ARCHBISHOP John Bathersby of Brisbane has called a planning summit to negotiate the future shape of Catholic schooling in the archdiocese.
Pastors, parents, principals, leaders of religious institutes and relevant archdiocesan personnel will be involved in the summit, prompted by a number of proposed changes to Catholic schooling provisions.
These include the ongoing issue of providing and missioning new schools in the growth areas of the archdiocese and proposals by a number of religious institute secondary colleges to offer some primary grades.
The archbishop said the issues presented the archdiocese with a number of unique challenges in the operation of Catholic schools.
He said he hoped all Catholic schooling providers would place their plans for the future before the archdiocesan community ‘so that there might be a shared responsibility for significant, agreed changes’.
Brisbane Catholic Education executive director, David Hutton, in a letter to all principals of Diocesan schools, said the summit was of great significance to all involved in Catholic education.
Details and dates for the summit are yet to be decided.
