Description: Wayne Tinsey draws upon more than 35 years involvement in Catholic education to present a series of inspirational musings and reflections for all those involved in that educational endeavour. The Edmund Rice tradition identifies four 'Touchstones' as measures of authenticity in Catholic education. These provide the focus for the reflections.
Brief description: Wayne Tinsey is the Executive Director of Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA). Previously he was Director of Schools for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. He has been Director of the Catholic Institute of Western Australia, Director of the Edmund Rice Centre for Social Justice and Head of the School of Religious Education and Professor and Assistant Dean of Education at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle. He remains an Adjunct Professor of Education there.
Review Quotes:
This book is a goldmine. Laced with stories from the author's own life experience, the challenges extended to all educators are like an ongoing pebble in the shoe. The radical Gospel of inclusion, of building the Kingdom, is not to be domesticated.
Fr Christopher Gleeson sj
Provincial Delegate for Education and Mission Formation
JCAP Secretary for Secondary Education
The Edmund Rice Charter arose out of an experience of the Mystery we call God ... liberator, all-inclusive, just and with a special preference for people made poor ... Wayne Tinsey has elaborated on this so well.
Br Philip Pinto cfc
Past Congregation Leader of the Christian Brothers
Wayne Tinsey is a man of passion with strongly held beliefs from which he would never move. The speeches and stories woven through this book reflect the educational and moral leadership he brings to his work and that permeates his life. The book will be of great value to all educators.
Ray Collins
Director of Schools, Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle