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Silver Jubilee - Our Story Reflection by Br Aengus Kavanagh FSP

Silver Jubilee - Our Story Reflection by Br Aengus Kavanagh FSP. Celebrating Jubilee A time to look back on the Story... our shared narrative. As Christians and as Catholics we are especially... A People of the Story & We are called to tell the story of God ’ s love

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Silver Jubilee - Our Story Reflection by Br Aengus Kavanagh FSP

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  1. Silver Jubilee - Our Story Reflection by Br Aengus Kavanagh FSP

  2. Celebrating Jubilee A time to look back on the Story... our shared narrative As Christians and as Catholics we are especially... A People of the Story& We are called to tell the story of God’s love ‘We come to tell our story...’

  3. ‘Jewel in the Crown of the Church’ Catholic Schools At The Crossroads... Bishops’ Pastoral Letter • Catholic schools in Australia (2011) • No. of Catholic schools 1,704 • Students • 25 years ago (1987) 586,757 • in 2011 723,472 • Total staff (including non-teaching) 83,112 • Over 17,000 non-teaching staff

  4. Public Instruction Act 1883 ‘From here on all education will be compulsory, free, & secular’ - Henry Parkes Catholic clergy and Catholic parents had always seen the school as an integral partner in the transmission of faith The Catholic church decided to ‘go it alone’ setting upits own schools. A TOUGH CALL: Relinquishing all access to anyGovernment funding Sir Henry Parkes 7th Premier NSWDied 1897 And thus it was from the 1880s until late 1960s

  5. 19th Century: A Springtime in the Church Birth of many Religious Congregations devoted to Catholic Education IRELAND (1775 Presentation Sisters) 1802 Christian Brothers 1807 Brigidine Sisters 1808 Patrician Brothers 1815 Sisters of Charity 1831 Mercy Sisters 1867 Holy Faith Sisters

  6. FRANCE 1817 Marist Brothers 1817 Marist Sisters AUSTRALIA 1857 Good Samaritan Sisters 1866 Sisters of St Joseph

  7. Late 19th century & early 20th centurymany Religious came from Ireland to workin Catholic schools...also some fromEurope. Along with local Sisters of St Joseph and Good Samaritan Sisters, there was a large non-salaried workforce in Catholic schools by the early 1900s. • Great sacrifices... great goodwill • Pioneer Religious • Local Catholic Communities

  8. 19th Century deaths of young Irish Patrician Brothers Name Year Age Place Benedict McSweeney 1885 24 Maitland Malachy Dwyer 1885 20 Albury Regis Keogh 1886 22 Maitland Ambrose Ryan 1889 23 Armidale Aloysius O’Leary 1890 20 Bathurst Lewis Hynes 1891 27 Goulburn Anselm Casey 1892 28 Wagga Wagga Timothy Dwyer 1894 24 Wagga Wagga James Ryan 1896 23 Wagga Wagga Stanislaus Meagher 1896 34 Orange Peter Gaynor 1897 26 Albury 11 Patricians died in 12 years...10 in their 20s Other Congregations… similar sad stories

  9. 1958 Saturday Working Bee Sacred Heart Primary, Cabramatta Fr Kiely PP

  10. Large classes the norm in Catholic schools well into the 1960s 77 students in one class in Yr 4 Patrician Brothers, Liverpool 1964

  11. AGILE learning spaces…had to be agile to get a seat!

  12. Engaged Learning… Listen to Brother !

  13. 1960s - Near Breaking Point! • Huge Classes • Goulburn Strike • Major Curriculum restructure - Wyndham Report • Very difficult to get trained lay Catholic teachers • Restlessness in society and in Church • Decrease in Religious • BUT… the line was held

  14. Break through in 1968! Government per capita funding From State Government only: Annual Grants: K-6 $12.00 7-12 $18.00 • Towards a system of schools • Mainly autonomous up to mid 1960s‘CEO’… staff of about 6 part-timemainly Religious & Priests + Mons Slowey (Director) • Expansion to Broadway staff build-up. CEO take-up of policies & admin from mid 1970s onwards. Establishment of CEC.

  15. Transition from Religious to Lay Staff in Catholic Schools Almost 100% Religious from 1880s to mid 1950s Between 1955 & 2005... almost 100% transition Religious > Lay Teachers in NSW Catholic schools 1965 -2005 CEC NSW 1965 Religious 3,654 69% Lay 1,628 31% 1985 Religious 1,168 9% Lay 11,688 91% 2005 Religious 165 0.9% Lay 17,835 99.1%

  16. 1981- 1986 Decentralisation of Sydney Archdiocesan System of schools Setting up of 5 Regions to correspond with existing 5 Pastoral Regions 1986 Regions: Eastern, Inner-West & Southern become Sydney Archdiocese Northern Region becomes Broken Bay Diocese Outer-West Region becomes Parramatta Diocese

  17. Principals in NSW Catholic schools1965 - 2005 1965 Religious (668) 100% Lay (0) 0% Religious (339) 56.6% Lay (260) 43.4% 2005 Religious ( 48 ) 8.2% Lay (537) 91.8% NOW (2012) OVER 99.5% Lay Opening of Diocesan Catholic Education OfficeParramatta Diocese in January 1987 Principal ratio in the Diocese 1987 Almost 50% Religious 50% Lay Now (2012) 3 Religious Principals in systemic schools

