Peter Arndt
Director
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference's Office for Justice, Ecology & Peace
Peter Arndt is currently the Director of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference's Office for Justice, Ecology & Peace. He previously served as the Executive Officer of the Archdiocesan Justice & Peace Commission in Brisbane. Peter's early career focused on secondary teaching, including religious education. He has been involved in local parish social justice groups, and through his role as Executive Officer of the Catholic Justice & Peace Commission, Peter has studied and applied Catholic Social Teaching through various means. A recent project undertaken by Peter included the Signs of Our Times website initiative which offers resources for Catholics to embrace a culture of encounter in their social and environmental action, grounded in the Church’s rich Catholic tradition. Peter has been influenced by Evangelii Gaudium and Laudato Si’ and has spent time with people on the peripheries, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the peoples of the Pacific, and of West Papua.
Peter has a Bachelor of Divinity with Honours awarded by the Melbourne College of Divinity. He has completed a Master of Arts by thesis with Griffith University, the topic of which was the ecumenical theology of Hans Kung. Peter has audited a course in Catholic Social Teaching at the Australian Catholic University in Brisbane.
