Clare’s Catholic School, Burdell

2011 – PRESENT

St Clare’s Catholic School was opened in 2011 with eleven classrooms, two multipurpose rooms, tuckshop, sports room and student amenities. The school catered for 177 students. Under the foundation principal, Kath Tarttelin, the school has expanded to cater for enrolments exceeding 700 students from Prep to Year 6 in the Northern Beaches corridor.

Timothy James Harris was born on 29 October 1962 in Brisbane, Queensland. He attended Nundah Convent School, Virginia State School and St Joseph’s College, Nudgee. After leaving school he worked in the Bank of New South Wales for five years in Public Relations. He studied at Pius XII Seminary, Brisbane and graduated with a Bachelor of Theology.

Timothy Harris was ordained to the priesthood on 18 November 1992 at St Stephen’s Cathedral, Brisbane. He served in a number of parishes in the Brisbane Archdiocese and was appointed Dean of the Western Deanery, South Coast Deanery, Chair of the Taskforce for Pastoral Planning, Member of the Personnel Board, Clergy Appointment Advisory Board and a member of the Priests’ Council. He was also twice appointed Vicar Forane for the Archdiocese of Brisbane. With this wealth of pastoral experience behind him Fr Timothy Harris was appointed Bishop of the Townsville Diocese on 8 February 2017 and consecrated Bishop on 3 May 2017 in Townsville. As a relatively new Bishop of Townsville, Bishop Tim has made education a major focus of his work by visiting all schools in the diocese every year and has begun to know the teaching staff of Diocesan schools. Bishop Tim said, “I have got to know many of our teachers and I am convinced that [they] genuinely love what they do and passionately assist their students in that learning endeavour. I thank God for our Catholic schools and I thank all stakeholders for the role they play in keeping our schools strong.”