Please join us for Orientation Evening

February 23rd, 6-8pm, Lecture Room 1.

For any students beginning at St Francis College this year, this orientation will provide an introduction to the college, including its library resources and online components.

Please RSVP to lburridge@ministryeducation.org.au.

For more information, please phone 3514 7424

You are invited to a Writing Workshop for Students

February 23rd, 3-5pm, Lecture Room 1.

This workshop is for anyone interested in improving their academic writing. Topics to be covered include: the basics of grammar and sentence construction, formulating a thesis, structuring an argument, and using and citing sources. The workshop will be useful for those just beginning their study as well as for those who would like to refine their writing.

Please RSVP to lburridge@ministryeducation.org.au.

For more information, please phone 3514 7424

Christmas Campfire

Monday 21 December 5.30 to 7.30 pm
Baroona Farm (tennis court) All welcome to celebrate Christmas and the Summer Solstice

1. 5.30 pm Carols

2. 6.00 pm Liturgy

3. 6.30 pm Dinner (sausages and hotdogs, plus Christmas goodies)

(The Baroona Farm committee meeting will happen after dinner).

Please wear your Christmas outfit. 

If you would like to contribute to the Christmas goodies, please bring individually packaged purchased goods, to comply with our COVID-Safe plan. 

Unfortunately we can’t share homemade goodies at this time.

SFC Online Open Day

Are you interested in deepening your faith through greater understanding? 

Join our Online Open Day and learn what you can gain through studying at SFC.

• Thursday 22 October at 2.30-3.30pm and repeated at 7.30-8.00pm: with Q&A after each session for those who want to stay on.

• Courses for you: Bachelor of Theology; Graduate Certificate in Theology; post-graduate study; etc.

• The benefits of studying at SFC: theological knowledge, critical thinking, growth spiritually, personalised teaching.

• Meet the Principal Jonathan Holland; the Academic Dean Peter Kline, and the Librarian Eve James plus senior student Elizabeth McConnell. Faith seeks understanding.  

St Francis Theological College offers teaching in a range of subjects, at both university and non-tertiary levels.  Subjects cover the Bible, Systematic Theology, Church History and Practical Theology.  

Please register you interest on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/st-francis-college-online-open-day-tickets-121466384225

Suzie (Registrar) santhonisz@ministryeducation.org.au or 3514 7403 will then send you a Zoom invitation; or for more information contact Jonathan Holland (Principal) jholland@anglicanchurchsq.org.au or Peter Kline (Academic Dean) pkline@ministryeducation.org.au or visit www.stfran.org.au        

Want to know more about what it is like to study at SFC? - Check out this video https://youtu.be/vLCC854TNUM

Agenda for Online Open Day:

1. Introduction – Principal

2. The benefits of studying at St Francis – Principal

3. The courses you can take and what is offered in 2021 – Academic Dean

4. Using the library – Librarian

5. Q and A

Learn more about our courses:

• Bachelor of Theology https://www.stfran.qld.edu.au/bachelor-of-theology

• Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies https://www.stfran.qld.edu.au/graduate-certificate-in...

• Graduate Diploma of Theological Studies https://www.stfran.qld.edu.au/graduate-diploma-of-theology

• Postgraduate Study https://www.stfran.qld.edu.au/copy-doctor-of-philosophy

Saturday 8 August 2020

Let’s Talk About Death

A morning to talk about death and dying with four fabulous speakers.

A Workshop: 9:00am for 9:30am start (in-person at SFC + online via Zoom), including presentations and Q&A panel

Death Café Lunch: from 12:30pm

Due to Covid-19 restrictions the planned panel session will be split into two workshops which will be repeated.

Workshop: Dr Sarah Winch and Bishop Jonathan Holland

Workshop: Aunty (Dr) Rose Elu and Dr John Rosenberg

Participant numbers in each workshop: 16 (including 2 speakers & 2 staff members)Total number of in person participants: 32 (due to room size limitations).

Although only 32 in person places are available, both workshops will be available via Zoom. Please ensure you supply your email address to be sent a Zoom meeting invitation.

9.30am – 10.50am Workshop

Lecture Room 1

Aunty (Dr) Rose Elu – 20 mins

Dr John Rosenberg – 20 Mins

Discussion – 30 mins

Old Bishopsbourne

Dr Sarah Winch – 25-30 mins|

Bishop Jonathan Holland – 10-15 mins

Discussion – 30 minutes

10.50am – 11.10am: Morning Tea

(Speakers swap rooms)

11.10 – 12.30: Workshop repeat

12.30 – 1.30/2.00pm: Death Café (BYO Lunch)

An opportunity for participants to talk about death and other ideas arising from the workshop. Held on Old Bishopsbourne lawns.

Please register via the Eventbrite link https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lets-talk-about-death-tickets-111573298740

Faith seeks understanding.  

Are you interested in deepening your faith through greater understanding?   

