Fr John Armstrong

Fr. John Armstrong was ordained a priest in 1990 for the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn. He has served as Parish Priest in Central Canberra from 1994-2000, Administrator of St Christopher’s Cathedral from 2001-2005, Parish Priest of South Tuggeranong Parish from 2005-2014, Parish Priest of Batemans Bay Parish from 2014-2017, and Administrator of Moruya Parish from 2015-2017. He also served as the Director of Clergy Life and Ministry from 2001-2011 and has served on the Council of Priests from 1996-2017 and as a Diocesan Consultor from 2001-2017. He has experience working for the NSW/ACT Marriage Tribunal as an Advocate. He was appointed as Spiritual Director for the Seminary of the Good Shepherd in October 2017.

Fr. John also completed a Doctorate Degree in Demography from the ANU in 2001 and a Doctorate in Practical Ministry from ACU in 2012. He completed a Master of Arts from ACU in Spiritual Direction in 2004, a Certificate in Spiritual Direction from CenterQuest in Los Angeles in 2017, and most recently a Certificate of Spiritual Direction/ Directed Retreats at Creighton University, Omaha in 2020. He has undertaken supervision in leading the Spiritual Exercises at Campion College of Ignatian Spirituality in Kew in 2015.  He is a member of Companions Australia and the Conference of Spiritual Directors. He also serves as Spiritual Advisor to the National Secretariat of the Cursillo Movement in Australia.