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Sandie Cornish

Australia
Institution Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Office for Social Justice
Position Publications and Research Officer
Email Address sandie.cornish@catholic.org.au
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Prior Education Background
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Practical Theology (ACU)
  • Master of Public Policy (UNE)
  • Licentiate in Catholic Social Doctrine and Ethics (PUG)
  • Bachelor of Economics (UON)
Research Interests
  • Ecclesiology and Church Leadership
  • Environmental/Ecological Ethics
  • Immigration
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Social Ethics
Past Events
  • Sarajevo 2018
  • Bangalore 2015
Recent Publications
  • Cornish, Sandie and Andrea Dean., (eds) Still Listening to the Spirit: Woman and Man Twenty Years Later, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Alexandria, NSW, 2019.
  • Cornish, Sandie. “Governing in an Ignatian Spirit Today”, Promotio Iustitiae, No 125, March 2018. 22-26.
  • Cornish, Sandie. Catholic Social Teaching: An Introduction for CatholicCare Staff, 2nd ed., CatholicCare Sydney, Sydney, 2016.
  • Cornish, Sandie. “Laudato Si’: Making the Connections”, Asian Horizons, Vol 9, no 4, December 2015, pp 609 -620.
  • Cornish, Sandie. “People on the Move and Catholic Social Teaching”, Asian Horizons, Vol 8, no 4, December 2014, pp 810 – 822.
  • Cornish, Sandie. “Introduction”, in Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Building Bridges: Social Justice Statements from Australia’s Catholic Bishops 1988 – 2013, Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, Alexandria, 2014.
  • Cornish, Sandie. “The Social Dimension of Evangelisation”, in Danielle Achikian et al eds. The Francis Effect: Living the Joy of the Gospel, Catholic Mission & Catholic Religious Australia, North Sydney, 2013.
  • Duncan, Bruce & Sandie Cornish. “The Council’s Call to Renewed Social Engagement”, in Neil Ormerod et al eds. Vatican II: Reception and Implementation in the Australian Church. Mulgrave: Garratt Publishing , 2012.
  • Cornish, Sandie. “Introducing Caritas in Veritate”, in Neil Ormerod & Paul Oslington, ed. Globalisation and the Church, Strathfield, St Paul’s, 2011.
  • Cornish, S., & Freeman, D., “Connecting Catholic Social Teaching to Contemporary Australia”, in Daniel McDonald (ed), Catholic Social Teaching in Global Perspective, Gregorian University Studies in Catholic Social Teaching, New York: Orbis, 2010.
Professional Activities and Affiliations
  • Australian Catholic University - Sessional Academic
  • Australian Catholic Theological Association - Member
  • CatholicCare Broken Bay - Advisory Council Member and Chair of the Mission and Identity Subcommittee
  • Christian Life Community Australia - NSW State Executive Committee Member