Melbourne Catholic Commission for Justice, Development & Peace: About Us

Personnel of the Commission

Very Rev S. Dimattina (Episcopal Vicar)
Mr Peter Whiting (Chairman)
Mr Barney Cooney
Fr Bruce Duncan
Mr Patrick Gallagher
Sr Margaret Fyfe
Mr Peter Johnstone
Fr Arnold Heredia
Fr Sean O'Connell
Mr Sam Muscat
Ms Vicki Walker

Biographies

Peter Whiting these days consults in the field of Business Management having completed a 30 year stint in the corporate world with Shell Australia. He originally graduated in Commerce from the University of Melbourne in 1970 and more recently returned to formal study at the Yarra Theological Union where he completed a Theology degree in 2004. His community interests include active involvement in his parish of St. Gregory the Great, Doncaster and board positions with the Peer Support Foundation of Victoria and Catholic Homes for the Elderly Inc. At the end of 2004, he was appointed to the part-time role of Executive Officer to the Melbourne Archdiocesan Strategic Working Group for Parishes.Peter has been a member of the Melbourne Catholic Commission for Justice, Development and Peace since February, 2003.

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Peter Johnstone has been a member of the Catholic Commission for Justice Development and Peace since its establishment by the Archbishop of Melbourne in 1995. He is married to Laurien and they have four adult daughters. Peter is actively involved in a number of community-based organisations: Chair of Jesuit Social Services Ltd., a member of the Salvation Army's Aged Care Advisory Board, a director of Foundation Boroondara Inc., formerly convenor of the St Vincent de Paul Society's National Mental Health Working Group, and a former Chair of his parish's Pastoral Council. Peter has worked with a number of government advisory committees including the Commonwealth Ministerial Reference Group on Community Care and the Victorian Ministerial Advisory Council on Crime Prevention. Memberships of professional associations include Australian Institute of Company Directors (Fellow), Australian Institute of Public Administration (Fellow), and the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (Trustee). Publications include contributions on the future of local government, the building of stronger communities, and public sector governance. He has been a Chief Executive Officer for a number of local governments, at the City of Boroondara since 1999. Previously, he worked in senior positions in the Victorian and Commonwealth governments, including Director-General of the Victorian Department of Community Services and of the Department of Ethnic, Municipal & Community Affairs.

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Patrick Gallagher has been the Executive Director of Catholic Social Services Victoria since October 2004 and joined the Catholic Commission for Justice Development and Peace in December 2004. Prior to taking up this appointment he worked in the Victorian public health care system for 27 years working in both finance and management roles. His work has included acute, aged and sub-acute health care settings with appointments having been held in both metropolitan and rural settings.He holds an undergraduate qualification in accountancy and postgraduate qualifications in business administration and bioethics.Patrick has participated as a member of various governing bodies in a variety of areas including private health care, palliative care, ethics and employee relations. He has a strong interest in corporate governance and has been closely involved in the formation of two national organisations with Australia

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Fr Bruce Duncan was ordained in the Redemptorist Congregation in 1971. He studied economics and politics at the University of Sydney, completing his doctorate in political science in 1987. Since 1986, he has taught at Yarra Theological Union in Box Hill, where he currently coordinates the program of social justice studies. He has been a member of the Melbourne Catholic Commission for Justice, Development and Peace since 1994, and since 1999 has worked as a consultant with Catholic Social Services Victoria. His publications include The Church's Social Teaching: from Rerum Novarum to 1931 (Melbourne: CollinsDove, 1991); Crusade or Conspiracy: the Catholic Anti-Communist Struggle in Australia (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2001); War on Iraq: Is it just? (Sydney: Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, 2003), and Ending Hunger: How far can we go? The UN Millennium Development Goals (Sydney, ACSJC, 2005).

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Fr Arnold Heredia is a Catholic Priest, born on the 10th Ocotber 1940 and ordained on the 24th January 1965. He has been serving in the Archdiocese of Melbourne since the past five years. He was parish priest in several parishes in the Archdiocese of Karachi (Pakistan) and was Rector of the Regional Seminary of Christ the King for six years. He has had great experience in the field of human rights. He was among the founding members and a council member of the national Human Rights Commission of Pakistan from 1987 to 2001. He was also among the founding members of the diocesan Commission for Justice and Peace and its executive secretary for 25 years. Fr Arnold is presently parish priest at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Bayswater and was appointed in 2006 to become a member of the Melbourne Catholic Commisson for Justice Development and Peace.




