Rev. Dr Max Vodola holds the degrees of Bachelor of Theology and Master of Theological Studies from the Melbourne College of Divinity, a Master of Arts from Monash University, and a Doctorate in Church History from Monash University. His doctoral thesis was on "John XXIII, Vatican II and the Genesis of Aggiornamento: A Contextual Analysis of Angelo Roncalli's works on San Carlo Borromeo in relation to Late Twentieth Century Church Reform". He is a member of the Department of Church History and lectures in the history of the Church in Australia, 19th/20th century Catholicism and Vatican II. He is a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.