Australian Women Preach
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A podcast that showcases preaching by Christian women from across all denominations, relevant to contemporary Australian life. We model the Church we want to be: inclusive, diverse and welcoming.
This is an initiative of WATAC (Women and the Australian Church) and the Grail in Australia.
Australian Women Preach
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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 feels very blessed to serve the communities. She loves every day supporting Parishes and other local Catholic communities in pastoral planning, leadership development, parish renewal and adult faith for ..read more
Australian Women Preach
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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 is presently on the Pastoral Team at All Saints Parish, Albany Creek ..read more
Australian Women Preach
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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 the Network of Biblical Storytellers and their Scholars Seminar (nbsint.org). Sarah composes liturgy and prayers for Words for Worship (MediaCom Education) and her own Pray the Story series, and her ..read more
Australian Women Preach
2M ago
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 monograph, Taking Away the Pound: Women, Theology and the Parable of the Pounds in the Gospel of Luke (London: T&T Clark International, 2007), and many journal articles and book chapters on the gospe ..read more
Australian Women Preach
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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 their broader venture, The WADR Project.
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Australian Women Preach
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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 director, vice president of Spiritual Care Australia and enjoys singing and dancing and being with friends and family. Prior to working at MercyCare Vicky was Director of Aboriginal Catholic Ministry a ..read more
Australian Women Preach
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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 Christianity. She is the author of two books and multiple articles about early Christianity. For more information, you can check out her website: www.dawnlavallenorman.com ..read more
Australian Women Preach
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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 directs her ministry business Shine Creations, currently in its 23rd year. This ministry has provided music and liturgical consultancy across Western Australia, including work at a diocesan, parish, s ..read more
Australian Women Preach
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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 Union of Catholic Apostolate (Pallottine Family) (UAC) in Australia. She’s a member of the Leadership Team of the Association of Pastoral Ministry Leaders – Melbourne and a member of Catalyst for Renewa ..read more
Australian Women Preach
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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 active member of Burnie Catholic parish, a life member of Women and the Australian Church (WATAC) and co-founder of ‘Concerned Catholics Tasmania’. She has an ongoing involvement in spiritual formatio ..read more