Ministry Team – St Paul's East Brisbane

Our Priests

Permission to Officiate

The Rev’d Paul Bland OAM

Paul was ordained an Anglican Priest in the Diocese of North Queensland in 1993 and his contribution to and involvement in the Anglican Church in Australia has been impressive. In addition to his 13 years of work within the Anglican education sector as a Principal, Paul has also subsequently been a school chaplain, a member of School Council of two Anglican schools and ultimately the Chair of those same two School Councils viz. Coomera Anglican College and St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School. Paul is a Priest Associate of the Order of the Society of the Sacred Advent (SSA) which is an Australian Order of Anglican nuns. He also serves as a member of the SSA Trust.

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The Rev’d Dr Cecilie Lander

Associate Professor Cecilie Lander is a neurologist who has worked in private practice and at the Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital for over 40 years. Cecilie was ordained Priest in 1996 in the Diocese of Brisbane. She has served in parishes across Brisbane, including The Brookfield Centre for Christian Spirituality, St Paul’s East Brisbane and St John’s Cathedral. She has been spiritual director for several clergy and lay persons. Her work as neurologist and her priestly ministry have combined imperceptibly as she has had the great privilege of caring for and walking beside others through their life’s journey. This has included those with chronic illness, disability and supporting many of them while dying. She is an Anglican Benedictine Oblate of St Mark’s Abbey, Camperdown, Victoria. Meditation, the foundation of the contemplative way of prayer, is her mainstay. As such she has been a member and teacher of the World Community for Christian Meditation since its early days and she is an authorised Zen Roshi (Master) of the Brisbane based Sun Mountain Zen Sangha which holds weekly meditation evenings in the St Paul’s Church Hall.