President's Message

Dear Colleagues

I trust that Term 3 and Semester 2 have commenced well for you and you community.

As announced last newsletter, CaSPA has received a commissioned painting from Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann who lives in Daly Waters in the Northern Territory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam-Rose_Ungunmerr-Baumann

It is a beautiful painting which Miriam-Rose has called “Unity”. The painting is symbolic of Miriam’s Country, Community and CaSPA’s work around Australia. A copy of the painting can be seen below along with the commission outline, and Miriam-Rose’s explanation of the painting. CaSPA is very proud to receive this painting as a representation of our work for Catholic Schools.

The CaSPA Board looks forward to the full implementation of the Uluru Statement of the Heart. Reconciliation in Australia of First Nations People and non-First Nations People is an important social justice matter. The recent passing of the Referendum Bill to allow the vote regarding the Voice to Parliament for First Nations People will hopefully be a positive step forward for reconciliation.

A big thank you to the State Catholic Principals Associations who sent their President and Executive Officer to the CaSPA Combined Meeting in Melbourne on 24 July. This annual gathering of our 8 Associations is a great opportunity for colleagues around Australia to come together to share common topics and discuss contemporary education issues. This year we were truly blessed by having key presenters to our Combined Meeting: NCEC, AITSL, ACU and AERO. Please see the summary of their presentations in the Board Updates section of this newsletter.

In addition to the Combined Meeting, representatives from the CaSPA Board met with our 8 Partners in Melbourne on 25 July. This Partner’s Meeting has also become an annual event to show our appreciation of the wonderful support the businesses give CaSPA to enable our Awards, Professional Learning and Social Action activities.

Please remember to make contact with our Partners if you need quotes from their line of business.

Blessings to All

Ann Rebgetz
CaSPA President