Chaplaincy Team
The Revd Dr Andreas Loewe, BA(Hons), MPhil Oxon, PhD Cantab
College Chaplain
Andreas was most recently Associate Vicar of Great St Mary’s, Cambridge, UK, and Chaplain of Michaelhouse, a lively weekday church with an award-winning café and gallery. Andreas taught in the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge and was chairman of Art beyond Belief, which works with young offenders, and victims of domestic violence. Andreas is married to poet and academic Katherine Firth.
As College Chaplain, Andreas’ work will centre on the residential College community, while also leading the liturgical life of the Chapel and the wider Chaplaincy team at Trinity.
Andreas was commissioned as College Chaplain in Evensong on Sunday 2 August 2009.
The Revd Kim Cruickshank, DipYouthMinistry, BTheol MCD
Chaplain—Trinity College Foundation Studies
A graduate of the Trinity College Theological School, Kim has a background in youth ministry, and spends much of her time with staff and students in Trinity College Foundation Studies (TCFS).
Kim's office is located in the Swanston Street TCFS campus, and she can be contacted on (03) 9348 7464. As well as regularly participating in Chapel services, Kim has helped to develop a multi-purpose, multi-faith worship space (known as 'The Space'), also at 715 Swanston St. Kim coordinates the TCFS Cooking Club, where students get to know one another while preparing food from each other's traditions.
The Revd Dr Dorothy Lee, BA(Hons), DipEd Newcastle BD(Hons, University Medal), PhD Sydney
Associate Chaplain—Trinity College
and Frank Woods Distinguished Lecturer in Biblical Studies—Trinity College Theological School
Dorothy Lee lectures in New Testament with a particular focus on the Gospels. She was born in Scotland and spent her childhood between the UK and Australia. Her first degree was in Classics, before studies in Divinity. For more than twenty years she was an ordained Minister of the Uniting Church, lecturing in New Testament. She became an Anglican in 2007 and was ordained Deacon in February and Priest in November 2008. Her main research interest is the theology of the Fourth Gospel.
Mr Philip Nicholls, BMus Melb
Administrator—Chaplaincy & Music
Philip joined the Chaplaincy team in August 2007, but his association with Trinity College extends back to 1996 when he became a member of the Trinity College Choir, then Assistant Director of Music (1996 to 2004). He has held non-resident tutorships at Trinity College and worked as Advancement Associate from 2000 to 2003. In addition to fulfilling this administrative role supporting the life of the Chapel, Philip is the Secretary of the National Ecumenical Church Music Committee, an Anglican Director of Australian Hymn Book Pty Ltd and its General Editor, Director of Music at Christ Church Anglican Church, South Yarra, and Chairperson of the S.R. Stoneman Foundation. His office is in the Bishops' corridor, and he can be contacted on (03) 9348 7495.