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Membership

Anne Ballard

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I am married, with three daughters and two grandchildren.

My professional life was in the world of education, teaching in Catholic schools in Wales and in  a mission school in Tanzania, and later as a lecturer in a college of education which underwent several changes before gaining University status.

The possibility of taking early retirement allowed me to spend more time developing my work for the Archdiocese, which has always centred on marriage and family life. After working for CMAC, (now Marriage Care), in marriage preparation and as chairperson, I now chair the Family Life Commission.

I contribute actively to the areas of bereavement support and in a group focussing on spirituality and dementia, I also work as a registered director for RAINBOWS which aims to support children and young people suffering significant loss through bereavement, divorce, separation or other painful transitions in their family.

Commission Chair  Tel: 2021 2821   e mail:  flc@rcadc.org.

 

 

Ansti Corellis

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Ansti joined the commission in  1995. She is married with three children and has been in education for all of her working life. She has taught in Catholic  Secondary schools in both England and Wales.
She feels strongly that young people must be involved and be pro active in all decisions that are made  and in “Home is a Holy Place”, tried to champion the needs of our young people.
Since working in the Commission, she has taken an active role in the development of the work of Bereavement in the diocese. She has been involved in all Bereavement Support Training and is also a Registered Director of Rainbows.

Vice chair, bereavement support, Cardiff deanery representative:

 

 

 

 

 

Kevin Lawrence.

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Kevin has been on the commission since it’s inception, he is married and has three grown up children and has been a keen promoter of the benefits of a good supportive family structure.  He was a relationship counsellor for twenty years and has been involved in parenting courses since his children reached the teenage stage.  He presently works full time for a National Charity supporting parents with learning difficulties in all aspects of parenting. Kevin often has an input in the befriending the bereaved training that the commission delivers, and supports and promotes the work of the Archdiocesan Parenting Officer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve Jones

Steve Jones

I joined the Family Life Commission in 2010  and one of my roles is to facilitate marriage preparation courses I deliver with my wife Tessa in Caerphilly the courses are run on behalf of Marriage Care www.marriagecare.org.uk. We liaise closely with Marriage Care Cardiff and provide a link to the Family Life Commission. A member of the Commission since 2010 I believe it is important for the Church to fully support family life in all its forms.

 

Email: jones.49@btinternet.com

Tel: 02920 888240

Marriage preparation  and Pontypridd deanery representative

 

 

 

Tessa Jones

Tessa Jones

 

I joined the Family Life Commission in 2010 with my husband Steve. We are the Pontypridd Deanery Representatives and are also marriage preparation providers in the deanery. Working with others in the Church to care for and support family life is important to me and the Commission offers me this opportunity.

Email: info@tessajones.co.uk

Tel: 02920 888240

Tessa Jones
Marriage preparation and Pontypridd deanery representative

 

 

 

 

Joanne White

Parenting support worker for the Archdiocese for more details follow link below

http://www.rcadc.co.uk/parenting/index.php?page_id=5

 

Joanne Hinds

Commission Member since 2004, when she joined in a voluntary role as Newport deanery representative having acted as a parish co-ordinator for the Listening 2004 Survey.

Joanne, mother to 2 teenage girls, has been working part time for the Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff for 5 years now as a paid Parenting Support Worker (since July 2008) and works in partnership with the commission. She is currently working with the parishes of the archdiocese to enable more effective engagement with parents and their involvement in church life. Joanne co-ordinates and supervises a team of Volunteer parenting programme facilitators and is also an approved Facilitator Trainer for the Family Caring Trust.

Email     parenting@rcadc.org

Tel          02920 365964

 

Fr Matthew Jones

Priest advisor

 

Michelle

 

 

Maureen Mullen RIP

Maureen was a valued member of the commission for seven years she will be greatly missed