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Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 9:30-37 - Exploring His Gentleness
Patricia Smith is a pastoral musician, composer and liturgist in Ku-ring-gai Chase Catholic parish in the diocese of Broken Bay, in northern Sydney. Her long involvement in parish music, and mission through RCIA, Children’s Liturgy of the Word, special religious education in state schools and school-parish liaison, have led her to a profound appreciation of the importance of Christ-centred teaching and Eucharistic centring, in engaging young people and indeed all members of the eucharistic community in ongoing and increasingly closer relationship with Christ and his people.
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Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 8:27-35 - Sacred Spaces – Where Human and Divine Meet
The Reverend Melissa Conway (BTh, Grad Cert Public Sector Leadership, Cert Financial Markets (Financial Planning), JP (Qual)) is the Associate Priest in the Anglican Parish of Toowoomba – St James’ in the Diocese of Southern Queensland, with primary responsibility for the Church of St Anne in Highfields.
Prior to entering ministry, Melissa served in the Australian Public Service for over 36 years, with extensive experience in leadership and managing projects, programs and change. Melissa brings experience, expertise, attention to detail, discernment and ompassion to the work she undertakes. Melissa takes a keen interest in community building and partnerships, discipleship, pastoral care, social justice, earth care, liturgy, liturgical music, and small group leadership. As a guidingprinciple, Melissa is motivated to share the love of God and the reality of God’s kingdom, here and now, with the people she meets.
Melissa currently serves on the Anglican Diocese’sAngligreen Committee, the National Board of the Movement for the Ordination of Women (chairing its Strategic Planning and Communication Committee), and the Management Committee for Religious Instruction at Highfields State School. She chairs the Local Chaplaincy Committee for the Highfields State School and StateCollege and represents the Anglican Church on the Toowoomba Inter-Faith Working Group. Melissa was recently nominated as a representative of the Anglican Church on the Queensland Faith Communities Council.
Melissa is the child of a post-war refugee to Australia. She was born in Sydney and grew up in Toowoomba. Her adult children and young grand-children all live in Brisbane.
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Dr Moira Byrne Garton is a native South Australian who now calls Canberra home. She works as a federal public servant, and is married to Matthew. Together they have four young adult children, including one with disabilities.
Moira holds a PhD in political science from ANU, and a Postgraduate Diploma of Theology from Newcastle Uni, completed as part of the Catholic Women’s Fellowship. Moira enjoys exploring the histories, literature and practices of her spiritual heritage.
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Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Special Reading - Matthew 15: 2- 28Professor Dr Anne Pattel-Gray was the former Head of the School of Indigenous Studies at the University of Divinity, Melbourne Australia. Professor Pattel-Gray has an earned Ph.D. from the University of Sydney awarded in 1995 in the Studies of Religion with the major focus on Aboriginal Religion and Spirituality plus a Doctor of Divinity from India awarded in 1997. She is a member of the Uniting Church in Australia, and she has achieved many firsts in her prestigious life, and she is known as a trail blazer, and she has opened many doors for her people. She is a recognized scholar, theologian, activist and prolific writer with many chapters and authored publications. Professor Anne Pattel-Gray is a descendant of the Bidjara Nation in Queensland and a renowned Aboriginal leader within Australia – nationally and internationally. She has dedicated her life to the struggle of Australia First Nations (AFN) as a strong campaigner, lobbyist towards seeking justice, equity and equal representation for First Nations people.
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Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time - John 6: 60-69 - Lifelong Journey of Discipleship with ChristHeeyoung says:
I was born and raised in Seoul within a Christian family. I devoted myself to the kingdom of God through 9 years of study in the practice of Theology and Christian Education at the Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary.
My faith grew during 30 years of ministerial experience in local churches. My theological perspectives have been extended during 10 years of work at the Education and Resources Department of the General Assembly of PCK, and 4 years of teaching at PUTS as a visiting lecturer. I have learned many things from UnitingChurches for 17 years in terms of ministry, worship, education, fellowship, social justice, and culture.
Regarding professional experience, I was deeply involved in planning and editing of textbooks, and I was in charge of producing and planning short educational films. I taught as a visiting lecturer at PUTS and contributed to several magazines.
For ministerial goals and pastoral vision, I would like to focus on connecting to Jesus and others so that all the church members can be whole-hearted people and spirit-filled Christians living from a deep sense of worthiness and strong sense of love and belonging in Jesus and Faith Communities.
