Australian Women Preach

Thirtieth Suday of Ordianry Time - Luke 18: 9-14 - A Tale of Two Men Natalie is a Senior Assistant Minister at NorthLight Anglican Church. Natalie became a Christian in her late teens from a background of new age spirituality and witchcraft. Since then, Natalie has served in churches and para-church organisations in Canada and Australia, completing Bachelors and Masters degrees at Moore Theologica...

Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 18: 1-8 Dr Jenny Close writes: 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 Brisbane Catholic Education to work in multimedia: video, animation and book il...

Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 17: 11-19 Dr Angela McCarthy is an adjunct senior lecturer in theology at The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle campus and a member of the Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia. Her first degree from Sydney University included work in Biblical Studies and Fine Arts and then further studies in theology and education from 1993 at...

Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 17: 5-10 Jacqui Rémond is a Co-Founder of the global Laudato Si’ Movement and is a Joint Coordinator of the Vatican Ecology Taskforce at the Dicastery for Integral Human Development. Jacqui graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Education and Science (1997), a Cambridge English Language Teaching Accreditation (1998), a Post Gradu...

Twenty-six Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 16: 19-31 Unfinished Business: It’s thirty years since Anglican women were first ordained as priests in Australia. Australian Women Preach celebrates this anniversary, while acknowledging there are still Anglican dioceses and other Christian denominations that limit or refuse to acknowledge women’s ordained ministry. The Reverend Dr Ruth Mathieson took up...

Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 16: 1-13 Unfinished Business: It’s thirty years since Anglican women were first ordained as priests in Australia. Australian Women Preach celebrates this anniversary, while acknowledging there are still Anglican dioceses and other Christian denominations that limit or refuse to acknowledge women’s ordained ministry. The Reverend Canon Emerita Dr Colleen...

Twenty-forth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 15: 1-32 Unfinished Business: It’s thirty years since Anglican women were first ordained as priests in Australia. Australian Women Preach celebrates this anniversary, while acknowledging there are still Anglican dioceses and other Christian denominations that limit or refuse to acknowledge women’s ordained ministry.  Rev. Julia Perry writes: The fir...

Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 14: 25-33 Patricia is a wife, mother and grandmother, and semi-retired teacher of French, Latin and Italian.  Her lifelong interest in theology and spirituality finally led her to formal study and she graduated with a Masters in Theology in 2014. She belongs to the Grail, an international movement and community of women, founded in the Netherlands i...

Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 14:1,7-14 Christine Burke, a member of Loreto sisters, was one of the founding members of WATAC in the early 80s. For many years she worked in the Adelaide archdiocese in Adult Faith development and lay leadership formation. As a theologian, Christine is interested in ways of helping people connect daily life with the Gospel. From 2005-11, Christine was...

Twentyfirst Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 13:22-30 Andrea Dean lives in Canberra and is the president of WATAC (Women and the Australian Church). After a lifetime of working for Catholic schools, agencies and organisations she is now working in the community sector. Andrea is now (happily) on the fringe of the Catholic Church and is nurturing her spiritual life with advocacy and community. She is...

Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 12:49-53 - I come to bring division Dr Michelle Eastwood (she/her) is Director of Research at Australian Lutheran College and Executive Officer for ANZATS and the Council of Deans of Theology. She has degrees in Psychology, History, Education and Theology. This demonstrates she is a complete nerd. Her current research interests include shame, gender and sex...

Nineteeth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 12:32-48 - Slaves? Rev Dr Christine Redwood is the Lead Pastor at Seaforth Baptist Church. She is actively involved in the Baptist denomination in NSW & ACT and has served on the Assembly Council and the Public Engagement Taskforce. Christine recently completed her PhD in preaching, the Old Testament and feminist hermeneutics. In 2011 she was the preach...

Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 12:13-21  Kate O’Brien is a mother, a professor and an engineer. In her life and in her work, she is deeply influenced and inspired by Ignatian spirituality. Kate is passionate about translating the insights and wisdom of Ignatian spirituality into secular language, to share with a diverse audience.

Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 11:1-13 Dr Moira Byrne Garton grew up in rural South Australia. She moved to Adelaide after high school and joined a Catholic youth group where she met Matthew, who she later married. In 2001, they moved to Canberra with their two very small children. Two more were welcomed in Canberra so they now have four young adult children. In 2012 she completed a Ph...

Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 10:38-42 Gemma Thomson is a passionate, faith-filled, young woman who seeks to role model the Church that Christ calls us to be; missionary, humble, inclusive and joyful. Gemma is the Dean of Mission and Catholic Identity at Iona Presentation College in Perth, Western Australia; a Catholic school in the Presentation tradition. The co-author of Making Jesus...

Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 10:25-37 - The Good Samaritan: Looking with fresh eyes Lisa Bright is the co-director of Synodal Consulting working to empower community development and engagement within the Catholic Church and not-for-profit sector. Lisa has spent the past 20 years working for not-for-profits, religious orders, parish and diocese in all areas of ministry. She is passionat...

Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 Elizabeth Lee is a Spiritual Director, Retreat Facilitator and Professional / Pastoral Supervisor with a passion for being a listening presence among the fringes and fostering human connection through deep listening.  She has had the privilege of offering pastoral care among those living with homelessness and life-giving ministry as a P...

Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Luke 9:51-62 - Together on the Way Dr Jill Gowdie is known across Australia and overseas as a speaker, writer, facilitator, educator and system leader with wide and deep experience in Catholic education, mission and formation. She has qualifications across the disciplines of theology, spirituality, leadership, religious education, journalism, education and gove...

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Luke 9:11-17 Anne has lived and loved, prayed and protested, searched and served in Adelaide, Ballarat, Melbourne, Santa Clara (USA) and Sydney.  Her qualifications range across education, history, liturgy and theology – with a particular focus on the nexus between liturgy, pastoral care and social justice.  Anne is inspired, anim...

Trinity Sunday - John 16:12-15 Angela Marquis works as a chaplain in a Tasmanian local primary school, and with the Passionists at St Joseph’s Hobart Parish. She studied teaching after completing a Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy. Her undergraduate Honours Thesis was entitled, A Theopoetics of Feminist Faith . Angela has taught in primary schools throughout Southern Tasmania and in an I...

Pentecost - John 20: 19-23  Rachel is the daughter of Anne and David, sister to 9 brothers and sisters and today, aunt to 11 nieces and nephews. Family has formed who and how she is. Rachel studied Arts/Law where her desire to understand more about justice and equity was sated. She chose to follow her heart and, for the last 23 years she has been endeavoring to animate and expand her knowledg...

Ascension of the Lord - Luke 24: 46-53 Patricia is a Pastoral Theologian, Reflector, Pragmatist, Activist, Ignatian spiritual director and retreat facilitator, and an Oblate of St Benedict at Jamberoo Abbey. Presently, Grief Care Managing Consultant - Catholic Cemeteries & Crematoria Sydney. Grief Care is a community of qualified pastoral care practitioners, counsellors, educators, and spiritu...

Sixth Sunday of Easter - John 14: 23-29 Rev. Susan Lodge-Calvert writes: My birth name is Susan Grace but I am known to most as Sue, Rev'd Sue, or if in trouble as Susan. I live on the south coast of Western Australia high on a hill looking out across the various shades of green to the ever changing blues of the inlet and the great southern ocean. It is incredibly beautiful. It may sound idyllic b...

Fifth Sunday of Easter - John 13: 31-33a, 34-35 - Our call to radical love Erin Gillard is a passionate young woman with a deep faith who seeks to empower other women. She works part time as a dietitian at Liverpool Hospital specialising in Gestational Diabetes, helping women make lifestyle changes that will positively impact themselves, their unborn baby, their family and their future. Erin is pa...

Fourth Sunday of Easter - John 10: 27-30 Gabrielle Sinclair has worked in ministry roles for over 20 years, with parish, dioceses, and nationally with the ACBC’s Office for Youth. Gabrielle has a Bachelor of Arts in Television Production, a Master of Arts in Theology and is currently undertaking a Graduate Certificate in Monastic Studies. At the moment she is very much at home working in the Good...