Third Sunday of Lent - John 4: 5-42
Dr. Mary Coloe PBVM is a Presentation sister and has recently retired as professor of New Testament at Yarra Theological Union, which is a college within the University of Divinity, Melbourne. She will continue to research and write on the Gospel of John. In 20221 her two-volume commentary on John in the Wisdom Commentary Series was published and has been well received. This series is a feminist commentary on the biblical books. This year, 2023) she is invited to be the key presenter at the American Catholic Biblical Association conference. She also has three small books of reflections on each Sunday Gospel of the year – These are called, Sundays under the Southern Cross – available through Garratt Publishing.
Mary has taught at Australian Catholic University and a number of places overseas such as Berkeley, California; Boston College, and Jerusalem. In recent years she has worked on an international dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Church/Disciples of Christ. Mary calls this her “Vatican” hat, as this appointment was for the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity.
