Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy
Flinders University
Bachelor of Theology (Hons)
Flinders University
Bachelor Education (physical education)
Flinders University
Graduate Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (TESOL)
SA College of Advanced Education
Diploma in Pastoral Studies
Adelaide College of Divinity
Areas of Teaching
Systematic Theology (Ecclesiology, Ministry)
Biography
Jo has been a teacher of Religious Studies and systematic theologian for some years. She was recently ordained a priest in the Diocese of Adelaide on 28th November, 2020. Although brought up as an Anglican, Jo has spent 25 years as a Roman Catholic Dominican sister, during which time she completed a Ph.D. in systematic theology. Her doctorate is entitled, Revisioning the Ordained Ministry, and involves a correlation between the work of Edward Schillebeeckx, OP and feminist theologians. In more recent years Jo returned to the Anglican tradition. She is currently the Assistant Priest at St Jude’s Anglican Church at Brighton. Jo is a keen walker.
Publications
Call No-One on Earth Your Father: Revisioning the Ordained Ministry in the Contemporary Catholic Church, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, Oregon, 2019
“The Trinity” in Aurora Magazine, Newcastle Herald, October, 2016.
“Living Trinitarian Faith: A Restructured Theology of the Ordained Ministry” in Ordination of Women: Interdenominational perspectives edited by Cathy Thomson and Vic Pfitzner. 2005
“The Ordained Ministry in the Roman Catholic Church: A Feminist Perspective” in Compass: A Review of Topical Theology, Summer 1997.
“Women, Catholic and Priest” In Women-Church, Issue 13, Spring 1993