Patricia Madigan

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Patricia Madigan
Born1950
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)
  • Interfaith activist; Theologian; Religious sister
Known for
  • Representative at Australian National Dialogue of Christians, Muslims and Jews (ANDCMJ)
  • Member, Commission for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations
  • Member and Chair, Australian Catholic Bishops Council for Australian Catholic Women
  • Executive Director, Commission for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
  • Councillor on the Leadership Team of the Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands
Notable workBooks and chapters:
  • Women and Fundamentalism in Islam and Catholicism: negotiating modernity in a globalized world
  • “Looking Forward: Women and the Plenary Council” in Still Listening to the Spirit: Women and Man Twenty Years Later
  • “Graced by Migration: An Australian Perspective” in Christianities in Migration: The Global Perspective,
  • “Ethics in a Multifaith Society: Christians and Muslims in Dialogue,” in Pathways for Interreligious Dialogue in the Twenty First Century

Patricia (Trish) Madigan OP (born 1950) is an Australian religious sister, a member and leader of the Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands and Executive Director of the Dominican Centre for Interfaith Ministry Education and Research (CIMER). [1] Madigan is known nationally and internationally as "a leader in ecumenical and interfaith relations in the Catholic Church in Australia". [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Early life and education

Patricia Madigan was born in 1950. [5] She entered the religious life and became a religious sister as a member of The Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands. [1]

Madigan has a Bachelor of Humanities (History and Mathematics) and Diploma of Education from La Trobe University, Melbourne and University of New England; Bachelor of Divinity (major in New Testament), Melbourne College of Divinity; Master of Philosophy from the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College, Dublin; was a resident graduate at Harvard Divinity School; Research Fellow, Institute of Gender and Women’s Studies, American University of Cairo, Egypt; then earned a doctorate in Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Sydney. [1] [6]

Career

After beginning her career as a secondary school teacher and university chaplain, Madigan has worked predominantly in ecumenical and interfaith ministry in Sydney, Australia. She was a foundation member of the Women's Interfaith Network (WIN) in Sydney and a Christian representative on the Australian National Dialogue of Christians, Muslims and Jews (ANDCMJ), [6] [7] [8] Australia's peak inter-religious body and was the former Director of the Commission for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations in the Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay (2003–2013) and the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney (1997–2003). [1] [6] [9] [4]

Interfaith work internationally and in Australia

In 2002 Madigan participated in a Consultation of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue for the Asian region held in Seoul, South Korea. [1] [6] Between 2004 and 2012 Madigan was an Australian government-appointed delegate at five regional inter-governmental conferences of the Asia-Pacific Dialogue on Regional Interfaith Cooperation for Peace, Development and Human Dignity. [10] [11] She was a presenter at the 2009 Parliament of World Religions [12] and a speaker at the 2014 G20 Interfaith Forum. [13]

She is a former member of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Advisory Committee for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations and the former Chair of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Council for Australian Catholic Women (CACW). [6] [14] [15]

Academic, author and feminist

Madigan is the author of many books and articles about interreligious dialogue and also writes about the status of women in the Catholic Church and in other religions. [16] Recognising her as a respected academic and professional, the Australian Human Rights Commission commissioned her to write a discussion paper, "Freedom of religion, gender and belief: a Catholic perspective" for its Report on Freedom of Religion and Belief in 21st Century Australia. [3]

In her paper, Madigan wrote "Religious authorities have often made women’s bodies the turf on which their own power struggles are played out...Women will need to walk a freedom road that is both material and spiritual...Religions need to examine how their teachings, practices and structures add strength to world systems that exploit women and contribute to women’s marginalization and disempowerment...Today, many Catholic women, faithful to their religious tradition, are challenging fundamentalist religious teachings which diminish them...Gender equality in both church and society is ‘mission-critical’ to poverty reduction and international peace and security, and power holders must answer for their performance in advancing women’s rights." [17]

After the Arab Spring, Madigan published Women and Fundamentalism in Islam and Catholicism, one reviewer noted the timeliness of her work as much as its content. [18] [19]

As chair of the Council for Australian Catholic Women, in 2018 Madigan was interviewed on the Catholic community's response to domestic violence and in 2019 was interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Radio National program on the Nuns Too movement. [20]

Publications

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Q & A with Sr. Trish Madigan". Global Sisters Report. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Affairs, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World. "Patricia Madigan". berkleycenter.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 4 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 "2011 Freedom of religion and belief in 21st century Australia | Australian Human Rights Commission". humanrights.gov.au. p. 15. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. 1 2 Ciliberto, Gina (28 March 2018). "This Easter, a Group of Muslims in Australia Will Attend Mass — as They Have for the Past 13 Years". Sojourners. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "160703563". viaf.org. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "About us – CIMER and CV". www.cimer.org.au. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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  8. ↑ "The Australian Jewish News". Trove. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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  11. ↑ Yumpu.com. "Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - Council for a Parliament of the World's ..." yumpu.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  12. ↑ JaineLibrary, Anish Visaria. "Search, Seek, and Discover Jain Literature". jainqq.org. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  13. ↑ 2014 Speakers & Special Guests | G20 Interfaith Forum
  14. ↑ "Changes at the Bishops Conference". women.catholic.org.au. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "About". women.catholic.org.au. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "DR TRISH MADIGAN op – RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS – CIMER". www.cimer.org.au. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  17. ↑ Freedom of religion, gender and belief: a Catholic perspective, 2010, commissioned by the Australian Human Rights Commission for its research and consultation project on Freedom of Religion and Belief in the 21st Century, pp 5-6,17-19.
  18. ↑ Burke, Kevin (19 February 2012). "Review of Patricia Madigan, Women and Fundamentalism in Islam and Catholicism: Negotiating Modernity in a Globalized World, Bern: Peter Lang Publishing 2011, 338 pages, ISBN 978-3-0343-0276-0". Religion and Gender. 2 (2): 352–355. doi: 10.1163/18785417-00202010 . ISSN   2589-8051.
  19. ↑ Marcotte, Roxanne D (1 March 2014), Patricia Madigan, Women and Fundamentalism in Islam and Catholicism: Negotiating Modernity in a Globalized World (2011), Equinox Publishing, retrieved 4 March 2024
  20. ↑ "The ripples of the Nuns Too movement in Australia". ABC listen. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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