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Congratulations
Sr Anne Hetherington
OAM
The Past Pupils’ Association
congratulates Sr Anne
Hetherington rsm, who was
awarded an Order of Australia
Medal (OAM) for service to the
Catholic Church of Australia in the
2022 Australia Day Honours List.
Sr Anne is well known as a
former Principal of All Hallows’
(1975-1980; 1983-1988), but her
connections to our school began
as a boarder from her parents’
sheep property at St George (19531956), a path also followed by her
younger sisters Cecily and Patricia.
After completing Senior, Sr
Anne studied at the Queensland
Teachers’ College and then entered
the Sisters of Mercy in 1958. She
taught in Brisbane and on the
Darling Downs, before returning
to All Hallows’ as a teacher (19711974).
Sr Anne’s experience in education,
together with the completion of
a Master of Catholic Educational
Leadership at the University of
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San Francisco, prepared her well
for the next stage of her career
in leadership and corporate
governance. Her skills in these
areas are highly valued and she has
held positions including Director
of Mission, Mater Hospitals,
Brisbane; inaugural Chair of Mercy
Partners Council; and board
and corporate governance roles
with the Queensland Catholic
Education Commission, Association
of Catholic Secondary Schools of
Queensland, Board of Secondary
School Studies, numerous Mercy
ministries and the Sisters of
Mercy. She was also a member
and Secretary of the Past Pupils’
Association Committee for many
years.
and a Volunteer Guide at St
Stephen’s Cathedral as well as
giving occasional papers and inservice sessions.
Sr Anne hopes her award will
encourage others to use their
talents to make a difference in
society or their profession: ‘Don’t
be afraid to take opportunities
to spread your wings. There will
always be people to support you’.
We give thanks for Sr Anne’s
lifelong service and this welldeserved honour.
Gabrielle Goulding
Sr Anne has a love of history and is
a member of the Brisbane Catholic
Historical Society, as well as having
co-edited The Correspondence of
Mother Vincent Whitty 1839 to
1892 and authored Travelling A
Well-lit Path: The Story of Mercy
Partners. She remains active in
retirement as a member of U3A
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