Lay Ministry Education Projects Officer, St Francis College, Milton

Fiona Hammond

About Fiona -

Fiona Hammond is the Lay Ministry Education Projects Officer at St Francis College, Milton. She has a Bachelor of Arts (UQ), Post Grad Dip Ed (UQ) and a Bachelor of Theology from SFC. Fiona worked for a decade teaching English, History and Religious Education in Queensland secondary schools and she has a special interest in curriculum and faith formation.

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Reflections

Articles by Fiona

A response to ‘What do Anglicans Believe?’

“The most tangible impact of this resource is that students will see that conversations and collaboration have taken place throughout the history of the Church. This communication and wrestling with ideas of faith is a practice engaged in by members of all faith communities and proves that consensus can be reached despite differences in contexts and cultures,” says FormedFaith’s Fiona Hammond

Understanding Worship

“The conversations in the new St Francis College short course ‘Understanding Worship’ remind us why generations of Anglican Christians have found communal worship so rich and valuable,” says FormedFaith’s Fiona Hammond

"Identifying the type of writing is crucial to understanding what’s said in it. As Canon Sarah Plowman suggests in these St Francis College Short Course videos, how frustrating and confusing would it be to open an Aldi catalogue expecting a novel?"

A Bible reading tool kit

“When I heard the term ‘Bible reading tool kit’, I listened and reflected on the additional tools I can add to my own personal Bible reading tool kit, and it turns out there are a whole raft of ideas we can use to enrich our reading of scripture,” says FormedFaith’s Fiona Hammond

BIBLE360: Exploring the Gospels via webinar

“Some say that the writers of the Gospels were like four portrait painters, with different audiences and emphases in mind – the common subject, of course, being Jesus,” says FormedFaith’s Fiona Hammond, as she introduces the exciting new BIBLE360 course ‘Exploring the Gospels’, which is now being offered via webinar

Sunday Devotion: 14 April 2019, Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday – a day to be awestruck

The puzzle of Paul

‘Paul has been a controversial figure over the centuries. Many have used words attributed to him to justify abuses ranging from apartheid, to fascism, to oppression of women and repression of sexuality,’ reflects our FormedFaith team