A Brand-New
Archbishop’s Certificate
Program at Wollaston
Meg Warner, Principal, Wollaston Theological College
Have you ever thought that you would like to understand more about your faith? Have you thought about going on a pilgrimage? Or wondered why all the women in Genesis are so bad at having babies? Or why there is more than one gospel? Or perhaps you want to pray, but you have trouble sitting quietly?
Here at Wollaston Theological College, we have just launched our brand-new Archbishop’s Certificate program, which can help you answer all these questions and more. There will still be Theology for Everyone Days, and Preachers’ Days Out next year, but it will also be possible to enrol for some longer classes in the certificate program, to look at some things in more detail. And there are two great bits of news – you won’t have to write any essays (unless you want to) and two out of three of next year’s modules will be absolutely free!
So – what does the new Archbishop’s Certificate program look like? You will find all of the information on our (also brand-new) website at wollaston.edu.au/archbishops-certificate, but here is the gist. To get the certificate you will need to complete six modules. Each year we will offer at least three modules, so you could potentially complete the certificate in two years. But you can pick and choose and do one or two in 2026 and a couple more a year after that, for example. There are no pre-requisites – you can do the modules in any order you like. You just need to choose at least two blue modules (Bible), two red modules (theology and mission) and one yellow module (practical theology and spirituality).
In 2026 we are offering three modules – two blue and one yellow (you’ll see the colours on the website.) The first is our Summer Days program – taught over three weekends in late January/February. This year the topic is ‘Genesis: The Power of Stories’, and I will be leading it, with many guests to help. The second module is titled ‘Pilgrimage and the Spirituality of Walking’ and will be led by Bishop Hans Christiansen with some friends. The third module, led by Robert Myles is ‘Mark: A gospel of urgency’. The second and third modules are free to enrol in and can mostly be attended online as well as in person.
In Bishop Hans’ module we will do some walking in one of the sessions, so that would be a good one to come to in person if you can. The Summer Days module has some costs, to cover catering. Full details of the program, and how to enrol, will be on the website from 7 November.
I hope that there will be something in next year’s program that really grabs your interest. We’d love to see you next year at your theological college.