The Pastoral Projects Office is an agency of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.

The Pastoral Projects Office has ongoing responsibility for

• Coordinating Catholic participation in the National Church Life Surveys (2001 and 2006).
• Carrying out the National Catholic Census Project (1996, 2001 and 2006), including the dissemination of results to parishes and dioceses.
• Carrying out and reporting the results of the National Count of Attendance (2001 and 2006).
• Providing assistance to dioceses and Catholic Education Offices in the understanding and use of NCLS and Census data.
• Providing research and pastoral planning consultancy services to dioceses and Catholic organisations.

We also undertake additional projects from time to time. At present, these additional projects include

• 'Building Stronger Parishes' (currently in planning stage)
• 'Catholics Who Have Ceased Attending Mass' (2007)

The Office was established in 1996. Until 2003, it was located in Clayton, Victoria, on the premises of Corpus Christi College, the seminary for the dioceses of Victoria and Tasmania. It moved to the Fitzroy (Melbourne) campus of Australian Catholic University in February 2004.