Mary Pat Donoghue Named as Executive Director of the Secretariat of Catholic Education for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
WASHINGTON—Mary
Pat Donoghue has been appointed as Executive Director of the Secretariat of
Catholic Education for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
(USCCB).
Monsignor
Brian Bransfield, USCCB Secretary General, made the appointment, which will
take effect August 13, 2018.
Over
her 28 years of service to Catholic education, Ms. Donoghue is perhaps best
known for her tenure as Principal of St. Jerome Academy in Hyattsville,
Maryland, where she led the effort to move the parish school from near failure
to a now-thriving and growing institution.
Before then, she served as a Vice Principal and as a teacher in the
classroom; since then, she has consulted nationwide with superintendents,
pastors, and principals, sharing her experience in teacher formation and
supervision, curriculum implementation, and financial stability, in conjunction
with the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education.
“In
all of her endeavors, Mary Pat has brought a strong enthusiasm for the special
role of Catholic education in the evangelical mission of the Church,” said
Msgr. Bransfield. “I am grateful to her for accepting this important
position in service to the bishops and to the Conference.”
“I am humbled and honored to support the vital
work of our bishops in the area of Catholic education,” said Ms. Donoghue, “and
to support diocesan leaders in fulfilling the Church’s beautiful vision for the
formation of our young people.”
Mary
Pat holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from the University of
Maryland, and a Master’s in Education Administration from Trinity University,
Washington, D.C. A native of the Washington,
DC area, Mary Pat currently resides in Silver Spring, MD.
For more information on the USCCB Secretariat of Catholic
Education, please visit: https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/how-we-teach/catholic-education/index.cfm.
If you would like a photo image of Ms. Donoghue, please
contact media-relations@usccb.org.
Keywords: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops,
USCCB, Secretariat
of Catholic Education, Mary Pat Donoghue, Monsignor Brian Bransfield, Catholic
education
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