Australian Women Preach

Easter Sunday - Mark 16: 1-8 - And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Rev Assoc Prof Kylie Crabbe is a Minister of the Word in the Uniting Church and Associate Professor of Biblical and Early Christian Studies in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University. She was in congregational ministry prior to pursuing further academic work. Kylie joined...

Palm Sunday - Mark 14:1-15:47 Dr Catherine Playoust is a Roman Catholic laywoman and a biblical scholar. She comes from Sydney and lives in Melbourne, where she teaches at Catholic Theological College within the University of Divinity. Catherine’s research interests include early Jewish and Christian apocalypticism and non-canonical early Christian literature. Among her publications are works on J...

Fifth Sunday of Lent - John 12: 20-33 Alison Ryan has worked with young people for all her working life, first in OOSH care and then in different Parish Ministry positions. And over the years those roles expanded to include adult faith formation. Growing up in the Parramatta Diocese she calls St Anthony’s Parish Toongabbie her home. Now, working for the diocesan Mission Enhancement Team, Alison fe...

Fourth Sunday of Lent - John 3:14-21 Born in Carlow, Ireland I had a traditional Irish Roman Catholic up-bringing and education. Having successfully completed an honours Baccalaureate in Arts and Theology (1996) at the Pontifical University, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, I continued post-graduate studies in Theology and Biblical Studies at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium (KULeuven,...

3rd Sunday of Lent - John 2:13-25 Anne Frawley-Mangan is an experienced educator, presenter, pastoral worker, creative director and artist. She specialises in using The Arts to enhance liturgy, prayer and religious education. Anne presents, leads and prepares liturgy locally, nationally and internationally, and taught at Holy Spirit Seminary and Australian Catholic University for many years. She i...

Second Sunday of Lent - Mark 9:2-10 Rev Dr Sarah Agnew, Minister in the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) is a poet and liturgist, storyteller and biblical scholar. Though her favourite role in life is ‘Aunt Sarah,’ Sarah also takes joy in her placement with the delightful Christ Church Uniting, Wayville, on Kaurna Land, teaching at Uniting College for Leadership and Theology, and participating in...

First Sunday of Lent - Mark 1: 12-15 - Proclaiming the Kin-dom of God Elizabeth Dowling is a Sister of Mercy who lives in Ballarat, Victoria. She has a lifelong commitment to education, working in secondary, tertiary and adult education settings. After completing doctoral studies in 2005, Elizabeth lectured in Biblical Studies at Australian Catholic University for ten years. She has published a mo...

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 1:40-45 - Indignant Hearts Rev Dr Megan Powell du Toit is an ordained Baptist minister. She has been preaching for 25 years. She has worked as an editor, academic and pastor. She is currently the Senior Pastor of Rouse Hill Baptist Church in Sydney. She also co-hosts a podcast With All Due Respect with Anglican minister Rev Dr Michael Jensen, which is part of t...

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 1:29-39 Vicky Gonzalez Burrows is a mother of a 1 and 3 year old, with two teenage step children living in Whadjuk Noongar country, Perth Western Australia and is married to Ed. She is the Executive Director of Mission and Ethos at MercyCare which is an early learning, community services and aged care organisation in the Mercy spirit.  She is a spiritual direct...

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 1:21-28 Dawn LaValle Norman is a Senior Research Fellow at Australian Catholic University’s Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry in Melbourne. She grew up in the US and spent some years in the UK before moving to Australia in 2017. Her research focuses on the role that women play in philosophical conversations, from antiquity up through early Christiani...

Third Sunday of Ordinary Time - Mark 1:14-20 Angela has been active in her faith from a young age. From music ministry as a child, to YCS in her youth and with her own ministry business as an adult, Angela has always had a passion to proclaim the Good News of Christ to others, in whatever means available to her, as God has provided. With background studies in Education, Music and Theology, Angela...

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - John 1:35-42 In recent years Anne Dowliong discovered that she is autistic and has ADHD which made sense of many of her struggles and ways of being in the world. She delights in being an aunt and great aunt. After many years as a Senior Pastoral Associate and as a Deanery Resource Coordinator Anne is no longer in paid employment. She has a number of roles in the Un...

The Epiphany of the Lord - Matthew 2:1-12 Trish is a retired teacher and has been a senior leader in Catholic Education in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, most recently as Director of Catholic Education Tasmania.  She has a lifelong interest in justice, peace and ecology and in 2022 her book ‘Ecological Spirituality: Caring for our Common Home’ was published by Garratt Publications’. Trish is an activ...

