Australian Women Preach

Oct 27 2024 193 ep. 13 mins 10

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A podcast that showcases preaching by Christian women from across all Christian denominations, relevant to contemporary Australian life. We model the Church we want to be: inclusive, diverse and welcoming. An initiative of WATAC Inc. (Women and the Australian Church) and the Grail in Australia. This podcast is produced by Louise Maher. The music on this podcast has been created by theologian, musician, songwriter, and teacher Danielle Anne Lynch. You can listen to more of Danielle’s music on Spotify, iTunes or YouTube.

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191. Di Langham and Belinda Roberts - 3 November 2024

Oct 27 2024 11 mins

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 Tor

190. Helen Cunningham - 27 October 2024

Oct 20 2024 11 mins

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 r

189. Ann Rennie - 20 October 2024

Oct 13 2024 12 mins

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 10:35-45 Ann 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

188. Angela Marquis - 13 October 2024

Oct 06 2024 13 mins

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 theolo

187. Penny Jones and Josephine Inkpin - 6 October 2024

Sep 29 2024 11 mins

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 physi

186. Mayrah Yarraga Dreise - 29 September 2024

Sep 22 2024 15 mins

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 tra

185. Patricia Smith - 22 September 2024

Sep 15 2024 10 mins

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-p

184. Melissa Conway - 15 September 2024

Sep 08 2024 13 mins

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

183. Moira Byrne - 8 September 2024

Sep 01 2024 11 mins

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 Fellows

182. Anne Pattel-Gray - 1 September 2024

Aug 25 2024 18 mins

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Special Reading - Matthew 15: 2- 28 Professor 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 Spiritua