Br Andrew Monaghan

Since July in ’05 I have been at Mittagong as the Guest Master of The Hermitage, what used to be the Juniorate and the Novitiate combined. Previous to that, I was at Marist Canberra with two RE classes and the balance of the teaching load made up of supervision of Yrs 11 & 12 Study periods. I gained little satisfaction and much angst from a few classes of 64 unco-operative and belligerent seniors and decided that Mittagong was a saner alternative.

Before that I had had 25 years in Marist boarding schools, finishing up at Ashgrove in Brisbane as the Dean of Boarding. I enjoyed the responsibility, ministry and the part that I played in the students’ life.

I completed my B.Sc. at Macquarie in ’88, 20 years after starting it from Dundas. While overseas in ’94 involved in our renewal course, I completed a Masters in Pastoral Studies at Loyola in Chicago.

While thinning on top and widening in the middle, I still enjoy skiing, though the daily cost of a lift ticket is straining the vow of poverty somewhat.