WelCom August 2022
Jenny Gordon, former Vicar for Education for the Archdiocese, was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours list, for services to Catholic education.
Jenny has contributed to Catholic education for more than 40 years, with 25 years as a teacher specialising in mathematics and religious education at several state and state-integrated schools, including at St Mary’s College, Wellington.
She became the vicar for education for the Archbishop of Wellington in 2006 – the first female and first layperson to hold this role. She oversaw the operation of the Catholic state-integrated schools for the Wellington Archdiocese, involving more than 45 schools. Among other things, she was instrumental in building a strong relationship between the Ministry of Education, the Association of Proprietors of Integrated Schools (APIS), and the New Zealand Catholic Education Office (NZCEO).
Jenny retired as vicar for education in 2021 and is currently a board member of NZCEO and chairperson of APIS.