Australian Women Preach

Pentecost - Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15 - The Spirit of Pentecost Dr Di Rayson is a public theologian whose specialties are ecotheology and Bonhoeffer. She lectures at various institutions including University of Newcastle and Uniting Theological College, Charles Sturt University, and previously at BBI – The Australian Institute for Theological Education. She is an Adjunct Research Fellow of the Public...

Ascension - Mk 16:15-20 Elizabeth was brought up on a farm in the south of South Australia. Her father was a lay preacher in the Uniting Church, and their ministers were both men and women. She attended St Mary MacKillop’s very first school in Penola, and was received into the Catholic Church along with family members. Elizabeth valued the sacramental worldview that she encountered and was inspire...

Sixth Sunday of Easter - Jn 15:9-17 - What is love Anyway?  Danielle Anne Lynch is a theologian, musician, and teacher, working in Brisbane. Her work in systematic theology encompasses Theology, Music, and Songwriting, with particular interest in feminist and queer approaches. She also works in Mission, Liturgy,  Religious Identity and Culture, and Religious Education. Danielle’s book on...

Fifth Sunday of Easter - Jn 15:1-8 Trish Madigan is a Dominican Sister who has ministered for many years in the Catholic Church in Australia in ecumenical and Interfaith relations. She is preaching on the Gospel reading for the Fifth Sunday after Easter (John 15: 1- 8). The other readings are Acts 9:  26-31 and 1 John 3: 18-24.

Fourth Sunday of Easter - Jn 10:11-18 Margaret Scharf is a member of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Western Australia. She has a teaching and administrative background which was the springboard for other ministries, such as missionary work in the Solomon Islands, and the Dominican Sisters’ Motor Mission based in Morawa WA. After opportunities for study in the USA, Margaret served for 16...

Third Sunday of Easter - Lk 24:35-48  I am a first generation Tongan-Australian. My family and I migrated to Australia in the early 1990’s. I am an ordained Deacon in the Uniting Church in Australia and am currently serving as a Tertiary Chaplain at Charles Sturt University in Port Macquarie. I am passionate about advocating and encouraging different faiths and communities to come together in...

Second Sunday of Easter - Jn 20:19-31 - Transformative Faith Experiences Melinda is a Catholic Indigenous woman from the Cubbitch Barta Clan in the Dharawal Nation. Melinda has been married for 26 years to Alan, has four children and three grandchildren. She originally has a background in administration in Catholic schools, then went to Australian Catholic University studying Theology as a mature...

Easter Sunday - Jn 20:1-9 - The Empty Tombs of our Lives Sister Patty Fawkner is the Congregational Leader of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict.  The Good Sams, as they are fondly called, was the first congregation to be founded in Australia in 1857 and now has communities in Australia, Japan, the Philippines and Kiribati. Growing up in Sydney’s western suburbs, Pa...

Palm Sunday - Mk 14:1-15:47 - What Holy Week are you called into? Dr Cristina Lledo Gomez is a Systematic Theologian and the Presentation Sisters Lecturer at BBI-The Australian Institute of Theological Education. She is also Research Fellow at Charles Sturt University’s Public and Contextual Theology Research Centre (PACT). She received her Bachelor and Master of Theology at the Catholic Institute...

Fifth Sunday of Lent - Jn 12:20-33 Serving and Dying Andrea Dean has been involved in leadership, facilitation, and teaching through the Catholic Education: Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, the Australian Catholic University, and the University of Canberra. In 2004, she received a Churchill Fellowship and visited the USA to investigate programs in teacher formation. After two years as Directo...

Fourth Sunday of Lent - God's Salvific Call to Love Creation - Jn 3:14-21 Jacqui Rémond is Co-Founder of the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) and the former Director of Catholic Earthcare Australia. Jacqui graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Education and Science (1997), a Cambridge English Language Teaching Accreditation (1998), a Post Graduate Certificate in Lead...

MEDIA RELEASE: Raising the voices of Australian women preaching the Gospel A new podcast Australian Women Preach will feature 30 Australian Christian women preaching the Gospel. An initiative of Women and the Australian Church (WATAC) and the Grail in Australia, the podcast will highlight and share the voices of women breaking open the Word of God in ways that are meaningful to people today. Austr...