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Annual Diocesan Staff Mass 2024

March 13, 2024

At the end of March we welcomed over 500 colleagues from Systemic and Congregational Schools, our Clergy, Chancery Staff and ͵ÅÄÖ±²¥ Broken Bay office staff for the Annual Diocesan Staff Mass celebrated by Most Rev Bishop Anthony Randazzo and concelebrated by the clergy of the Diocese.

We came together in a spirit of unity as we aim to inspire hearts and minds to know Christ and to love learning.  We celebrated our new staff and new leaders who were commissioned by Bishop Anthony and recognised staff who have served Catholic Education for an extraordinary number of years (25, 35, 40, 45 and 50 years). We are grateful for the gifts and talents that each and every one of you brings to our schools.

We witnessed a beautiful Acknowledgment of Country, by Trish Biok: Principal at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Waitara.

New Leaders 2024

Principal

Carolina Murdoch, St Joseph’s Catholic College, East Gosford
Kerry Paxton Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Pymble
Margaret Holles St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Northbridge
Tanya Appleby College Mackillop Catholic College, Warnervale
Trish Biok Our Lady of The Rosary Catholic Primary School, Waitara
Vanessa Dillon St Edmunds College, Wahroonga
Daniel Petrie Assistant Mission and Identity St Pius X College, Chatswood

Assistant Principal

David van Gestel, Evangelisation and Catechesis St Peter’s Catholic College, Tuggerah
Elizabeth Jones, St John The Baptist Catholic Primary School, Freshwater
Elizabeth Watson, Deputy Principal St Pius X College, Chatswood
Fiona Milkins, Student Achievement St Leo’s Catholic College, Wahroonga
Laura Wales, Our Lady Star of The Sea Catholic Primary School, Terrigal
Liz Hartge, St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Toukley
Mark Bennett, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Pymble
Matthew Stearn, Cocurricular St Pius X College, Chatswood
Mellissa Murray, Evangelisation and Catechesis Mercy Catholic College, Chatswood
Scott Beattie, Evangelisation and Catechesis St Joseph’s Catholic College, Gosford East
Lauren Lewis, St John The Baptist Catholic Primary School, Woy Woy

Religious Education Coordinator

Catherine Kyle, St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Toukley
Elizabeth Naden, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Pymble
Eva Austen, Our Lady of The Rosary Catholic Primary School, Waitara
George Arcella, St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School, Willoughby
Margurite O’Connor Director of Faith and Identity Loreto Normanhurst
Monique Ludwig, Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Kincumber
Samantha Cahill, St Rose Catholic Primary School, Collaroy Plateau
Mark Robinson Senior Executive Strategic Delivery, Northern Beaches Precinct ͵ÅÄÖ±²¥ Broken Bay

25, 35, 40, 45 & 50 years in Catholic Education

Alison Hausmanns, Stella Maris College, Manly, 25
Alison Tedman, Stella Maris College, Manly, 25
Cherriene Turnbull, St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, East Gosford, 25
Jane Kinkade, Mater Maria Catholic College, Warriewood, 25
Kirk Mercer, St Joseph’s Catholic College, Gosford East, 25
Melaney McGuinness, Mackillop Catholic College, Warnervale, 25
Michelle Howley, Mater Maria Catholic College, Warriewood, 25
Sharon Eldridge, St Edmund’s College, 25
Talin Ekmekjian, ͵ÅÄÖ±²¥ Broken Bay, 25
Tara Marshall, Mater Maria Catholic College, Warriewood, 25
Tracey Mahoney, Mater Maria Catholic College, Warriewood, 25
Chris Woods, Loreto Normanhurst, Normanhurst, 35
Kathleen Filan, St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School, Willoughby, 35
Maria Smith, St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, East Gosford, 35
Sandra Jurlina, Mater Maria Catholic College, Warriewood, 35
Elizabeth Carnegie, Stella Maris College, Manly, 40
Jennifer Gearin, Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, Forestville, 40
Jennifer Molloy, Stella Maris College, Manly, 40
Klara Hollestelle-Watson, Mater Maria Catholic College, Warriewood, 40
Robyn Tarrant, Mater Maria Catholic College, Warriewood, 40
Vicky McGahey, Mater Maria Catholic College, Warriewood, 40
Marieanne Delaney, Mater Maria Catholic College, Warriewood, 45
Philip Nicol, St Paul’s Catholic College, Manly, 50


Marcia Charles, Stella Maris College, Manly, 50


Moira Starkey, St Rose Catholic Primary School, Collaroy Plateau, 50

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