I would like to take responsibility for serving, helping, and developing all the generation to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. I also want to contribute to life-long discipleship, faith growth, and a culture of inter-generational and inter-cultural in our congregation and wider communities.
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Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - John 6: 51-58Carmel Posa, SGS, is a member of the Good Samaritan Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict. She held the position of senior lecturer at Notre Dame University, Australia from 1999—2012 and was the executive director of the New Norcia Institute for Benedictine Studies at New Norcia, Western Australia, from 2012—2017. She lectures in the department of Christian thought and history at Yarra Theological Union, a member college of the University of Divinity, Melbourne and teaches monastic studies at St. John’s School of Theology and Seminary, Collegeville, Minnesota. Carmel is co-editor of the journal, Tjurunga: An Australasian Benedictine Review
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Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - John 6: 41-51
Anne Surtees is an Ursuline sister and is currently living in Arrernte Country in Central Australia.
Anne is a Spiritual director and runs a small retreat centre called "Thirsty Heart” in Alice Springs. She travels twice a week to the Ltyentye Apurte ( Santa Teresa) community 80 kms out of Alice Springs to assist the women in the running of the Spirituality Centre. Anne’s background is in education. Previously she worked in the Brisbane Archdiocese in lay ministry formation, multicultural pastoral care and Centrecare pastoral ministries.
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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - John 6: 24-35
Teresa Pirola is a Sydney-based writer with many years involvement in Catholic faith formation for parishioners, families, teachers and parish personnel. She is the author of several books and numerous other publications used in pastoral renewal and spirituality programs. She has a Doctorate in Theology (Sydney College of Divinity) and a special interest in the importance of Jewish-Christian relations for the Church’s self-understanding and for societal cohesion. Teresa is a firm believer in the capacity of grassroots lay leadership to effect change and renewal, owing much of her own formation to the impact of ecclesial movements in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. Her most recent book, published by Paulist Press (2023), is “Catholic-Jewish Relations: Twelve Key Themes for Teaching and Preaching” and her website LightofTorah.net explores similar themes.
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - John 6: 1-15Lana Hanley is Africa and Pacific Associate Director at Caritas Australia. Caritas Australia is the aid and development agency of the Catholic Church. Now in its 60th year the organisation is committed to supporting the world’s most vulnerable, with its work supported by the generous donations of church communities across Australia. Lana is responsible for development programs across Africa and the Pacific, which give people the skills and resources they need to lift themselves out of poverty, whether that’s through access to clean water, education, sustainable farming techniques, and much more.
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 6: 30-34
Dr Clare Schwantes has been the Director at Liturgy Brisbane since 2023, having fulfilled the role of Editor from 2012. She prepares annual publications such as the Ordo and the Daily Mass Book on behalf of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, as well as Break Open the Word and Praying Together with Young People. She is also responsible for the design and ongoing evolution of the electronic liturgy planning program, Liturgia, which is used widely in schools and parishes around Australia.
Clare has a PhD from the University of Queensland, a Master of Theological Studies (Liturgy), Bachelors of Education and Psychology, and diplomas in Editing and Publishing. Clare is the Chair of the National Liturgical Council, secretary of the Brisbane Archdiocesan Commission on the Liturgy, a member of the Australian Academy of Liturgy and is on the editorial board of the quarterly journal, Liturgy News. She is the author of From Page to Proclamation: Interpreting Scripture in the Context of Liturgy, which will be available towards the end of 2024.
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 6: 7-13
For more than thirty years Jenny O’Brien has been a liturgy educator for the Adelaide Archdiocese. She gained her Doctorate in Sacred Liturgy from Sant’Anselmo, Rome and also holds Masters degrees in Theology and Religious Education. Jenny has been active on local, national and international levels, having served 9 years on the National Liturgical Council, 11 on the National Liturgical Music Council, and 6 years as a Council member of Societas Liturgica. She is a long-term member of the Australian Academy of Liturgy and was South Australian Chapter Convenor for a number of years. She was a foundational member of the Australian Pastoral Musicians Network and contributes regularly to their Conferences and Newsletters. In her local parish of Brighton, SA, she coordinates the team of musicians and serves as both organist and cantor.
