Catholics in Australia Survey- invitation to participate

Professor Stephen Bullivant (University of Notre Dame Australia and St Mary's University, Twickenham, UK) and Dr Phillipa Martyr (University of Western Australia) are collaborating on a survey project to collect data about Australian Catholics and what they believe. They have asked us to share this information amongst our networks.

There are two main reasons for the study. The first is to replicate Professor Bullivant's recent UK Catholic study in Australia and look for similarities and differences in the relationships between different variables. It's also an opportunity to see if things have shifted much since the 1996 Catholic Church Life Survey in Australia. 

The second reason is that the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference recently held a series of Plenary Council sessions in Australia from 2018-2022, and a wide range of Australian Catholics took part in this process and shared their vision for the future of the Church in Australia. These sessions have thrown up a lot of interesting questions and the researchers would like to try to find some answers by finding out more about what ordinary Catholics across Australia think and believe, and how they feel about the Church and ‘being Catholic’. As such, they are asking for opinions across the broadest possible sense of 'identifying as Catholic'. 

The study uses an online questionnaire which is completely anonymous. Most of the questions require participants to tick a box to respond, so there’s very little writing involved. 

• Participants must be 18 years or older, living in Australia, and reasonably fluent in English. 
• Participation is voluntary, and participants can withdraw at any time without explanation by closing their web browser. 
• The questionnaire can be completed at a time that is convenient to you and should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. 
• You can complete the survey only once. 

You are invited to participate from October to December 2022.

The Facebook page for the project can be accessed here: https://www.facebook.com/Catholics-in-Australia-Survey-100381102851156/ and the direct link to the survey is here: https://notredame.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bdyxQ0e3Ivj5qOa 

If you have any questions about the study, please email Professor Bullivant stephen.bullivant1@nd.edu.au or Dr Philippa Martyr philippa.martyr@uwa.edu.au.