Catherine Kelly

Catherine is a member of the Brigidine Secondary School Council.  Her focus on this Council is to support Religious Education Co-ordinators and Religious Education Staff in Brigidine Secondary Schools.  She is also a member of three Stewardship Councils and chairs two Committees of those councils.

Throughout her life, Catherine has been involved in education at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.  She is a trained primary and secondary teacher and apart from having worked as a full-time teacher, has been a principal of three secondary schools, worked as a curriculum consultant across Brigidine schools as well as with the Catholic Education Office, lectured in Religious Education at Christ campus and is currently an associate lecturer (part-time) in Religious Education at YTU.  She has a particular interest in religious education in multi-faith settings.

Social Justice Issues are a major interest in Catherine's life. At present she is involved in several Brigidine groups whose focus is educating for justice and she convenes the committee which overseas the shool-based Justice and Democracy Forums.

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