I serendipitously caught up with a student at a local cafe for brekky at the local shops (having gone in search for an ATM). I had a 9am class in spiritual formation where the chaplaincy students had a guest speaker. It was a largely experiential class looking at both our spiritual identity and who we saw God to be in our experience of Him. I then attended another class (in liturgy) with the students led by Fr Pat. The group debriefed on a service that they...

Didn't have the best sleep last night...when I did rouse myself I was collected from my lodgings to visit a Dominican high school. There I met Sr Susie the chaplain at the school and spent the morning work-shadowing and chatting with her. It was a good opportunity to see a chaplain operating in a Catholic school. Also had the chance to chat with a few staff...afterwards Sr Susie dropped me back to Mater Dei, so I ended up missing the 20min walk back (can't...

Today (Saturday) I was teaching the 40 or so full-time and part-time chaplaincy students at Mater Dei. Most of these are school chaplaincy students although there were some who worked in different contexts. I did 4 sessions: 1 Chaplaincy in Australia - I began by introducing myself and singing the group a song 'Such a Time as This'. I got the group to introduce themselves before we looked at the wide range of contexts where chaplains are found, within ...

Today was a very simple day. Spent the early morning in devotions and email, followed by preparation for my day of lecturing tomorrow. At 10am I went down and chatted with Barrie, Mater Dei's chaplain - a wide ranging chat about chaplaincy, the universe and everything. After a lunch of fish & chips in the student cafeteria I caught up with Mary. Mary & I discussed some of the details of Mater Dei's and CHC's chaplaincy practicum programs. Now I have ...

Got up late (a lot later than yesterday and did some computer work, my devotions and checked my emails. I then went downstairs and made myself a late brekky of cereal & toast before heading back upstairs to get ready for the day. Mary, one of the Mater Dei lecturing staff, picked me up and took me to the College. As it happens, the College is just at the end of the street where I am staying - 5 minutes easy walk so that'll work out just great for tomorr...