St Francis Theological College offers teaching in a range of subjects, at both university and non-tertiary levels. 

On Tuesday 26 May we will host Open On-line gatherings at 2.30pm and again at 7.30pm for those interested in exploring the university courses we offer.  Subjects cover the Bible, Systematic Theology, Church History and Practical Theology.  

If you want to know more, log in on Tuesday 26 May at either 2.30pm or 7.30pm and meet some of the SFC teaching staff, learn what subjects you can access, and ask your questions. 

Please indicate your interest by contacting Suzie (Registrar) santhonisz@ministryeducation.org.au or 3514 7403 and we will send you a Zoom invitation; or for more information contact Jonathan Holland (Principal) jholland@anglicanchurchsq.org.au or Peter Kline (Academic Dean) pkline@ministryeducation.org.au or visit www.stfran.org.au        

Sign Up, Sign Up for the next exciting instalment of Bible 360 Online!

Two weeks ago I spent a great short night with 8 people experiencing the first parts of BIBLE360 Intro to the Bible online!

Using Zoom software, we met, discussed learnt and laughed, whilst working though interesting stuff about how the Bible is translated (Literally? Dynamically? A bit of both?) and some of the traditions that our present day bibles carry on with that began in ancient times (columns, anyone?)

THIS IS OPEN TO EVERYONE. FEEL FREE TO START HERE!

TUESDAY MAY 5, 7PM - 8PM

Email me with your interest (jonathans@ministryeducation.org.au) and I’ll send you a link for the get-together.

On this night we’ll spend an hour talking about how the Bible was put together from its various parts, as well as examining your own bible for sections you never knew you had.

You’ll hear from me, Jonathan Sargeant and probably from another special guest, a renowned biblical scholar!

We regret to advise that due to COVID-19 this event has been cancelled.

A Splash of Words

with the Revd Canon Mark Oakley

Wednesday 1st April, 10.00am - 3.00pm - St Francis’ Theological College

Seeing in the Dark: The Poetry of the Passion

Mark will look at how poets have explored the suffering and death of Christ from the earliest days of Christianity until the present day. The richness of poetic interpretation and the poets' diversity of approach will help inspire preachers and worshippers through Holy Week.

Tickets $30, Morning Tea and Lunch provided.

Please register on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/revd-canon-mark-oakley-seminar-tickets-96359250111

Mark Oakley is Dean of St John's College, Cambridge and was formerly Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, London. He is Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King's College London. He is widely admired for his preaching and for his writing, especially in the areas of poetry and spirituality. His The Splash of Words: Believing in Poetry won the 2019 Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing and his recent collection of sermons, By Way of the Heart, and his introduction to the poetry of George Herbert, My Sour Sweet Days, made Rowan Williams comment: 'Mark Oakley is one of the most distinctive, intelligent and refreshing voices in the Church of England, always illuminating, never stale or second-hand'. Mark is also committed to human rights and in 2016 won the UK's first national prize for those who stand up against hate crime.

On Tuesday, 17 March at 5:30pm, join us for a book chat exploring Term 1's book, The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a reckless storm. As Maren Magnusdatter watches, forty fishermen, including her father and brother, are lost to the waves - the menfolk of Vardø wiped out in an instant.

Vardø is now a place of women.

Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Summoned from Scotland to take control of a place at the edge of the civilized world, Absalom Cornet knows what he needs to do to bring the women of Vardø to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In Vardø, and in Maren, Ursa finds something she has never seen before: independent women. But Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs.

Inspired by the real events of the Vardø storm and the 1621 witch trials, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is a story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, and a love that may prove as dangerous as it is powerful.

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This is a facilitated discussion with drinks and nibbles provided.

Please RSVP for catering purposes: Register Here

Free Academic Writing Workshop

Facilitated by Peter Kline

Thursday 12 March 2 – 4 pm at SFC in LR1

Do you need help with the rigours of academic writing?

With academic essays attracting a considerable proportion of assessment marks in most degree programs, it is important that students gain a firm grounding in academic essay writing skills for them to succeed in their tertiary studies. Learn about the characteristics of academic writing, deductive reasoning and an analytical approach, academic writing structure and academic integrity and referencing in this free workshop.

Register on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/free-academic-writing-workshop-tickets-89705422333

Join us as we celebrate the official Launch and Blessing of this urban farm project as well as a new Brisbane City Council Composting Hub

March 7 3pm - 5pm
St Francis College, Milton 233 Milton Rd or 25 Baroona Rd

Our vision: To grow food and community with and for the nutritionally vulnerable

No More Boring Sermons: Transforming Power of Jesus

Wine & Cheese followed by Public Lecture

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 7 pm to 9 pm

Hosted by Mathew Hale Public Library and St Francis College

Old Bishopsbourne, St Francis' Theological College Milton Australia

You are warmly invited to join us for a wonderful evening of wine and cheese followed by a public lecture on "No more boring sermons: How to preach as Jesus did" by Dr Jay L Sedwick.

