Gourlay Tom

Tom Gourlay is the National Director of Chaplaincy and Faith Formation, and a lecturer and PhD candidate in Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia.

Tom graduated in 2017 with a Masters of Theological Studies from The John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies in Melbourne, Victoria with a thesis titled, ‘The Catholic Academy and the Sanctified Mind: The Implications of David L. Schindler’s Critique of Liberal Metaphysics for the Ethos of Catholic Academies.‘ He also holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in education and a Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts from the University of Notre Dame Australia. Prior to his work in Chaplaincy, Tom worked as a classroom teacher and faculty head of Religious Education in Catholic schools in Western Australia.

Tom is an Associated Scholar at the Hildebrand Project, and in 2012 became the co-founder of the Christopher Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture (Inc.), serving as the society’s inaugural president, a position he continues to hold.