Parish Clergy
Parish Priest
John Baldock has served as the Vicar of Saint John’s Anglican Parish in East Malvern for four years. John has a long involvement in interreligious relations, conflict resolution, and development in many parts of the world. He is a former Associate Secretary General of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP) in New York and has worked for various international agencies on issues related to religion, conflict and development, with a particular focus on Islam. John is also a founding member of UNESCO’s Interreligious Advisory Committee, and in 2000, worked as a Senior Advisor to President H.E. Abdurrahman Wahid on the establishment of a national Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Indonesia. He has represented the Anglican Church in recent Federal Government initiatives aimed at promoting closer relations between faiths in the Asia Pacific region. John was a Deakin Lecturer in 2004.
Contact Reverend John Baldock
Telephone 03 9571 6616
Mobile 0438 640 644
Email vicar@saintjohns.org.au
Honorary Assistant Priest
Professor Dr. Gary Bouma has served as an Honorary Assistant Priest at Saint John’s for the past four years. Recently retired after a long and significant academic career, Gary remains an Emeritus Professor of Sociology in the school of School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, and is currently the UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations – Asia Pacific. Professor Bouma’s research has primarily focussed on the interaction between religion and society in Western societies including Canada, The United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. His current work includes a major study of religious plurality in multicultural Australia, making strategic comparisons with other societies; research into the management of religious diversity and continuing work on Post-Modernity as a context for interfaith dialogue and theological reflection.
Contact Reverend Gary Bouma
Telephone 03 9571 6616
Mobile 0409 234 960
Email Gary.Bouma@arts.monash.edu.au
The parish clergy are available for spiritual direction, counselling, prayer, confession and absolution.