  18. Maitland-Newcastle Diocese Wide expanse of Sydney Archdiocese prior to 1986 Central Coast Hawkesbury River Bathurst Diocese PARRAMATTA Katoomba Wollongong Diocese

  19. 1986 Restructuringof Sydney Archdiocese DIOCESAN BOUNDARIES (Approx only) Diocese of BrokenBay Diocese of Parramatta Katoomba Archdiocese of Sydney Sydney divided Into 3 Regions --Eastern --Inner-West --Southern Cronulla

  20. Bishop Bede Heather Inaugural Bishopof Outer West Region Late 1970s -1986 Inaugural Bishop of Parramatta Diocese 1986 - 1997

  21. Aengus (Outer-West) Br Tony Whelan (Southern) Sr Patricia RSC (Inner West) Ann D Clark (East) Br Norm Hart (Northern) Regional Schools’ Officers (RSOs) 1981 Regional Directors (RDs) 1982-1986

  22. Development of CEO in Outer West Region 1981-1982 Desk at Broadway… part time presence in Region 1982-1985 Regional ‘CEO’ Wentworthville Staff build-up to 18 Dec 1985 Regional CEO Blacktown (‘DAC’) • Major Challenges • More schools/upgrade of schools • Building-up of a community of schools • Support services for learning & student care

  23. Terry Keogh Shirley Hall Aengus Carmel B. Computer Lady (1) 1985: Outer-West Office Staff (18) at Dunmore St Wentworthville

  24. Development of Region… Emergence of Diocese 1980s 13 New Schools in ONE Decade 1981 John Paul Senior High, Marayong 1983 Sacred Heart Primary, Sth Mt Druitt 1984 MacKillop Primary, Sth Penrith 1985 Holy Spirit Primary, St Clair 1986 St John Vianney Primary, Doonside 1986 Corpus Christi Primary, Cranebrook 1986 St Patrick’s Primary… new site...new buildings Blacktown

  25. Development of Region… Emergence of Diocese 1986 McCarthy Senior High, Emu Plains 1986 Bede Polding College, Sth Windsor 1987 St Madeleine’s Primary, Kenthurst 1988 Emmaus College, Erskine Park 1989 Marian College, Kenthurst 1989 Immaculate Heart Primary, Quakers Hill Status Upgrade From 7-10 to 7-12 1984 Gilroy College, Castle Hill 1985 Catherine McAuley, Westmead

  26. First Diocesan Catholic Office Diocese of Parramatta Blacktown Opened as Regional Office in 1986

  27. A Diocese on the move... New schools in recent decades Holy Family Primary, Luddenham Trinity Primary, Kemps Creek St Francis of Assisi Primary, Glendenning Loyola Senior High School, Mt Druitt St Clare’s High School, Hassall Grove Chisholm Catholic Primary, Bligh Park Bethany Catholic Primary, Glenmore Park Terra Sancta College, Schofields-Quakers Hill Holy Cross Primary, Glenwood

  28. St Joseph’s Primary, Schofields St Angela’s Primary, Castle Hill Holy Family Primary, Emerton John XXIII & St Mark’s Stanhope Gardens Our Lady of The Angels Primary, Rouse Hill Mother Teresa Primary, Westmead Status Change Years 7 – 10 to Years 7 – 12 St Columba’s Nagle Caroline Chisholm Patrician Bros St Paul’s McCarthy Years 11 & 12 to Years 7 – 12Delany Years 7 – 10 to Years 7 – 12 & Co-ed

  29. Keeping Pace with Needs

  30. Ann D Clark Inaugural Directorof Schools Parramatta Diocese1987 – 1997 DiedJanuary 1997

  31. Looking back over 50 + years Transition in staffing from 100% Religious > 100% Lay Regrets? NO!A work of the Holy Spirit? Today for many teachers & leaders... serving in Catholic education is beyond a job... It’s a Vocation ‘...the role of the laity in the Church. They should not be considered merely as ‘collaborators’ of the clergy, but as people truly ‘co-responsible’ in thework of the Church.’ Message of Pope Benedict XVI to International Forum of CatholicAction 23 August 2012

  32. Change Tsunami… 50 shades of grey! However, NOW...the most professionally qualified leaders and teachers in the history of Catholic schooleducation. As a system, we will not be found wanting in the educational and professional stakes. BIGGEST CHALLENGE Will Catholic Schools Be Authentically Catholic 25 years from now ? Answer depends significantly on priority to policies and practices in faith formation of staff, now and in the years immediately ahead...

  33. Parramatta & Beyond… Places of growth and exuberance • Infrastructure investment - M2 M4 Rail & Bus • New sports teams - Western Sydney Wanderers, Greater Western Sydney (AFL)…. • Demographic heart of Sydney moving westof Parramatta Diocese of Parramatta A fertile vineyard for the Good News

  34. Today, we remember in gratitudethe GIANTS on whose shoulders we stand in Catholic school education... We are now calledto be the GIANTS on whose shoulders future generations of teachers and leaders in Catholic school education will stand. Let us ‘pay forward’ the rich legacy we now hold... especially in this Diocese of Parramatta

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