Papua New Guinea
Br Geoff Whitefield
Geoff Whitefield was born in Sunshine, Victoria, the eldest of four. His contact with the brothers began at St Pat’s Ballarat. Inspired by them, he joined the congregation in 1982. In terms of ministry, Geoff was involved in parish primary schools in Victoria, Tasmania and NSW for 22 years. This included time as a class teacher, a Religious Education Coordinator, Special Programs & Student Welfare teacher, and 10 years as Principal.
Geoff’s experience of the Congregation’s Passover Program which took him to Lima, Peru and Freetown, Sierra Leone, was life-changing. In 2009 he moved into Formation and Spirituality, studying Spiritual Direction at Heart of Life, Melbourne, and Religious Formation at Loreto House, Dublin. He gained some short-term experience in the novitiates of West, East and South Africa before being appointed to 6 years in Papua New Guinea. In 2018 he returned to Australia to divide his time between the Edmund Rice Formation Team Oceania and the Brothers’ Spirituality Circle Oceania.
His interests include a wide range of art and music, as well as animation, railways and the occasional foray into science fiction…