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Q&A with Trinity Chaplain 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?
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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.
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
Trinity College’s outgoing Chaplain, the Revd Canon Dr Colleen O’Reilly AM, highlights the past – and ongoing – struggle of women in the church.
Looking back on 2021: Theological School
Our Theological School's student president Xeverie Swee provides a reflection on the year.
Keep your friends close but your enemies closer: Navigating religious love and enmity
'Us' and the 'other'; neighbours and enemies. The Revd Dr Chris Porter considers how we know who to love and how to love them.
IHEA welcomes University of Divinity as a new member
Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA) has welcomed the University of Divinity to its membership base. Trinity College Theological School offers accredited courses through the University of Divinity.
Make a Joyful Noise
17/08/2021
Why is music so intricately bound up with worship? What is it about music that affects us, and how should we make use of it as part of our own devotions?
A Change in Perspective
02/08/2021
We can often get bogged down thinking through the mechanics of Jesus’ miraculous meals, but what if we step back and see the miracle in John 6 anticipating the miraculous fact that the Eucharist has sustained millions on their journey through life?
Reconciliation must become a way of life
07/06/2021
The Revd Canon Dr Bob Derrenbacker reflects on the tragic discovery of 215 children’s graves at a former Indian Residential School in Canada.
On Speaking of Israel and Palestine
20/05/2021
With the conflict in the Middle East showing no signs of abating, care is needed in how we speak of it.
Theology of the Child
04/05/2021
Often children are spoken about as sites of hope. What might it mean to hope for a child beyond projecting imagined futures?
On Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann’s ‘Dadirri’
13/04/2021
The Revd Professor Dorothy Lee and the Revd Dr Garry Deverell on Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann's invitation to white society to listen to Indigenous cultures.
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Podcasts and Videos
Video messages from the Dean of the Theological School
During the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, Dean Bob Derrenbacker delivered messages to the Trinity College Theological School Community via our YouTube channel. You can watch them via the links below.
- Friday 19 June 2020
- Friday 12 June 2020
- Friday 5 June 2020
- Friday 29 May 2020
- Friday 22 May 2020
- Friday 15 May 2020
- Friday 8 May 2020
- Friday 1 May 2020
- Friday 24 April 2020
- Friday 17 April 2020
- Thursday 9 April 2020
- Friday 3 April 2020
- Friday 27 March 2020
Historial fiction novel on St Paul discussed in Ridley panel event
Damascus author, Christos Tsiolkas, talks St Paul with theologians. This panel discussion took place at Ridley College on 12 February 2020 - moderated by Bishop Paul Barker and featuring Ridley Principal, the Revd Dr Brian Rosner, and Trinity College lecturer, the Revd Dr Fergus King.
Sermons, Articles and Lectures
48th Barry Marshal Memorial Lecture: Women's Leadership in the Anglican Church of Australia
Trinity alumna Kay Goldsworthy was installed as the 8th Archbishop in Perth in February 2018, becoming the first woman in the world to be given the title of Archbishop within the Anglican communion. Prior to that, in 2017, she became a member of the Order of Australia (AO). On 22 August 2018, she returned to Trinity to deliver an address about women’s leadership in the Anglican church in Australia. Kay prompted the audience to consider how successful leadership by women is measured and the way the theological landscape is changing across the country.
A Theological Culture for Ministry Education
By the Revd Dr Don Saines, Director, Ministry Education Centre, Theological School Commencement Service, 27 February 2017.
Mother's Day
By Mr Campbell Bairstow, Dean & Deputy Warden, Trinity College, at Evensong, 8 May 2016.
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