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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 6: 1-6 - God of the ordinary
Jennifer Wakeling is a professional musician and educator who spent many years performing as a classical pianist but whose interest has extended in more recent years to the field of theology. Jennifer’s research interests centre on worship theology, music theology, and musical-liturgical semiotics, and they also include the theology of symbol. Her work has been published in Studia Liturgica and Australian Journal of Liturgy, and she recently contributed a chapter in Imagination in an Age of Crisis: Soundings from the Arts and Theology. Jennifer currently teaches piano and works as a faith and music ministry officer at a Catholic boys school in Brisbane – St. Joseph’s Nudgee College. She also regularly prepares the liturgy for her local church community – Pilgrim People. She is passionate about the education of local church communities seeking to develop and enrich communal worship.
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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 5: 21-43
The Very Reverend Naomi Cooke is an ordained Anglican priest and is currently the Dean of the Cathedral of Grafton in regional NSW’s Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr country.
Naomi's spiritual formation has been shaped by a rich tapestry of ecumenical experiences. Her childhood faith was nurtured within the vibrant parish and youth movements of the Roman Catholic Church alongside the invitational discipleship of Sydney Anglican youth groups. She studied at a Baptist theological college, developed her vocation within the gentle and inclusive Anglo-Catholic traditions of regional QLD and NSW, worked within the democratic and inclusive ethos of the Uniting Church of Australia, and served for two decades as a School Chaplain in Independent Schools.
With degrees in Theology and Arts (English Literature), she was amongst the first women in Australia to be ordained by a female Anglican Bishop and is only the 9th woman in Australia to be installed as a Dean of an Anglican Cathedral. Naomi works closely with First Nations communities in the journey towards Reconciliation and her ministry includes the creativity of Godly Play, Taize prayer, Prayer Spaces and Labyrinth reflections.
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Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 4: 35-41 “The calming of the storm” Dominique Galea has recently retired from a 43-year career in Education. Married with three children and four grandchildren, her teaching experience has ranged from kindergarten through to high school special needs as well as being a Religious Education Coordinator in primary schools and a sessional lecturer in Systematic Theology at Australian Catholic University. Having gained qualifications as an Enneagram Personality Type Teacher and consultant from both the Enneagram Institute and The Narrative Enneagram programs, Dominique presents Enneagram spirituality days to Catholic school staff for professional development as far afield as Alice Springs. She also gives workshops to adult organisations including parish groups, Eremos, Australian Network for Spiritual Directors, sabbaticals for Religious and the Sydney University Continuing Education Program. Additionally, she has delivered papers on Education and the Enneagram at international conferences and attended Summer School Programs in Jungian analytical psychology at the Jung Institute in Zurich. Dominique holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from The Catholic Theological Union and has been a practising spiritual director in the contemplative tradition since 2008 having graduated from The Centre for Religious Development North Sydney. She thoroughly enjoys being a presenter and spiritual director on retreat teams and finds it a privilege discovering together the wisdom of the Holy Spirit unfolding in people’s lives. Dominique is a member of Australian Catholics Exploring the Diaconate and the Marist Association and currently offers spiritual direction, Enneagram consulting and workshops at the Marist Centre Hunters Hill and elsewhere. Her website is dominiquegalea.com
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Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time - Mark 4: 26-34
Michele Connolly RSJ is a Sister of St Joseph of Lochinvar in the Hunter Valley. She is an Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Biblical Studies Discipline Coordinator at the Sydney College of Divinity and lectures in Biblical Studies at Catholic Institute of Sydney, a pontifical institute of theology. After teaching in secondary schools for about ten years, she studied theology, graduating in 2008 with a PhD from GTU, Berkeley, CA. Michele’s principal area of interest is the Gospel of Mark. In 2018 her doctoral thesis was published by T&T Clark, under the title, Disorderly Women and the Order of God: An Australian Feminist Reading of the Gospel of Mark. Michele speaks regularly around Australia at conferences on the Scriptures.
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Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 3: 20-35Dr Angela McCarthy is an adjunct senior lecturer in theology at The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle campus. Her first degree from Sydney University included work in Biblical Studies and Fine Arts. After time spent rearing a family, Angela resumed secondary teaching and further studies in theology and education in 1993 at Notre Dame and was awarded her PhD in 2007. Since then, she has completed a further Research Masters in Theology in the field of Scripture, art and theology. Angela has published in the areas of liturgy, icons, art and theology, liturgical music, educational practice and theological aesthetics. She is the former editor of the Australian Journal of Liturgy, a member of the Australian Academy of Liturgy, Chairperson of the Mandorla Art Award, a member of the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA and the Fellowship of Biblical Studies, and the editor of Pastoral Liturgy. For many decades she has been working in her parish in liturgy and music. She has been married to John for 50 years, has 4 children and 14 grandchildren.
