Sr. Gill Goulding, C.J.
PhD, Professor of Systematic Theology, Regis College, University of Toronto

Sister of the Congregatio Jesu an order founded in 1609 by the Venerable Mary Ward which has the same Constitutions as the Society of Jesus. The Congregation is currently in a process of merger with the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loretto). She came from Scotland to Canada in 2001. In 2012 she was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to be a theological expert at the Synod on the New Evangelization for the transmission of the Christian Faith. She is a member of the Theological Commission of the Conference of Religious in Canada and by appointment of the Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops a member of the Faith and Witness Commission (Theological Commission) of the Canadian Council of Churches. Sr. Gill is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Von Hugel Institute, at St. Edmund’s College University of Cambridge, UK. In 2021 Sr. Gill was appointed by Cardinal Grech to the Theological Commission of the Synod 2021-2024. Alongside her work as a theologian she undertakes a ministry of spiritual direction and retreat work. Sr. Gill has for many years given the 30 days Spiritual Exercises, to diocesan priests each Summer at the Institute for Priestly Formation at Creighton university.
