Page 4 - Catholic Life, December 2013
Principals on the move at various diocesan schools
Christmas story
BISHOP Pat Power, a retired auxiliary Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn told an interesting yarn while welcoming Archbishop Christopher Prowse following his installation last month. The bishop picked up on the fact that the new archbishop had indicated an interest in prison visitation. He said that for many years he had visited prisons at Christmas time and one year he had been at Cooma prison. After sharing time with inmates and celebrating Mass with them, he had been leaving the prison with his bag containing vestments and Mass kit, when he met a couple entering the prison to visit someone. They looked at Bishop Pat and mistaking him for an inmate, one remarked “Chistmas Day! What a wonderful day to be released.”
Rubbish is rubbish
AT this time of year it seems lots of people make the time to clear out cupboards and dispose of unwanted items. Much of the clearance ends up on the doorstep of charity op shops such as St Vincent de Paul, but sadly among the goodies is much which is absolute rubbish. It costs the charities a lot of hard-earned money to take the stuff to the tip. In recent weeks we have seen several op shops with
the front doors blocked by donated goods but it only takes a cursory glance to see that much of the stuff is junk. If a toy is broken, bin it. If clothing is stained or torn, ditto. It is sad to see wonderful charity organisations being used as if they were a hard rubbish collection depot.
Feeling unwanted
WE were recently invited online to take 15 minutes or so to do a survey for News Limited. We started the survey and filled out the first couple of answers relating to our occupation category and gender and were then advised that they already had enough people like me who had done the survey. It prompts me to ask how accurate any survey is, if it starts to filter people out before they have even started. Is that also how some of those pre-election surveys are done? What if the survey was set up to reject people in certain occupations or on their gender so that a skewed response could be gained? It bears consideration .
THERE will be major changes to school principals in Sale Diocese from the start of next year. The changes affect at least nine primary schools and a secondary college. Lavalla Catholic College principal Erica Pegorer has been appointed Kildare Ministries national executive officer, a role which oversees educational and community work of the Brigidine Sisters. She has been at the college for 27 years, the past eight as principal. She will be replaced by John Freeman who is currently the deputy principal of Whitefriars College, Donvale. Prior to Whitefriars, he filled a range of senior management roles in pastoral care, curriculum leadership, professional development, administration, and business management at St Joseph’s College, Ferntree Gully, and Salesian College, Chadstone. St Patrick’s Primary School, Stratford, will have a new principal in Damien Hogan who moves over from being principal at St Michael’s, Heyfield. Current Stratford principal Nick Hall has been appointed principal of St Joseph’s,
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Kerang. The Heyfield principal’s position has just eventuated and is likely to be filled by an acting principal in 2014. St Agatha’s, Cranbourne, principal Noela Hyams is retiring and will also be replaced by an acting principal. Principal of Trinity Primary School, Narre Warren South, John Williams is also retiring and his replacement will be announced shortly. Principal of St Therese’s Primary, Cranbourne North, Mark Linden has been appointed principal of Don Bosco Primary, Narre Warren, to replace Brendan Marrinon who becomes the inaugural principal at St Thomas the Apostle, Cranbourne East. New principal at Cranbourne North will be Terry Cahill who has experience as principal of several primary schools and is currently principal at St Francis Xavier Primary, Woolgooga, NSW. Current principal of St Mary’s Primary, Newborough, Teresa Greenough has been appointed principal of St Vincent de Paul, Morwell East. She replaces Christine Elliot who has taken up a position in special education at Marist Sion College, Warragul.
Interviews for Newborough concluded last week and an appointment is expected to be announced shortly. Current acting principal at St Vincent’s Jodie Ware has been appointed principal at St Mary’s Primary, Yarram. She replaces Anthony Sheedy who has been acting principal for the past year. In other school changes Family School Partnership convenors Julie Kindellan, John Kindellan, Dan Hession and Monica Huffer have concluded their three and a half year contracts with the Catholic Education Office. Assistant director Tilly Hutton is retiring, education officer Julie Keeble has resigned after 18 years service with the CEO, indigenous education officer Linda Mullet has retired after 11 years service and communications and media officer Kirsty Pitman is returning to Western Australia to teach at a Catholic school. In other schools news, St Peter’s College, Cranbourne, deputy principal for staff Liz Hanney has been appointed principal of Santa Maria College, Northcote, a girls’ school run by the Good Samaritan Sisters.
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