Acknowledging Paul Jennings MSC, 80, January 11th.
Paul Jennings made his first vows as an MSC on February 26th 1962. He was ordained on August 29th 1970.
Paul has worked in education in Papua New Guinea for most of his life as a priest, since 1971. He was a long serving Headmaster of Sacred Heart High School at Hagita, in Milne Bay, for 12 years and at the same time worked on several Department of Education committees in curriculum and teacher capacity building. He was a member of the Ministerial “Matane Commission” in 1986 and 1987 which was tasked with developing a home grown philosophy of education for Papua New Guinea and mapping a way forward for a restructure of the whole education system.
Paul at the Provincial Chapterm 2023
He was Executive Director of St Joseph’s International Catholic College in Port Moresby, Chair of the Governing Council of a new Sacred Heart Teachers College which specialises in recruiting and training Primary teachers for remote and isolated schools; a member of the National Catholic Education Board and an advisor to several government education committees. He is also completing writing a revised curriculum for Upper secondary Religious Education for catholic schools in Papua New Guinea.
Paul was awarded an OBE by the Government of Papua New Guinea in the Queen’s birthday honours list, for services to education and the Church in Milne Bay and Papua New Guinea.
