Australian Women in Religion Archive: Women's Groups

An initiative of WATAC (Women and the Australian Church) and the Grail in Australia, the Australian Women Preach Podcast is showcases preaching by Christian women from across all denominations, relevant to contemporary Australian life.

The Catholic Women's League was established in 1913 as the Catholic Women's Association, (later became the Legion of Catholic Women in 1941 and in 1959 the Catholic Women's League). Its aim was to provide Catholic women of Sydney with a broader society, one which crossed parish boundaries and provided them with a focus for social life. As it evolved, the Parish branches became the power base, with women contributing to parish life as Catechists, Eucharistic Ministers, through hospital visitation, care and support groups, welcoming committees, discussion groups and fundraising. The Catholic Women's League continues to provide a voice for Catholic women in Church and society by addressing social and moral issues affecting family life, particularly women and children. It is affiliated with the Catholic Women's League Australia Inc.

Catholic Women's Social Guild was established in October 1916 in Victoria. One of the aims of the Catholic Women's Social Guild was to improve the lives of women and children so it established Santa Casa in Queenscliff for children of poor parents in delicate health. The guild fundraised for Santa Casa while the Sisters of Mercy ran the Home. The Catholic Women's Social Guild became known as the Catholic Women's League in 1970.

Australian religious feminist organisation founded in 1968

Link to a list of names of Australian women known to be preaching to mixed congregations

The Grail in Australia is part of an international women's movement working together to transform the world into a place of peace and justice.

ISHWRA is an international network of scholars founded in 2021 whose specific focus is to promote and facilitate enquiry into the history of Catholic female religious through a global lens.

Wikipedia page listing Australian suffragists and suffragettes that provides links to women's Wikipedia articles

Movement for the Ordination of Women in Australia in the Anglican Church in Australia

a representative body for Muslim women working to enrich humanity, advocating for equality and the rights of all women, through authentic leadership based on our Islamic principles

A place of ecumenical feminist spirituality
in Adelaide, South Australia

An eco-feminist community of the Uniting Church that meets at CERES Community Environment Park. We bring eco-feminist perspectives and inclusive language to enlarge, deepen and challenge traditional concepts of God/de and the church. We are an active community of faith, seeking new ways of understanding spirituality, and hold sacred the earth and all creation.

Voices of Faith is an initiative that creates events, media outreach and international network groups to empower Catholic women into decision making roles at local and global levels of the Catholic Church. But we don’t only focus on the current and extremely patriarchal structures of this Church. We also imagine and create completely new and innovative ways women can and must be included right now - without asking for permission

Modelling new ways of being church, based on a “discipleship of equals”

The association of Women Scholars of Religion and Theology (WRST) was founded in 1992 and is committed to facilitating networks among women who are working, studying, teaching, researching, writing and interested in religion and theology, and who live in the Asia and the Pacific regions.