Plenary Council Member Profile: Dr Angela McCarthy

01 Apr 2021

By Contributor

Dr Angela McCarthy is a Plenary Council Member from the Archdiocese of Perth. Video: Max Hoh/Michelle Tan.

For today’s Plenary Member video, we feature Dr Angela McCarthy.

Her first degree from Sydney University included work in Biblical Studies and Fine Arts and was followed by the beginnings of a teaching career in Catholic secondary education.

After time spent rearing a family, Angela resumed secondary teaching and also further studies in theology and education beginning in 1993 at Notre Dame.

Dr Angela McCarthy, right, with St Charles Seminary Rector Fr Phillip Fleay during a meeting of Plenary Council Members from the Archdiocese of Perth in November 2020. Photo: Feby Plando.

Having secured further degrees in education and theology, she was awarded her PhD in 2007. Since then she has completed a further Research Masters in Theology in the field of Scripture, art and theology.

Angela has published in the areas of liturgy, icons, art and theology, liturgical music, educational practice and theological aesthetics. She is editor of the Australian Journal of Liturgy, WA convenor and a Past President for the Australian Academy of Liturgy, Chairperson of the Mandorla Art Award, Member of the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA, and an editor of Pastoral Liturgy.

Dr Angela McCarthy stands during the Commissioning Mass of the Plenary Council Members from Perth in 2020. Photo: Ron Tan.

Let’s hear Dr Angela McCarthy’s response to what he thinks the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church in Australia at this time.

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