Wine and cheese (7-7:30pm) will be followed by a public lecture (7:30-8:30pm) and question time (8:30-9pm).

Register via Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/public-lecture-dr-jay-sedwick-tickets-90557775745

Jay is the Department Chair and Professor of Educational Ministries and Leadership at the Dallas Theological Seminary. Dr. Sedwick has over forty years of youth ministry experience combined with twenty-two years of faculty service. He serves on the board of the Association of Youth Ministry Educators and has served as president of the board for the Society of Professors in Christian Education. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Board for World Link Ministries, an evangelistic, church planting, and pastoral training ministry around the world. An ordained minister who teaches youth at a large Dallas-area church, Dr. Sedwick is also a popular conference and seminar speaker. His research and teaching interests include youth development, youth culture, biblical education for youth, curriculum design, and legal and financial issues in ministry.

Please join us for the Ash Wednesday Eucharist with Ashing
Wednesday 26 February 12:30pm in St Francis College Chapel.
All welcome.

Orientation Evening

Thursday 25 February 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start-8.00pm

If you are new to study at SFC this year, why not register for the Orientation Evening.  It is a chance to meet key staff, learn how to navigate the various electronic platforms that facilitate study, visit and register at the library, and look over the lecture rooms and buildings. A great way to make the best possible start to study!   Let Suzie 3514 7403 or santhonisz@ministryeducation.org.au know if you want to attend.

The Principal and Faculty of St Francis College

invite you to the 2020 Commencement Service

at St John’s Cathedral

on Sunday 23 February 2020 at 6.00pm

and for light refreshments afterwards.

RSVP 15th February 2020 Phone 3514 7403

Email – registrar@ministryeducation.org.au

You are invited to a Public Lecture by Assoc Professor David Neville: Matthew’s Gospel and Peacemaking

Date: Thursday 6 February 7.30pm-9.00pm.  (Wine and cheese from 7.00pm.)

Location: Old Bishopsbourne, St Francis College, Milton.  

The ACSQ theme for this year is ‘Being Together and Practising Peacemaking’.  To mark the theme and because 2020 is liturgically the Year of Matthew, Professor David Neville will give a special lecture on Matthew’s Gospel and Peacemaking.

This is especially pertinent to clergy who will preach from Matthew’s gospel this year.  

David lectures in the New Testament for the CSU School of Theology of which St Francis College is a part, and last year taught the ‘Synoptic Gospels’ at SFC. He is the author of several books including The Vehement Jesus: grappling with difficult gospel texts, a study in a vehement, yet non-violent Jesus.  

RSVP via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/public-lecture-by-assoc-prof-david-neville-tickets-88439744657

You are invited to a farewell and thank you function for St Francis's Property and Finance Manager, Stephen Clarke.

Stephen, our much-loved and hard-working Business Manager is retiring at the end of January 2020. Stephen has worked at the College for the last 15 years and many in the diocese will have cause to be grateful for his kindness, generosity and consideration when they have had College matters to attend to. He will be greatly missed.

Please RSVP on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/farewell-to-stephen-clarke-function-tickets-86296953511

On Tuesday, 26 November at 5:30pm, join us for a book chat exploring Term 4's book, You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr.

The book that will change the way you see the world.

2010. Sixteen-year-old outsider Willem just wants to be left alone with his books and his dog. Worried he's not turning out right, his ma and her boyfriend send him to New Dawn Safari Training Camp. Here they 'make men out of boys'. Guaranteed.

1901. The height of the second Boer War in South Africa. Sarah van der Watt and her son are taken from their farm by force to Bloemfontein Concentration Camp where, the English promise: they will be safe.

“A poignant debut, written with empathy ... Barr's first novel is distinguished by its compassion, its wisdom and its remarkable sense of poetry” –  GUARDIAN

“The harsh poetry of the land anchors the text, its red earth stretching out beneath starlit stillness, unchanging from generation to generation … By its end, so many instinctive responses will have been upturned that the reader will be left with just two certainties: that the circularity of man's cruelty to his fellow human beings is endless, and that only kindness is stronger” –  OBSERVER

Facilitated discussion with drinks and nibbles provided.

Please RSVP for catering purposes to roscoe.org.au or via Eventbrite eventbrite.com.au

Have you ever thought about studying Theology?
Need more information?

Come along to the St Francis College Information Morning
Saturday November 23rd, 10am - 12pm

• Take a Single Subject, Diploma, Grad. Certificate or Degree

• Flexible Study Modes available: online or onsite

• Choose from a wide variety of subjects

We have the subject for you!

Come along to:

• Chat to a lecturer

• Visit the Library

• Meet current students

• Tour the historic grounds

Please RSVP via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/st-francis-college-information-morning-tickets-77419532907