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

Registration close extended to 5 pm 15 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 and register
6.00pm	Light Meal
7.00pm	Eucharist. Presider: The Rt Rev’d Sarah Plowman, Ass. Bishop, Preacher: Rev’d Aunty Di Langham

Friday 29 November: St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, Ascot
8.30	Morning Prayer & Biblical Reflection, with address by Archbishop Jeremy Greaves
Morning sessions 9.00am – 12.30 pm:
	First Session – Graydon-Rose Lecture (includes Q & A): Miryam Clough, Still Burning Witches: the church and sexual violence
	Second Session: Abuse & Violence toward Women in the Church Discussion Panel, Tanja Hagedorn, Gwenneth Roberts, Jenny Clark & Vanessa Fowler, moderated by Melissa Conway
	Third Session: First Nations Women Leaders Discussion Panel, Sandra King, Phyllis Marsh & Di Langham
12.30pm	Lunch
Afternoon sessions 1:30pm – 4:00 pm
	Fourth Session: Marg Mowczko, followed by Q & A, , Ministering from the Margins and Leading Like a Mother
	Break for Social Networking
	Please note: An experienced trauma-informed Christian psychologist will be present on this day. Participants are encouraged to attend to self-care and take breaks when needed.
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, Voices of Change: Women Led Resistance in Catholic Communities
	Second Session: Colleen O’Reilly, Will The Future Church Have Women Leaders?
	Panel discussion on Women in Leadership: Tracy McEwan, Colleen O’Reilly, Marg Mowczko & Annette Woods, moderated by Ann Edwards
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

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.

Rev’d Canon Auntie Di Langham is secretary to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council and the first Director of Reconciliation with Newcastle Anglican Diocese.