visible throughout the University through our experience of university as community; hospitality; worship and contemplative spaces; art, architecture and campus space; faith formation programs, sacramental life, and all communications, staff pilgrimages.

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