Patricia Banister

Chair, Maitland-Newcastle

Patricia  lives in Rutherford NSW, on the New England Highway about 40kms from Newcastle. She was educated at St. Joseph’s College, Lochinvar and has maintained her connection with the College through the Ex-students Association and her children’s and grandchildren’s attendance there. 

Fr Mark Freeman

Councillor, Hobart

Fr Mark Freeman, was born in Launceston Tasmania in 1959.  He grew up as the third of six children (3 girls, 3 boys) of Mary & George Freeman.  Mark was educated by the Presentation Sisters at St Finn Barr’s, Invermay, and by the Christian Brothers at St Patrick’s College, Launceston. 

Bishop Michael Malone

Bishops Commission for Church Ministry 

Bishop Michael John Malone was born on 23 October, 1939 in Sydney, NSW, to John and Marie Malone (both deceased). The fifth of seven children, Bishop Michael grew up in Willoughby, was educated at St Thomas' Primary School, Willoughby and then St Pius X College, Chatswood.

Josephine Armour 

Councillor, Adelaide 

I am a Dominican Sister of the Holy Cross Congregation in Adelaide. I joined the Dominicans in my late 30s after feeling drawn to consider the question of entering religious life. Brought up as an Anglican, I was in training for the priesthood in the Anglican church when I met the Dominican Sisters. I was attracted by their forward thinking, their scholarship, their love of life and their commitment to humanity.