Seventy
two Catholic headteachers have now experienced their very own unique sabbatical experience.
All participants have spoken very positively and most colleagues openly say, like the one quoted above, that it has
had a hugely positive impact on their lives and the lives of their schools.
The
sabbatical programme is an important part of the recruitment and retention strategy across the north-eastern dioceses and
is strongly supported by the CES and NCSL. Our hope is that all Catholic headteachers
will take such a sabbatical experience every five or six years of their career.
Please
help us to establish sabbatical as an entitlement and an expectation for all involved in Catholic education. Our schools are at the forefront of the mission of the Church in education – they need leaders who
in the words of John Paul 2nd………..” are heralds of the Gospel who are experts in humanity, who know
the depth of the human hearts, who can share the joys, the hopes, the agonies and distress of people today, but who are at
the same time, contemplatives who have fallen in love with God.”
With
our very best wishes and in prayer
Frank
McDermott and Theresa Laverick
(Sabbatical
Co-Directors)
