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Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 12: 38-44 - How can we be more generous with what we have?Bernadette has had a long career as a secondary school RE teacher, retiring last year from a Catholic girls’ school in Melbourne. She currently teaches Religious Education to both primary and secondary pre-service teachers at Australian Catholic University. She graduated with her Doctor of Philosophy in September 2018 from the University of Southern Queensland. Last year Bernadette co-authored a book with Ann Rennie entitled Witness, Specialist, Moderator: the critical role of Catholic educators in a changing world. It is available from Garratt Publishing.
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Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 12:28-34
Di writes: I am a Buandik First Nations woman. I am Reverend Canon Auntie Di Langham, Director of Reconciliation in Newcastle Anglican. I am mother of four, grandmother of 14 and great grandmother of 7. My ministry has included Juvenile Justice Chaplin and 20 years as a gaol chaplain. I am secretary of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council. I am invited to speak at many churches and groups. I like to challenge people in their faith and get them to go on a spiritual journey that sometimes may be uncomfortable. I believe that it is in this discomfort we grow.
Belinda writes: I am a proud Buandik woman. Auntie Di is my mother. I am currently working at Nikinpa Aboriginal family and community centre. I am an artist. I use gum leaves as the backgrounds of my art. I belong to Nikinpa Women's art group who create healing leaves for those who have Iost loved ones or reconnecting with culture. I attend Campfire Church. I like to write creatively.
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30th Sunday Ordinary Time - Mark 10:46-52
Helen Cunningham OP is a member of the Dominican sisters of Eastern Australia and The Solomon Islands. She has a teaching background in various areas of education including adult education. She has a Masters in pastoral ministry (USA) and a Masters in Applied Christian Spirituality (Dublin). Both of these degrees were completed after she retired from teaching in schools. Helen has a long history of working as an Associate in Pastoral Ministry and has worked in various dioceses including Maitland-Newcastle. She is currently working in pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Parramatta.
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Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 10:35-45Ann Rennie is a Melbourne writer and teacher. She has a regular column in Australian Catholics and has contributed to The Sunday Age Faith column for the past 25 years. She has been published in The Age, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, WA Today, Brisbane Times and Madonna. Ann is a former REC and is currently teaching English and RE at Genazzano FCJ College in Kew. Each year she compiles and contributes to the teacher prayer and reflection book published by Garratt Publishing. She writes a monthly column for her parish cluster, as well as the odd film review for Australian Catholics online. Ann has written a number of books about faith, life and education, most recently Witness, Specialist Moderator - the critical role of the Catholic educator in a changing world written with Dr. Bernadette Mercieca. She is excited to be presenting Small Wonders on Radio Maria Australia. 202.928 every second Thursday. Ann believes in good news and the Good News.
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Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 10:17-30 Angela works as a Pastoral Associate for the Passionist led St Joseph's Parish in Hobart, and is the Administrative Assistant for WATAC (Women and the Australian Church). She is passionate about the silenced female voice in the lectionary and finds the presence of God in the gift of the Australian Women Preach team, her theological studies, and her privileged existence in the Southern most island of Australia, where she lives, climbs, breathes and walks with her beloved Guy and Ella.
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Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 10: 2-16
Penny Jones
Penny is an Anglican priest and spiritual companion, who has been offering spiritual guidance and inspiration for more than thirty five years. As a dancer, labyrinth and InterPlay facilitator, and yoga practitioner, she is especially drawn to the interface of spirituality and the body, and to the ways in which physical movement can effect spiritual shifts. She has served on the staff of four theological colleges and courses, specialising in the New Testament, practical theology and homiletics
website: http://www.soulworkerpennyjones.com
Josephine Inkpin
Josephine is an Anglican priest serving as Minister of Pitt Street Uniting Church in Sydney. The first out licensed ordained transgender Minister in Australia, she has been very actively involved in many recent struggles for LGBTIQ+ advance in faith spaces and wider society and is currently co-chair of Equal Voices and a member of the Trans Council of Equality Australia. Formerly a staff member of the National Council of Churches in Australia and General Secretary of the NSW Ecumenical Council, she has worked in many capacities, not least with inter-faith relationships and First Nations people of faith, and as a theologian and church historian. websites:https://www.blessedimp.org/ and https://www.transspirit.org/
Together, Jo and Penny helped create the Queer Theology unit for Pilgrim College, the first such university initiative in Australia. Some of Penny and Jo's reflections and spiritual addresses can also be found at https://www.penandinkreflections.org/
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Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
Dr Mayrah Yarraga Dreise says... I am a proud Yuwalaraay and Gamilaraay Woman from Southwest Queensland Northwest New South Wales. I speak and teach our languages in our community and lead local dance (yulagi) ceremonies. I am also a visual artist considering Australian History, stolen generations, intergenerational trauma and the impact of colonisation on First Nations peoples in the forms of both painting and public art installation.
I have been in Education for over 40 years with much of my work focused on Indigenous Education. I was a classroom teacher for 25 years as a history, Visual and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies secondary subjects, and a principal in two schools for 10 years. I have also been the Indigenous education project officer for the then Queensland Studies Authority, Senior Lecturer in Indigenous education at the Queensland University of Technology and at Charles Sturt University. Prior to my current role I was the Associate Professor for Indigenous Education at the Australian Catholic University.
In my current role I work across Brisbane Catholic Education offices and 146 schools to improve outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education. Some key focuses of this work include: Professional Development of Teachers, School Leaders and officer staff in cultural safety and First Nations Curriculum and Education, implementing ACARA Version 9 with First Nations content for all BCE students, engaging with First Nations communities and parents, offering a variety of cultural workshops to students across different sectors at the Ngutana-Lui BCE Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural studies centre at Inala and contributing to the development of BCE policies, strategies and programs.
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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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