News and Media

Access meditations, podcasts, past sermons and articles, along with recent news and announcements.

Meet our new Theological School student president

We're pleased to welcome Cara Greenham Hancock as the student body president for our Theological School in 2023.

01 Mar 2023

February seminar and intensive: The Gospel of Matthew

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...

02 Feb 2023

Meet Theological School administrator Joanne Pope

Joanne shares her favourite book, Bible verse, and the activity that makes her lose track of time.

16 Sep 2022

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.

18 Aug 2022

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...

12 Aug 2022

What makes liturgy so special?

Trinity’s Farnham Maynard Lecturer in Ministry Education and Director of the Ministry Education Centre, the Revd Dr Fergus King, looks at the occasion of...

06 Jul 2022

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...

30 Jun 2022

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...

02 Jun 2022

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...

01 Apr 2022

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...

16 Mar 2022

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In him all things hold together

Contemplating the reign of Christ in a season of uncertainty

17 Nov 2021

An Incongruous Unity

In two apparently contradictory celebrations, we are directed towards a shared truth – one that is needed more now than ever before.

26 Oct 2021

Anxiety and Faith

"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well."

12 Oct 2021

The Disappointment of the Apocalypse

Something strange is happening to our language of freedom. Perhaps an opportunity is being lost.

29 Sep 2021

Forgive them Father

"Father, forgive them for they know not what they do" – Luke 23:34

15 Sep 2021

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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. 

Screenshot of one of the video messages from the Dean of Trinity College Theological School, the Revd Canon Dr Bob Derrenbacker

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.