125. Catherine Mead - 30 July 2023

Australian Women Preach

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Matthew 13: 44-52

Catherine Mead rsj (EdD, M.Ed., B.Ed.) is an educator with forty years of ministry in Catholic education across South Australia and the Northern Territory in a variety of roles including that of Teacher, Principal. Board member /Director. Through these roles Catherine has given counsel, mentored, and contributed to nurturing leadership, faith and learning in staff, students and the parent community.

Catherine is committed to enriching the Catholic education experience for leaders, teachers, students, and their families in ways that are innovative, transformative and transcendental. Catherine’s doctoral studies in education focused on the implementation of a Josephite charism, and its approach to leadership and education where inclusive learning and faith communities are marked by excellence, creativity, and compassion. Catherine is currently Leader of Catholic Identity and Mission in Catholic Education Northern Territory, offering creative and strategic leadership to nurture leaders and staff in fostering Catholic school identity and mission through faith formation, professional learning, curriculum, and practice.