Spring Lecture Series 2026

As we enter the lighter evenings, St Philip's will offer an evening lecture series with expert speakers, a glass of something fizzy, and a chance for Q&A!

No booking is necessary; just turn up before the start time of 5pm, concluding around 6pm.

A donation towards the cost of the event is welcome but not required.

In 2026 we are honoured to present:

Sunday, 13 September 2026 Leszek Buszynski on Russia’s War on Ukraine: Motives and Outcomes buszynski
Leszek Buszynski is an Honorary Professor with the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. He worked and published on Russian foreign policy until it became difficult and now works on security issues in the Western Pacific.
Sunday, 20 September 2026 Graham Chalker on a short history of Australian Folk Rock Music: from "Bound for Botany Bay" to "Solid Rock". chalker

Graham Chalker has been singing and playing Australian bush music for almost 6 decades. He was a founding member of Franklyn B Paverty and the Platte Valley Crooners (now Paverty Bush Band) in 1969. Graham was an NFF Board member from 2006-13, including 6 years as Company Secretary and 3 years as Vice President from 2017-20.
Sunday, 27 September 2026 Jane Foulcher on the the Prophetic Gift of the Tibhirine Monks. foulcher

Revd Dr Jane Foulcher is an ajunct senior lecturer in the School of Theology of Charles Sturt University. She lives in a converted church near Braidwood, focusing on writing as well helping out in her local parish.

On March 27, 1996 seven French Cistercian monks were kidnapped from their monastery in the village of Tibhirine, Algeria, and killed two months later. Living as guests in post-colonial Algeria the monks chose to stay alongside their Muslim neighbours during the violent civil war that tore the country apart. Their commitment to prayer and to living peaceably with their neighbours has much to teach us about living in an increasingly fragile and dangerous world.