St Mark's National Theological Centre

31/08/2026

Treasure in containers of Tupperware.

Read the latest reflection from our Director, Dr Jacqueline Service.

https://stmarks.edu.au/blog_article/treasure-in-containers-of-tupperware/

27/08/2026

"Imagination, producing new metaphors or revivifying old, is not the cause of truth, but its condition." C.S. Lewis

Dr Kate Flaherty reflects on the role of imagination in our moment.

24/08/2026

24/08/2026

As we prepare to celebrate 70 years in 2027, we're looking back over our archives.

We discovered this beautiful sketch by Canberra artist, Sylvia Fitton.

21/08/2026

Lunchtime Conversations: Christian Service under Trial

On 10 September, join us for a conversation with the Rev Dr Jane Foulcher, Anglican priest, adjunct senior lecturer in the School of Theology at Charles Sturt University, and a former Director at St Mark's.

She is the author of the new book, Life Here Together – The Prophetic Gift of the Tibhirine Monks (2026) and Reclaiming Humility: Four Studies in the Monastic Tradition (2015).

Dr Aden Cotterill will lead a discussion with the Rev Dr Foulcher, followed by a time of Q&A.

12.30pm. BYO lunch. All welcome. Free of charge.

Register here: https://stmarks.edu.au/events/lunchtime-conversations-christian-service-under-trial/

18/08/2026

Postponed – Lunchtime conversation with Stan Grant.

This week's event, Campfire Theology: The Theology of Kwementyaye Cavanagh, has been postponed to next month.

This conversation will now take place on 24 September.

For more details about this event, please visit our website:

Join us for a conversation with Stan Grant, a Wiradjuri, Kamilaroi and Dharawal man, a journalist, theologian, and one of Australia’s most widely read authors.

18/08/2026

Do we need a more adventurous appetite from God's word?

Dr Kate Flaherty reflects on her own experiences with Scripture.

17/08/2026

We will proclaim the name of the Lord.
Ascribe greatness to our God.

Deuteronomy 32:3

14/08/2026

Bring your lunch. Enjoy the conversation.

Campfire Theology: The Theology of Kwementyaye Cavanagh

On Thursday 20 August, join us for a conversation with Stan Grant, Director of Yindyamarra Nguluway at Charles Sturt University.

Stan Grant is a proud Wiradjuri, Kamilaroi and Dharawal man, a journalist, author and academic, and one of Australia's most influential voices on race, identity and reconciliation. He completed a PhD in theology at Charles Sturt in 2024.

Geoff Broughton and Anna Moore will lead a discussion with Stan Grant, followed by a time of Q&A.

12.30pm. BYO lunch. All welcome. Free of charge.

13/08/2026

It is a lifelong journey that was sparked by the words of Psalm 23:

"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing..."

What beautiful words to take root in the heart of a child.

Dr Kate Flaherty is a scholar of Shakespeare, the Head of English at the Australian National University, and was today's speaker in St Mark's Lunchtime Conversations series.

The topic was 'Christianity and Literature' and Kate shared her love of words and the epochs in her life where God has met her in surprising ways through literature.

It was fascinating to hear of the centrality of "the Book of books" in Shakespeare's moment - a book that only a generation prior cost people their lives to bring to life in English.

Thank you, Kate, for being with us and reminding us how "words give form to truth."

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1