2024 Conference: Lead Like a Woman
28 to 30 November 2024 | Thursday 28 November – St John’s Cathedral, 373 Ann Street, Brisbane 4000. Friday 29 and Saturday 30 November – St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, 11 Petrie Street, Ascot 4007
The Movement for the Ordination of Women Australia Ltd
invites members, supporters and guests to the 2024 National Conference in Brisbane:
Lead Like a Woman!
Dates: Thursday 28 to Saturday 30 November
Registrations Close 5 pm 1 November. Please register now.
Please register for the conference online here:
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1244337
Attending the Opening Eucharist and Dinner only?
Please register here for catering purposes.
Please DO NOT use this link if you are registering for any other conference sessions.
https://www.trybooking.com/CSVRH
Venues
Thursday 28 November – St John’s Cathedral, 373 Ann Street, Brisbane 4000
Friday 29 and Saturday 30 November – St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, 11 Petrie Street, Ascot 4007
Getting there – St John’s Cathedral is about 20 minutes from the airport by train or taxi.
St Margaret’s School is about 15 minutes from the airport by taxi.
Accommodation
Delegates are requested to source their own accommodation and transport. Some suggestions are provided below.
Riverview Hotel – 3 Star
20 Riverview Terrace, Hamilton QLD 4007• (07) 3268 4666
Kingsford Smith Motel – 4 Star
610 Kingsford Smith Dr, Hamilton QLD 4007• (07) 3868 4444
Albion Manor Hotel – 3 Star
402 Sandgate Rd, Albion QLD 4010• (07) 3256 0444
View Hotel – 4 Star
Kingsford Smith Dr &, Hunt St, Hamilton QLD 4007• (07) 3862 1800
Ascot Budget Inn – 2 Star
143 Nudgee Rd, Ascot QLD 4007• (07) 3268 2823
Airport Clayfield Hotel – 3 Star
772 Sandgate Rd, Clayfield QLD 4011• (07) 3862 2966
Registration
Conference Fees
MOW Members and Concessions
$325 – Full Conference, including Conference Dinner
$260 – One Day Only, no Conference Dinner included
Non Members
$400 – Full Conference, including Conference Dinner
$300 – One Day Only, no Conference Dinner included
Conference Dinner Only (or added to one day rate) – $100
Not a member? Annual membership is $70 full and $40 concession.
Join here: https://mowatch.com.au/membership-form/
Please register for the conference online here:
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1244337
Attending the Opening Eucharist and Dinner only?
Please register here for catering purposes.
Please DO NOT use this link if you are registering for any other conference sessions.
https://www.trybooking.com/CSVRH
Program
Thursday 28 November: St John’s Cathedral, Ann Street, Brisbane | ||
5.00pm – 5.30pm | Arrive | |
6.00pm | Light Meal | |
7.00pm | Eucharist | |
Friday 29 November: St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, Ascot | ||
8.30 | Morning Prayer | |
Morning sessions 9.00am – 12.30 pm: | ||
First Session (includes Q & A): Miryam Clough | ||
Second Session: Violence, Abuse and Coercive Control toward Women Discussion Panel | ||
Third Session: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women Leaders Discussion Panel | ||
12.30pm | Lunch | |
Afternoon sessions 1:30pm – 4:00 pm | ||
Fourth Session: Marg Mowczko, followed by Q & A | ||
Break for Social Networking | ||
4.00pm | Evening Prayer | |
6.00pm | Dinner & Band | |
Saturday 30 November: St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, Ascot | ||
8.30am | Morning Prayer | |
Morning sessions 9.00am – 1.00pm: | ||
First Session: Tracy McEwan | ||
Second Session: Colleen O’Reilly | ||
Third Session Panel: Tracy McEwan, Colleen O’Reilly & Annette Woods | ||
1.00pm | Lunch | |
2.00pm | Closing Eucharist – Girls’ chapel | |
3.30pm | End of Conference |
Note: Our Program may change, so please come back prior to the conference for more information.
Speakers
Rev’d Dr Miryam Clough
Miryam is a grandmother, priest, researcher, teacher, and homeopath. She works in Te Hāhi Mihingare, the Māori Anglican Church, in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is the author of two books on sexual violence in the church – Shame, the Church and the Regulation of Female Sexuality (Routledge 2017) and Vocation and Violence: The Church and #MeToo (Routledge 2022). Miryam will be speaking on the systemic nature of sexual violence in the church and some of the ways this impacts women’s vocations to Christian ministry.
Marg Mowzcko
Marg Mowczko lives on the Central Coast of NSW. She has a BTh from the Australian College of Ministries and an MA, with a specialisation in early Christian and Jewish studies, from Macquarie University. Marg writes on the topic of Christian egalitarianism and she regards the interactions her blog and social media accounts generate as her primary ministry. Her blog is at https://margmowczko.com/
Dr Tracy McEwan
Dr Tracy McEwan is a theologian and sociologist of religion and gender. Her writing and research interests include women in Catholicism; gender-based violence; church participation, generations, and life stage. She is a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and an Honorary Fellow at the Australian Catholic University. Major projects include the podcast “Australian Women Preach” and the International Survey of Catholic Women, a survey of more than 17,000 Catholic women from 105 countries.
Ven Dr Colleen O’Reilly, AM
Colleen O’Reilly is a priest in the Diocese of Melbourne where she has been the Archdeacon of Stonnington since 2022. Colleen came to Melbourne in 1994 to be the Associate Dean and Director of Ministry Studies in the then Melbourne College of Divinity, now the University of Divinity, and was ordained deacon and priest in 1995. Colleen has experienced the Anglican Church in the UK and the USA where she has lived, and in various other parts of the Communion when a member of the WCC Women’s Commission and the Primates’ Commission on Theological Education. Colleen made the speech that launched MOW in Sydney in 1983, moved the Women Deacon’s Bill in Sydney Synod in 1987 and with Dr Muriel Porter OAM organised the case, and raised the funds, for women bishops at the Appellate Tribunal in 2007. In 1975 Colleen and a few like-minded women formed a group to promote the ordination of women. It was called Anglican Women Concerned. She remains concerned that the ordination of women continues to enrich the Church, and that ordained women thrive in partnership with their lay sisters and brothers.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Panel
Mrs Mary Waupa is a Lay Woman in Leadership, from Moa Island, Torres Strait.
Aunty Elder Sandra King is an Elder of the Yagara, Quandamooka and Bundjalung people. She will speak on the topic of Reconciliation Action Plans and other matters concerning her work.
Aunty Phyllis Marsh is the Learning Innovator, Indigenous Perspectives, at West Moreton Anglican College. She is a MaMu woman from the Mundubarra people and a Board member of the Community Services Commission.
Violence, Abuse and Coercive Control Toward Women Panel
Tanja Hagedorn is the Chair of the Violence and Abuse of Women in Church Sub-Committee, MOW
Gwenneth Roberts is a MOW and member of Violence and Abuse of Women in Church sub-committee
Jennifer Clark is the Domestic Violence Worker – Anglican Church Southern Queensland
Vanessa Fowler is a Founding Member of the Allison Baden-Clay Foundation
We thank our generous Conference Sponsors
ALICE OPPEN, OAM
GFS BRISBANE – AN ANGLICAN MINISTRY
SOCIETY OF THE SACRED ADVENT
ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL, BRISBANE