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Sr Elizabeth has dedicated her latest book ‘To all students with questions’

Sr Elizabeth Snedden, lecturer in Pastoral Theology,  has dedicated her latest book, The Eros of the Human Spirit, ‘to all students with questions’. In the foreword Frederick G. Lawrence expresses that “the originality, comprehensiveness, and delicacy of Snedden’s writing is astonishing; it is hard to imagine what a challenging task it would have been to […]

E-book problem

Users of the Colin Library please be aware that we are having trouble with some of our e-books. E-brary has been taken over by Proquest and the cloud that our books are parked on has moved in such a way that, at present, it is inaccessible from our catalogue and from Moodle. The EBSCO e-books […]

Preaching Workshop – 22 August 2017

Fr Tim in action

Father Tim Costello recently gave a workshop on “Preaching the Homily” to the priests of the Christchurch Diocese. The workshop involved watching several homilies which, with the use of transcripts, were the basis for vigorous discussion and learning. Among the participants were five recently ordained alumni of Good Shepherd College.

Graduation Address 2017

Fr Neil Vaney SM was the speaker at the Good Shepherd College Graduation on Friday 9 June 2017. Fr Neil was a foundation staff member of Good Shepherd College and lectured in Moral Theology here and at Mt St Mary’s for 15 years. He served on the College Senate for several years. We are grateful […]

New SCD website

Good Shepherd College is the offshore campus of the Catholic Institute of Sydney The Catholic Institute of Sydney (CIS) is a “Member Institution” of the Sydney College of Divinity (SCD). The Sydney College of Divinity is a consortium of Christian theological educational institutions and bible colleges based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The college […]

Father Costello in Vietnam

Father Costello in Vietnam As part of my sabbatical research, I spent several weeks in the Diocese of Vinh in northern Vietnam during January 2017. The earliest evangelizers here were Portuguese and then French missionaries in the 17th century. The Church here today is very vibrant in its faith, is blessed with many vocations to […]

Consequences of Plagiarism

A publishing house is pulping the unsold works and offering a refund on three popular volumes of scripture commentary after the author has admitted to clear-cut plagiarism. In a statement released through the publisher, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., and reported on the Anglican Ink website, Dr Peter T. O’Brien says “In the New Testament […]

Free App for Student Study Skills

A FREE app has been developed for first year university students. Using short videos, the Uni Tune In app gives handy hints on active listening, understanding, assessment, reading research papers, academic writing and much, much more. The videos are integrated into the app so that no internet connection is needed. The free Uni Tune In […]