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Religious named
By Marilyn Rodrigues
Br Dean McGlaughlin
Several religious orders are represented in the Australia Day Honours list, highlighting their ministries of education, care for people with disabilities, the homeless and victims of child abuse.
Christian Br Dean McGlaughlin has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the development of Catholic education in South Australia.
“I am honoured,” he said, “but I’m very conscious that the award was given for service to Catholic Education and education in South Australia and that is a team effort of my order, the archdiocese and the commission for Catholic schools.”
Br McGlaughlin is chairman of the National Committee for Christian Brothers’ Education and a member of the South Australian Commission for Catholic Schools.
He has been a headmaster, deputy headmaster and teacher during his teaching career spanning almost three decades, most recently as head of Rostrevor College, in Woodforde, from 1992-2002.
He has also served on the Senior Secondary Board of South Australia, as its chairman and member of curriculum and assessment policy committee in recent years.
“I’m pleased that our religious congregation and the Church are being recognised through this award,” said Br Dean.
“We are all trying to contribute the best we can to society and what we do as a congregation has much more force than what any individual can achieve.”
“My expertise is in the area of curriculum and particularly boys’ education; the development stages of boys and how that relates to education.
“I have a fascination in the way that people learn, particularly boys’ learning and how we can structure boys’ learning more effectively.
“It is well-documented that they learn differently to girls and that younger boys learn differently to older boys.
“As educationalists we’re realising that education, to be effective, has to be tailored for individuals.
“Technology is helping us to do that more; the future is very exciting for education.”
Sr Patricia Nolan, who was principal of the former McAuley College in Queensland from 1977-89, receives a Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to tertiary education.
During her time leading the college, Sr Nolan upgraded it from one that awarded teaching certificates to one that offered Bachelor of Education degrees and postgraduate degrees in Education as part of the Australian Catholic University.
Mercy Sr Mary Sellen receives a Medal of the Order of Australia for her 33 years of service to people with intellectual disabilities through the Holy Cross Mercy Centre in Brisbane.
Holy Cross provides people with opportunities and support to live independently in the community, either at the centre or one of its houses, or in their own homes. It also offers them assistance in securing employment.
Josephite Sr Teresa Taggert has been created a Member of the Order of Australia for her work advocating for the development of policies and professional standards in services to assist homeless families in South Australia.
She was involved in the establishment of St Joseph’s Family Care Centre in 1985 and has been its director since then.
Before that she established and directed a day care centre for children of working mothers in Sydney, and a residential child-care service for victims of abuse.