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Meet our new Theological School student president

Meet our new Theological School student president

01/03/2023
By Emily McAuliffe
We're pleased to welcome Cara Greenham Hancock as the student body president for our Theological School in 2023.
February seminar and intensive: The Gospel of Matthew

February seminar and intensive: The Gospel of Matthew

02/02/2023
By Bob Derrenbacker
In February 2023, Trinity College Theological School Dean, the Revd Canon Dr Bob Derrenbacker, will be teaching a one-day seminar and five-day intensive about the Gospel of Matthew.
Meet Theological School administrator Joanne Pope

Meet Theological School administrator Joanne Pope

16/09/2022
By Emily McAuliffe
Joanne shares her favourite book, Bible verse, and the activity that makes her lose track of time.
Q&A with Trinity Chaplain Luke Hopkins

Q&A with Trinity Chaplain Luke Hopkins

18/08/2022
By Luke Hopkins
Father Luke Hopkins took on Trinity's chaplaincy role in 2022. Here he shares his path to becoming ordained and how he serves our community.
Who was Barry Marshall?

Who was Barry Marshall?

12/08/2022
By Emily McAuliffe
On 6 September 2022 we will be holding the annual Barry Marshall theology lecture. The event, which includes a memorial eucharist and lecture, is held near the anniversary of Barry’s death and attracts an eminent speaker in theology each year. But who exactly was Barry Marshall?
Dorothy Lee's vision for the next 175 years of the Melbourne diocese

Dorothy Lee's vision for the next 175 years of the Melbourne diocese

30/06/2022
By Dorothy Lee
The Revd Canon Professor Dorothy Lee, Trinity College's Stewart Research Professor of New Testament, says we must rediscover worship and proclaim God’s unfailing love.
What is the relationship between the ‘one’ Anglican Church and the angry contradictions within it?

What is the relationship between the ‘one’ Anglican Church and the angry contradictions within it?

02/06/2022
By Mark Lindsay
Those within the Anglican Church of Australia don’t always see eye to eye, but the Revd Professor Mark Lindsay asks: how can we fully flourish in our diversity if we don’t even agree on the basis of our oneness?
Meet our new Theological School student president: Malcolm Tadgell

Meet our new Theological School student president: Malcolm Tadgell

01/04/2022
By Jemma Wilson (bursar)
New Theological School president, Malcolm Tadgell, speaks of his involvement in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, his student-orientated approach to his new role with Trinity, and the multifaceted experiences of students.

Meet our Theological School’s visiting scholar, Dr Richard Ascough

16/03/2022
By Emily McAuliffe
From 15 March to 30 April, Professor Richard S Ascough, Professor of Religious Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, will be a visiting scholar in residence at Trinity College Theological School.
Russell Goulbourne: the University of Melbourne Dean’s path to ordination

Russell Goulbourne: the University of Melbourne Dean’s path to ordination

28/02/2022
By Emily McAuliffe
The Revd Professor Russell Goulbourne felt a possible calling to ordained ministry in his late teens, but it wasn’t until he had an established career as a university faculty Dean and found himself unexpectedly in a new country that his calling was realised.
Your chance to walk in the footsteps of Jesus: Holy Land tour June 2022

Your chance to walk in the footsteps of Jesus: Holy Land tour June 2022

24/02/2022
By Muriel Porter
This year we are hosting a pilgrimage and study tour of the Holy Land and you have the chance to join us.

From refugee camp to Bishop: the inspiring story of Jacob Deng Garang Akech

02/02/2022
By Emily McAuliffe
Deng Garang Akech Kuch (later to be known as Jacob) started believing in God because he could see no other way of surviving. Now, he can’t believe how far his faith has taken him.

How did early Christianity deal with pleasure?

31/01/2022
By Emily McAuliffe
Janette Gray scholarship recipient and PhD student Julia Thwaites shares why she traded a career in visual arts to pursue theological study, and the reason she chose to examine the intersection between pleasure, sin and repression.
What is beauty? And how does it relate to creation? Laura is on a mission to find out.

What is beauty? And how does it relate to creation? Laura is on a mission to find out.

13/01/2022
By Emily McAuliffe
For Laura Cerbus, there’s something magnetic about ‘Trinity’. She attended Trinity Secondary School, then Trinity School for Ministry, both in Pennsylvania, and is now commencing the next step of her study journey at Trinity College Theological School in Melbourne, looking into the complexity of ‘beauty’.
It hasn't been (and often still isn't) easy for women in the church: Colleen O'Reilly reflects

It hasn't been (and often still isn't) easy for women in the church: Colleen O'Reilly reflects

15/12/2021
By Colleen O'Reilly
Trinity College’s outgoing Chaplain, the Revd Canon Dr Colleen O’Reilly AM, highlights the past – and ongoing – struggle of women in the church.