Contact Who are we Charter of the CCJDP Personnel	Personnel of the Commission Very Rev S. Dimattina (Episcopal Vicar) Mr Peter Whiting (Chairman) Mr Barney Cooney Fr Bruce Duncan Mr Patrick Gallagher Sr Margaret Fyfe Mr Peter Johnstone Fr Arnold Heredia Fr Sean O'Connell Mr Sam Muscat Ms Vicki Walker Biographies Peter Whiting these days consults in the field of Business Management having completed a 30 year stint in the corporate world with Shell Australia. He originally graduated in Commerce from the University of Melbourne in 1970 and more recently returned to formal study at the Yarra Theological Union where he completed a Theology degree in 2004. His community interests include active involvement in his parish of St. Gregory the Great, Doncaster and board positions with the Peer Support Foundation of Victoria and Catholic Homes for the Elderly Inc. At the end of 2004, he was appointed to the part-time role of Executive Officer to the Melbourne Archdiocesan Strategic Working Group for Parishes.Peter has been a member of the Melbourne Catholic Commission for Justice, Development and Peace since February, 2003. Top Peter Johnstone has been a member of the Catholic Commission for Justice Development and Peace since its establishment by the Archbishop of Melbourne in 1995. He is married to Laurien and they have four adult daughters. Peter is actively involved in a number of community-based organisations: Chair of Jesuit Social Services Ltd., a member of the Salvation Army's Aged Care Advisory Board, a director of Foundation Boroondara Inc., formerly convenor of the St Vincent de Paul Society's National Mental Health Working Group, and a former Chair of his parish's Pastoral Council. Peter has worked with a number of government advisory committees including the Commonwealth Ministerial Reference Group on Community Care and the Victorian Ministerial Advisory Council on Crime Prevention. Memberships of professional associations include Australian Institute of Company Directors (Fellow), Australian Institute of Public Administration (Fellow), and the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (Trustee). Publications include contributions on the future of local government, the building of stronger communities, and public sector governance. He has been a Chief Executive Officer for a number of local governments, at the City of Boroondara since 1999. Previously, he worked in senior positions in the Victorian and Commonwealth governments, including Director-General of the Victorian Department of Community Services and of the Department of Ethnic, Municipal & Community Affairs. Top Patrick Gallagher has been the Executive Director of Catholic Social Services Victoria since October 2004 and joined the Catholic Commission for Justice Development and Peace in December 2004. Prior to taking up this appointment he worked in the Victorian public health care system for 27 years working in both finance and management roles. His work has included acute, aged and sub-acute health care settings with appointments having been held in both metropolitan and rural settings.He holds an undergraduate qualification in accountancy and postgraduate qualifications in business administration and bioethics.Patrick has participated as a member of various governing bodies in a variety of areas including private health care, palliative care, ethics and employee relations. He has a strong interest in corporate governance and has been closely involved in the formation of two national organisations with Australia Top Fr Bruce Duncan was ordained in the Redemptorist Congregation in 1971. He studied economics and politics at the University of Sydney, completing his doctorate in political science in 1987. Since 1986, he has taught at Yarra Theological Union in Box Hill, where he currently coordinates the program of social justice studies. He has been a member of the Melbourne Catholic Commission for Justice, Development and Peace since 1994, and since 1999 has worked as a consultant with Catholic Social Services Victoria. His publications include The Church's Social Teaching: from Rerum Novarum to 1931 (Melbourne: CollinsDove, 1991); Crusade or Conspiracy: the Catholic Anti-Communist Struggle in Australia (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2001); War on Iraq: Is it just? (Sydney: Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, 2003), and Ending Hunger: How far can we go? The UN Millennium Development Goals (Sydney, ACSJC, 2005). Top Fr Arnold Heredia is a Catholic Priest, born on the 10th Ocotber 1940 and ordained on the 24th January 1965. He has been serving in the Archdiocese of Melbourne since the past five years. He was parish priest in several parishes in the Archdiocese of Karachi (Pakistan) and was Rector of the Regional Seminary of Christ the King for six years. He has had great experience in the field of human rights. He was among the founding members and a council member of the national Human Rights Commission of Pakistan from 1987 to 2001. He was also among the founding members of the diocesan Commission for Justice and Peace and its executive secretary for 25 years. Fr Arnold is presently parish priest at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Bayswater and was appointed in 2006 to become a member of the Melbourne Catholic Commisson for Justice Development and Peace.