The Broken Bay Institute (BBI) and the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference followed up the success of the Year of St Paul eConference http://paul.vividas.com/ held in June 2009, with a new St Luke eConference on November 4th. http://luke.vividas.com/

The “St Luke: Come to the Table” conference had as keynote speakers Archbishop Mark Coleridge and Dr Elizabeth Dowling RSM.

“The success of the St Paul eConference had demonstrated a thirst for this style of delivery for quality adult faith education”, said Archbishop John Bathersby, Chairman of the Bishops Commission for Mission and Faith Formation.

The Director of The Broken Bay Institute, Dr Gerard Goldman said the St Paul eConference had proven to be much more than a one-day experience, with 2,500 new groups logging on in Australia alone in the weeks after the event and hundreds from across the globe.

He said more than 90 percent of those who responded to the feedback form agreed that all sessions of the eConference were informative and engaging and 96 per cent said they would participate in further eConferences and would encourage others to take part as well.

“In light of that, we look forward to continuing to serve the Church in Australia with a range of similar initiatives into the future, with already two further eConferences in the pipeline for next year.”