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There was a buzz of excitement as people gathered at Guilford Young College for the 2017Memorial Lecture.   Fr Frank Moloney, a well-known scripture scholar, addressed the gathering on the topic: The Word of God in the Life of the Church:   Have We Failed? In bold...

A Family Barbecue and Picnic has been organised by the Hobart branch of the John Wallis Foundation for Sunday, 22nd October, at the Waterworks Reserve, Ridgeway, Hobart There will be activities for all age groups. Come along!   Bring your friends. For details, click...

The John Wallis Foundation has launched a new website, jwf.org.au.   Members of the Publicity and Communications Committee, Martin Allen, Liz McAloon and Corrie van den Bosch have been creating this website, learning the intricacies of it in the process. Using...

We would love you to join us for our annual trek along part of the beautiful Great Victorian Rail Trail on Saturday 14th October 2017 - 2017 JWF Yarck to Yea flyer Small file to download the flyer with all booking details.

Finding Meaning in a Chaotic Changing World. This was the title of the John Wallis Memorial Lecture given by Frank Brennan SJ in St Theresa's Parish Centre, Toowoomba on Sunday, 7th May 2017. Some 200 people attended this lecture in which Frank explored current trends...

Not all John Wallis Memorial Lectures were recorded, but the texts of a number of earlier lectures are still available as follows:    2012: Max Vodola was the speaker for the 50th anniversary of the second Vatican Council. The title of Dr Vodola's Hobart lecture...

Our World View, the Environment and Social Justice. It is not often that the John Wallis Foundation can obtain an international speaker.   But in 2015 Sister Carol Zinn a Sister of St Joseph from USA agreed to give an exciting series of lectures in three Australian...