157. Debra Snoddy - 10 March 2024

Australian Women Preach

Fourth Sunday of Lent - John 3:14-21

Born in Carlow, Ireland I had a traditional Irish Roman Catholic up-bringing and education. Having successfully completed an honours Baccalaureate in Arts and Theology (1996) at the Pontifical University, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, I continued post-graduate studies in Theology and Biblical Studies at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium (KULeuven, Belgium). There I was awarded a Master’s Degree in Theology and an STL in Sacred Scripture in 1999. In 2000, I successfully completed a Master of Science degree in Family and Sexuality Studies in the Faculty of Medicine of KULeuven, Belgium. Both my PhD and STD were defended at KULeuven in 2014.

In my career I have served a diocesan pastoral worker for the Archdiocese of Armagh in Ireland in a very varied role as well as Adjunct Lecturer and later Lecturer in Biblical Studies at All Hallows College in Dublin, Ireland, as well as Co-ordinator for the Office of Pastoral Renewal and Family Ministry (OPRFM) for the Archdiocese of Armagh. Part of my professional development while in post in Armagh included successfully completing my training as a professional facilitator with the Belgian Institute of Cultural Affairs’ outreach programme in Ireland.

I have worked as Lecturer in for Carlow College, Carlow, Ireland teaching Theology and Biblical Studies. Since August 2016, I have been working as Lecturer in Biblical Studies – teaching both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures – at the Catholic Institute of Sydney and I am a founding member of the Sydney College of Divinity’s Centre for Gospels Research. Recently I have begun to seek out new opportunities beyond my role at CIS and welcome contact for future collaborations.