Holy Family - Luke 2:22-40 Marian is married to Michael and has three children and three grandchildren. She is a cradle Anglican whose call to ordained ministry, is associated with her study of Paul’s letters. Marian was a founding member and coordinator of MOW Brisbane and was very engaged in the struggle to change the Anglican church’s attitude towards the ordination of women.  Marian has BA (Ps...

Fourth Sunday of Advent - Luke 1:26-38 Myree Sam is a proud Sui-Baydham woman from Saibai and a proud fluent speaker of Kalaw Kawaw Ya. In her role as a consultant in Catholic Education Services: First Nations Education, Myree has played a pivotal role in providing equitable education opportunities within the Cairns Diocese. Her responsibilities include fostering cultural responsiveness, supportin...

Third Sunday of Advent - John 1:6-8, 19-28 Anne McLean grew up and was educated by the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of St Joseph in Bathurst. After a time of teaching in the Western suburbs of Sydney, Anne came to Mudgee. She and her late husband, David, cared for and nurtured their 10 children in Mudgee NSW. When their children began school at St Matthews, David and Anne began their involveme...

The Second Sunday of Advent - Mark 1:1-8; Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 This podcast varies from our usual preaching pattern because it is written and presented by an Australian woman who is a Jewish Rabbi. She prefers to be unnamed because of the need for personal security at this very difficult time. She speaks about the readings for the Second Sunday of Advent and mostly concentrates on the reading from...

First Sunday of Advent - Mark 13:33-37 Janeka Reys is a proud Gimuy descendant working to nurture and support young First Nations students at St Stephen’s College, Mareeba. Nadine Grant is an educator and formation consultant  in Catholic education, Cairns, and is passionate about using dialogue as a way of promoting respect, inclusivity, and friendship between people of different religious views...

Christ the King Matthew 25:31-46 My first degree was in Fine Arts (painting) and then I trained as a teacher. For many years my working life was shared between secondary school teaching for Brisbane Catholic Education and freelance liturgical art making. Later I was employed by BCE to work in multimedia: video, animation and book illustration. At the same time, I studied theology and in 2005 was a...

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Matthew 25: 14-30 - From Synod to Service: Living out the Parables of Talents Tessie Ida James is a devoted and engaged member of the St. Luke's Catholic Faith Community in Marsden Park. In her role as an educator and Inquiry Leader for Religious Education (RE), she caters to the needs of students in Stages 3 and 4 at St. Luke's Catholic College. Tessie's...

32nd Sunday in ordinary Time - Matthew 25: 1-13 Selina is the CEO of Harvest Journeys Australia, a pilgrimage specialist agency dedicated to sacred journeys of faith. Selina has worked in communications for the Church for 15 years in the Archdiocese of Sydney and the Diocese of Broken Bay. She has returned to Harvest where she began her career building up the World Youth Day pilgrimages for young...

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time - Matthew 23: 1-12 The Rev’d Dr Ann Edwards is the Priest-in-Charge of the Parish of The Gap in Meanjin (Brisbane) Queensland. Ann serves as the Vice President of the Movement for the Ordination of Women and is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist.   Prior to ordination, Ann was a Lecturer in Speech Pathology at Australian Catholic University (ACU), following a ca...

30th Sunday in ordinary Time - Matthew 22: 34-40 Nicki Bowles is the Prayer Pastor at Riverview Church, a large, contemporary community of Jesus-followers in Perth Western Australia. She is committed to helping people connect with God in deeper ways and walk their spiritual journeys in freedom. She holds a Graduate Diploma of Divinity from Vose Seminary (now Moreling College) in Perth and has been...

29 Sunday in Ordinary Time - Matthew 22:15-21 For over 20 years Pina has been a senior leader in Catholic Education WA where she coordinates religious education in parishes. She contributes to organisational initiatives which include the formation of system leaders; and relishes the privilege of offering adult faith formation, retreats and personal accompaniment both within the system and external...

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Matthew 22:1-14 With over 25 years of leadership experience, Padmi is an accomplished HR executive and has steered organisations across healthcare, community services, and professional consulting. Holding a Bachelor's in Economics and Prosci certification in change management, her expertise includes nurturing inclusive cultures, enhancing employee experiences, an...