Patrick now has some of his books available on Amazon Kindle for downloading.

Just type in “The Kindle Store” in Google,

and enter “Patrick Oliver” in the box at the top of the page.

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St Paul’s Lutheran parish in Toowoomba invited Patrick to present a day on “Sticky Sayings of Jesus”, on 8th November 2025. Twenty-three people attended the day.

The St Francis Spiritual Direction Formation programme in Brisbane hosted Patrick in late September 2025 for a three-day Intensive. He spoke on “The Role of Emotions within Spiritual Direction”.

Kenmore Anglican parish invited Patrick back again for a three-part series for the Season of Creation.  These took the form of three Saturday afternoon reflection sessions, in September 2025.

In August 2025, the “Listen Into Life” Spiritual Direction Formation team invited Patrick to Mittagong NSW, to present a weekend on “The Role of Dreams in Spiritual Direction”.

Patrick gave a zoom presentation to the Cairns Catholic diocese Pastoral Carers in late June, on the topic “Rediscovering Our Soul”. He also gave a presentation to Mater Pastoral Carers on 30th July, on the topic “Spiritual Trauma”.

The “Drawing Water From the Well” zoom series continued during 2025 on Friday mornings. There have been four of these series throughout 2025.

The Australian Network for Spiritual Direction (ANSD) invited Patrick to give a presentation at their monthly gathering at the Ave Maria Centre in Brisbane. He spoke on “Helpful Images from the Gospel of Thomas for Spiritual Direction”.

St Paul’s Lutheran Church parish in Toowoomba invited Patrick back to facilitate a retreat day on Saturday 1st February. The topic was “The Call of the Gospel”.

Toowoomba’s Sychar held a retreat day on 16th November with Patrick, with the theme of “Hope”.

Kingston / Marsden catholic parish invited Patrick to present a retreat day for men on 2nd November, as a preparation for Advent.

Centacare aked Patrick to facilitate a reflection/training day on “Shame” at the O’Shea Centre, Wilston, on 12th September.

Patrick led a reflection day at Sychar in Toowoomba on  Saturday 24th August. His topic was “The Grace of Forgiveness”.

The third “Drawing Water from the Well” series concluded on Friday 23rd August. The series topic was “Bringing Our Hurts and Struggles to Prayer”.  The next series will begin 4th October.

Lutheran Aged Care Chaplains asked Patrick to facilitate a day at Santa Teresa Retreat Centre at Ormiston, on Wednesday 21st August, centering around the ways in which the second half of life can take us further into the mystery and wonder of God.

The Lutheran Church community of St Paul’s in Toowoomba invited Patrick to present a day on Saturday 10th August on “Hope in a Divided World”.

The first of three reflection afternoons was held at Holy Spirit Anglican Church Kenmore, on Saturday 25th May. The topic for the series is “The Parables of Jesus: A Soul Approach”. The next two afternoons will be 8th and 22nd June.

Centacare Brisbane asked Patrick to lead a reflection morning at Santa Teresa Retreat Centre on 18th May. It was entitled “When We Forget Our Home Address: Praying through our Hurt and Shame”.

Patrick led a day’s reflection on the enneagram and its helpfulness for ministry with the Lutheran Board of Queensland, headed by Bishop Mark Vainikka. It was held at Luther Heights, Coolum, in early February.

The first “Drawing Water from the Well” zoom series began Friday 9th February, and ran through to 15th March (see details of next series on the “Soul School” page of this website).

Patrick presented a reflection morning for the Australian Network for Spiritual Direction, on Friday 22nd March. The topic was “The God of the Gaps”. Patrick looked at Jesus’ proclamations in Matthew 24 as a guide to how we can prayerfully meet liminal spaces in our life, and the times when our worlds fall apart.