Committee Members
Mike Kerrigan (Chair)
Mike Kerrigan is a retired HMI (Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools). He trained for the diocesan priesthood in Louvain and Rome but, daunted by the lack of preparation in the seminary for a life of celibacy - yet with the prospect of having to offer, from a position of ignorance, advice to the married laity - he abandoned this route and returned to England. After a linguistics degree at York, he started a career in language teaching and teacher training, first in Kenya, then in West Yorkshire. He joined the inspectorate in 1983, survived Ofsted and retired in 2001, but continued working in the modern foreign languages field until recently. A child of Vatican II, he admits to having gone quiet for a long period during the systematic repression of its message, waking up again only in the new century. He is also interested in travel, music and economics. Mike is married with three daughters and six grandchildren.
Mike Kerrigan is a retired HMI (Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools). He trained for the diocesan priesthood in Louvain and Rome but, daunted by the lack of preparation in the seminary for a life of celibacy - yet with the prospect of having to offer, from a position of ignorance, advice to the married laity - he abandoned this route and returned to England. After a linguistics degree at York, he started a career in language teaching and teacher training, first in Kenya, then in West Yorkshire. He joined the inspectorate in 1983, survived Ofsted and retired in 2001, but continued working in the modern foreign languages field until recently. A child of Vatican II, he admits to having gone quiet for a long period during the systematic repression of its message, waking up again only in the new century. He is also interested in travel, music and economics. Mike is married with three daughters and six grandchildren.
Chris McDonnell (Secretary)
Chris McDonnell is a retired Headteacher, having taught in London, Leeds and on Merseyside before his first headship in Staffordshire in 1978. Since that date he has had two further headships, both in LEA schools in the state sector.
He has published in the field of Mathematical education and has contributed over the years to on-going discussions in the Catholic Press, journals and on various blog sites. He was one of the opening speakers at the Call to Action Heythrop meeting in October 2012.
He is married, with three grown up children and eight grandchildren. To keep sane on the way through, he also writes poetry from time to time.
Chris McDonnell is a retired Headteacher, having taught in London, Leeds and on Merseyside before his first headship in Staffordshire in 1978. Since that date he has had two further headships, both in LEA schools in the state sector.
He has published in the field of Mathematical education and has contributed over the years to on-going discussions in the Catholic Press, journals and on various blog sites. He was one of the opening speakers at the Call to Action Heythrop meeting in October 2012.
He is married, with three grown up children and eight grandchildren. To keep sane on the way through, he also writes poetry from time to time.
Jackie Foster
Joe Fitzpatrick
Bishop Crispian Hollis
Robert Hughes (Treasurer)
Elizabeth Price
David Standley
Pam Wearing
Joe Fitzpatrick
Bishop Crispian Hollis
Robert Hughes (Treasurer)
Elizabeth Price
David Standley
Pam Wearing