Fifth Sunday of Lent - John 8: 1-11 -
Clara Geoghegan has been co-director of the Siena Institute since 2004 and is passionate about helping laypeople discern their spiritual gifts and share in Christ’s priestly and prophetic ministry received in Baptism. Through the Called and Gifted Workshop she had worked with thousands of lay Catholics across Australia in helping them discern how the Holy Spirit has gifted them for mission in the world. Lay people are co-responsible for the Church’s mission to the world, which means engagement in evangelizing the culture. She has worked collaboratively in Australia and internationally in exploring the mission of the laity.
Clara is a lay Dominican and shares in the preaching charism of the Order primarily by striving to live a life of integrity. Clara asserts preaching can be done through teaching, writing and numerous means of communication with the pulpit is not the primary means. She cites Catherine of Siena is an enduring model.
Clara is co-convenor of Friends of Caroline Chisholm working for the canonization of Caroline Chisholm. Caroline Chisholm is a prophetic example of the vocation of the laity.
Clara has taught Church History at Catholic Theological College Melbourne. She is currently employed by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference as Executive Secretary for the Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry, and the Bishops Commission for Relations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Clara is the mother of three young adults.
