L to R: Karon Donnellon RSM, Kari Hatherell OSU and Alan Gibson CM.
Today, the National Council of Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) elected a new Vice President and Executive Member to join President, Kari Hatherell OSU on the Executive of CRA Council.
Alan Gibson CM was elected as Vice President. Alan has been the Provincial of the Vincentians for over four years and a member of Council since 2022. He has also served as CRA member Representative on Australian Catholic safeguarding Limited. We are grateful that Alan will now take on this new leadership role. He replaces outgoing Acting President (formerly Vice President) Philippa Murphy FDNSC, who continues to serve as a member of Council.
Karon Donnellon RSM has been re-elected as the Executive Member, a role she which she has held since 2024. Karon has been Institute Leader of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea since 2023.
CRA President, Kari Hatherell OSU, said, “I am very grateful to Alan and Karon for accepting the responsibility as members of the CRA Executive. They are committed and generous, bringing a wisdom and love for the Catholic Religious of Australia. I look forward to working with them.”
We give thanks for the energy and heart for mission of Kari, Alan and Karon to leading CRA into the future with hope-filled discernment.
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MEDIA ENQUIRIES: Anne Walker | M: 0409 936 711 | E: nationalexec@catholicreligious.org.au