Appointment of Commissioners to the National Catholic Education Commission
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Above: Professor Francis Campbell and Kate Rayment
On 7 September, the Bishops Commission for Catholic Education announced the appointment of Professor Francis Campbell and Kate Rayment to the National Catholic Education Commission.
Kate Rayment will also take up the position of chair of the Faith Formation & Religious Education Standing Committee (FFRE).
Francis Campbell is the vice chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia and was previously the vice chancellor of St Mary’s University in London.
Francis has extensive experience in governance, advocacy and policy having earlier served in a number of senior diplomatic and government posts, including as a member of Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service, the United Nations Security Council in New York, the European Union, as a policy adviser and private secretary to Prime Minister Tony Blair, and as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Holy See.
Kate Rayment is principal of St Scholastica’s College, Glebe. Kate has worked across the Catholic education sector in Australia for almost 40 years, serving in various leadership positions in a number of dioceses, most recently as the principal of McCarthy Catholic College, Tamworth (2009-2014).
Kate is currently the chair of the NSW Catholic Secondary Schools Association, a member of the Reference Group for the development of the new Stage 6 Catholic Studies syllabus, and a member of Catholic School NSW Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group.
She brings extensive experience in education, mission and identity, and Catholic leadership.
"I am delighted that both Kate and Francis have agreed to join the commission. They will take up their roles in October for a four-year term," Bishops Commission for Catholic Education chair and Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher OP said in a statement.
"I extend my deepest appreciation to Sr Liz and Greg, and my congratulations and welcome to Francis and Kate," he said.