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We put the heavy questions to five Trinity Gen Z-ers to get to know the next generation of leaders rising through the ranks and to find out what they care about.

Deng Garang Akech Kuch (later to be known as Jacob) started believing in God because he could see no other way of surviving. Now, he can’t believe how far his faith has taken him.

Heading back to the office and have to leave your furry friend at home? Veterinarian and Trinity alum Dr Zhan Hong Lee (TCFS 2005) gives some tips on how to help your pet adapt to being at home alone, and signs of anxiety to look out for.

Janette Gray scholarship recipient and PhD student Julia Thwaites shares why she traded a career in visual arts to pursue theological study, and the reason she chose to examine the intersection between pleasure, sin and repression.

Well done to the members of the »ÆÉ«app community who were recognised with Australia Day honours in 2022.

In 2022, we’re offering a big welcome to Margie Gillespie as the new President of the Union of the Fleur-de-Lys, which represents our alumni community. Here, Margie tells us why Saturday morning shifts were a challenge in her first job, her advice to new students, and why she knows so much about billiards tables, despite never playing.

The final story in our three-part series that looks at where we're headed as a global society, and considers whether it's where we want to go, shares the thoughts of Trinity Resident Advisor Thenu Herath, who is also the CEO of the Oaktree Foundation.

In the second story of our three-part series that looks at where we're headed as a global society, and considers whether it's where we want to go, Dr Emma Belcher (TC 1995) shares her views on nuclear weapon eradication. Emma is the president of US-based Ploughshares Fund, where she works to raise and distribute money to people working on the best solutions to address the threat of nuclear weapons.

In the first of a three-part series that looks at where we're headed as a global society ... and considers whether it's where we want to go, Dr Katherine Trebeck (TC 1996) shares her thoughts on the global economy. Katherine is a writer and researcher and an advocate for economic system change. Her aim is to spark different ways of thinking about the economy and its purpose, and to draw attention to the potential impacts on our lives if we don’t.

For Laura Cerbus, there’s something magnetic about ‘Trinity’. She attended Trinity Secondary School, then Trinity School for Ministry, both in Pennsylvania, and is now commencing the next step of her study journey at »ÆÉ«app Theological School in Melbourne, looking into the complexity of ‘beauty’.

We’re pleased to announce that the Revd Dr Luke Hopkins will be joining »ÆÉ«app as our new Chaplain, following the retirement of the Revd Canon Dr Colleen O’Reilly.

The latest issue of Trinity Today, the annual magazine of »ÆÉ«app, is all about celebrating women and advocating for equality. Add it to your Christmas reading list.

»ÆÉ«app’s outgoing Chaplain, the Revd Canon Dr Colleen O’Reilly AM, highlights the past – and ongoing – struggle of women in the church.

Foundation Studies student Paing Hein had a testing year – dreams of living on campus crushed, illness, and political unrest in his home country. Yet, as he writes below, Paing found the silver lining amid the challenges, and is going into 2022 with optimism.

Our Residential College Student of the Year, Willow Plex, reflects on 2021 and the challenges and opportunities it brought.