A podcast that showcases preaching by Christian women from across all Christian denominations. Our final episode will be released on 3 March 2025.
All episodes will continue to be available. We welcome you to revisit four years of women’s preaching. Stay in touch with new developments at australianwomenpreach.com.au
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.
CREDITS
Producer: Louise Maher
Music: Danielle Anne Lynch. Find more of Danielle’s music on Spotify, iTunes or YouTube.
210. Final reflections: Four years of women preaching
Tracy, Tricia and Louise reflect the origins of the Australian Women Preach and discuss what's next for the team behind the podcast.
Tracy McEwan (PhD) is a theologian and sociologist of religion and gender at the University of Newcastle. Her writing and research interests include women in Catholicism; gendered violence; church participation, generations, and life stage. Tracy’s monograph Women and the Catholic Church:Negotiating Identity and Agency will be published open-access with Bloomsbury Academic on 24 April 2025 https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/women-and-the-catholic-church-9781350424821/ (https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/women-and-the-catholic-church-9781350424821/)
Patricia Gemmell is a wife, mother and grandmother, andsemi-retired teacher of French, Latin and Italian. She also has a Masters degree in Theology. She belongs to the Grail, an international movement and community of women, and recently served 8 years on their National Leadership Team. An active member of her parish community in Sydney for nearly 40 years, she is currently the co-ordinator of their Laudato Si’ Action Platform group. Caring deeply about church reform she has been fully engaged in both the Australian Plenary Council and the Synod on Synodality and is also one of the working team responsible for AustralianWomen Preach, a weekly podcast of a woman preaching on the Sunday gospel.
Louise Maher worked for many years in radio as a journalist, producer and presenter, including 25 years with the ABC. She created a podcast series for the Australian War Memorial and an oral history app for the National Portrait Gallery. Louise is an Accredited Editor and has a Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing from Sydney University.
2 Mar 2025
209. Andrea Dean - 9 March 2025
First Sunday of Lent - Luke 4:1-13
Andrea Dean is the current president of WATAC. She has been a keen supporter of women through her work in education, ministry and spirituality. She lives and works in Canberra, having spent more than 25 years as a Sister of St Joseph of Goulburn. Andrea grew up on Wiradjuri country, in the village of Adelong, NSW.
23 Feb 2025
208. Josephine Armour - 2 March 2025
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Luke 6:39-45 - You are the greatest project you will ever work on.
Dr Josephine Armour is a retired Anglican priest and former Dominican Sister from Adelaide, where she has been a teacher for much of her working life. Jo has been the parish priest at St Chad’s Anglican church until her recent retirement.
She lectures in systematic theology at St Barnabas College and is the author of “Call No One on Earth Your Father”.
Her interests include walking, swimming and hula-hooping.
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