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Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ - Mark 14:12-16, 22-26
Carmel is an Australian Sister of St Joseph. Carmel has ministered extensively throughout Australia as a liturgical educator and consultant. She was the only woman to ever be responsible for a Papal Liturgy: The Beatification of Mary MacKillop in 1995. These days she works with First Nation peoples in Broome, Darwin and Fiji, working on liturgical inculturation. Carmel also publishes papers and book chapters, her latest is 'Ceremonial Genius: Australia's First Peoples and Liturgical Inculturation,' in Deep Inculturation, Antonio Sison, ed. (Orbis: 2024).
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Holy Trinity - Matthew 28:16-20
Dr Cristina Lledo-Gomez is a Filipina-Australian living and working on the lands of the Dharrug and Guringai peoples. She is mother to Sophia and Julian, and wife to Adrian. She is a Senior Lecturer in Catholic Systematic Theology and holds the Presentation Sisters Lectureship Chair at BBI-The Australian Institute of Theological Education. Her role at BBI-TAITE is directed toward promoting women’s spiritualities, feminist theologies, and ecotheologies. Cristina is also Research Fellow for the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture. She received her Master of Theology at the Catholic Institute of Sydney and her PhD at Charles Sturt University. She is the author of The Church as Woman and Mother (published in 2018) and co-editor of 500 years of Christianity and the Global Filipino/a: Postcolonial Perspectives (published in February 2024) and Divine Interruptions: Maternal Theologies and Experiences (expected publication in November 2024). Cristina has worked on many levels and contexts of Australian churches including in youth ministry, high school teaching, as diocesan social justice coordinator, as pastoral associate for university staff, in women’s activist groups, and as Chair of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council. She has presented and published locally and internationally in the areas of maternal-feminist theologies, ecclesiology, ecotheology, migration, post-colonialism, decolonial theology, domestic violence, and clergy sexual abuse. She co-convenes the Women's Consultation for Constructive Theology at the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Ecclesiological Investigations Research Network at the American Academy of Religion.
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Feast of Pentecost - John 15:26-27, 16:12-15 OR John 20:19-23Mel Williams is an Ursuline sister who is at present working in Brisbane. She has also worked in Sydney, Toowoomba, Maroochydore, and Rome. She is a teacher, counsellor, and spiritual director and her time in Maroochydore was as pastoral associate.
Much of Mel’s work has been within the Ursulines as a formator with novices, temporary professed sisters, and international tertian groups. This work of formation has kept Mel curious, interested and informed about the evolving aspects of consecrated life. She has lived through the evolution of religious commitment from monasticism to the lifeform of many consecrated persons in Australia today and looks forward to what the future holds.
Mel has recently completed four years as Vicar for Consecrated Life in the Brisbane Archdiocese.
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Ascension of the Lord - Mark 16:15-20
In a career spanning over 25 years, Sharon has gained extensive experience in the education sector, both in independent and Catholic secondary and primary schools in the United Kingdom, Tanzania and Australia with a focus on educational leadership, Catholic Identity, curriculum innovation and experiential learning. Currently on the Executive team at Brisbane Catholic Education, Sharon has also held senior leadership roles with Catholic Education, Cairns.
Sharon has co-designed and facilitated numerous immersive experiences and recently completed research with a focus on intercultural dialogue and inculturation, with First Nations Peoples.
Sharon’s qualifications include: Master of Theological Studies (ACU), Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), Master of Religious Education (ACU), Master of Education (ACU).
Sharon is the Queensland Catholic Education Commission (QCEC) representative on the National Catholic Education Commission’s Faith Formation and Religious Education Standing Committee (NCEC FFRE). Sharon is a delegate on the Xavier School of Mission Advisory Board (Holy Spirit Seminary) and was Chair of the Plenary Council: Discernment and Writing Group for the ‘Joyful, Hope-filled and Servant Community’ and a Pilgrimage Leader for six World Youth Days.
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