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Celebrating excellence: Catholic teachers and students honoured during Catholic Education Week

Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Sale celebrated Catholic Education Week from Friday 16 May – Friday 23 May 2025.

This week is an annual highlight for the Diocese of Sale as schools and parish communities come together to celebrate and reflect on the values, community spirit, and commitment to quality education, while inspiring hope and a bright future for students and educators alike.

The 2025 theme, Pilgrims of Hope, was aligned with this year’s Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church to highlight the importance of hope as a guiding virtue.

The Diocese of Sale covers 38 Catholic primary schools and seven Catholic secondary schools spanning a geographic area from Melbourne’s outer south-east suburbs from Narre Warren and Cranbourne to Phillip Island in the south, and right throughout Gippsland to Orbost in the east.

Service Awards were presented to staff members who had provided 25 years or more of service to Catholic Education in Australia. The VIT would like to congratulate the following award winners.

Catholic Education Service Awards

In recognition of their service to Australian Catholic education, 36 staff members from Catholic primary and secondary schools across the Diocese of Sale received a Service Award from their respective school communities.

Award recipients

Janine Kilmartin - Columba Catholic Primary School, Bunyip
Patricia Martin - St Joseph's Primary School, Wonthaggi 
Simon Cuckson - St Francis Xavier College, Beaconsfield 
Mala Peterson - St Francis Xavier College, Beaconsfield 
Kate Rolff - St Francis Xavier College, Beaconsfield 
Jennifer Lawlor - St Joseph's Primary School, Wonthaggi 
Teresa De Reus - Mary MacKillop Primary School, Narre Warren North 
Rebecca Cetrola - St Francis Xavier College, Beaconsfield 
Anthony Robbins - Catholic College Sale 
Ann Roffe - Catholic College Sale 
Rebecca Sellings - Catholic College Sale 
Rocky Toma - Catholic College Sale 
Jacinta Slattery - Catholic College Sale 
Rosie Davidson - Catholic College Sale 
Cesar Forcadela - Catholic College Sale 
Susan Haden - Catholic College Sale 
Damien Hogan - Catholic College Sale 
Jenny Hurst - Catholic College Sale 
Marian Lappin - Catholic College Sale 
Danuta Pomorski - Catholic College Sale 
Louise Kelly - Nagle College, Bairnsdale 
Josephine Boland - Nagle College, Bairnsdale 
Rosemary Lee - Nagle College, Bairnsdale 
Karen Dukakis - Nagle College, Bairnsdale 
Mureen Plunkett - Nagle College, Bairnsdale 
Danny Nall - Nagle College, Bairnsdale 
Gabrielle Costin - Nagle College, Bairnsdale 
Wilma Collier - Nagle College, Bairnsdale 
Nigel Carr - Nagle College, Bairnsdale 
John Corby - Nagle College, Bairnsdale 
Anne Daffy - Nagle College, Bairnsdale 
Maria Caroli - Nagle College, Bairnsdale 
Teresa Calafiore - St Vincent de Pail Primary School, Morwell 
Kathy Monacella - St Vincent de Pail Primary School, Morwell 
Karen Joyce - Lavalla Catholic College, Traralgon 
Margaret Rowland - St Peter's College, Cranbourne 
Rosemary Drenen - Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College, Leongatha

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