Lenten Quiet Day with Dr Paula Gooder

Name: Lenten Quiet Day with Dr Paula Gooder
Start: 2026-03-14T09:00:00+11:00
End: 2026-03-14T09:00:00+11:00
Location: Chapel of Trinity College Melbourne

About

Please join us at the Chapel of Trinity College Melbourne for a Lenten Quiet Day with Dr Paula Gooder.

Free event, BYO lunch.

The Quiet Day will be a time for silence, prayer and quiet reflection, along with a series of talks from Dr Gooder at particular intervals during the day. There will be a Eucharist in the Chapel at midday and opportunity for attendees to enjoy the grounds at Trinity College.

Dr Paula Gooder is a speaker and writer on the Bible, particularly on the New Testament. She began her working life teaching in ministerial formation, first at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, and then at the Queen’s Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education in Birmingham. Following this she spent around eight years as a speaker and writer in biblical studies, travelling the UK and beyond, and seeking to communicate the best of biblical scholarship in as accessible a way as possible. After that she spent six years working for the Bible Society as their Theologian in Residence and then for the Birmingham Diocese as their Director of Mission Learning and Development. Paula is currently the Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Her engagement in wider church life led her to be a member of the General Synod of the Church of England (2005-2015) and as a part of that to be a member of the Women in Episcopacy drafting group and steering committee (2006-2014). She is passionate about ecumenism and is a current member of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC III, 2011-present day). She has a strong vocation to lay ministry and is a Reader in the Church of England.

For more information, please contact the Chaplaincy at Trinity College Melbourne.