Mary Dolan

Director of Adult Education

Born in Newport, South Wales, into an Irish Catholic family.

Dip Pastoral Theology Dublin 1998

I am a Simmarian graduating in 1992 - with a BA. I completed my PGCE there in 1993.

MSc (Econ) and Dip SW 2002 University of Wales

Work: Family businesses. Residential Youth Retreat Work. Teaching. School Chaplain. Social Work.

Member of Mother of God Parish, Sheffield.

I have a dog - whom I am told has more sense than me …

Pat Travis

Department secretary

Handles the day to day running of the department. She trained as a medical secretary and works full time in the office. She is likely to be your first port of call when you contact the department.

Our courses rely on a variety of tutors, all of whom hold relevant qualifications and experience.  Here they are ...

Bill Burleigh

Married for 39 years to Anne, with two adult children.

A qualified accountant, retired early, 5 years ago, from the Senior Civil Service.

Actively involved in parish life from childhood, was involved in the Journey in Faith/RCIA at St Marie’s.

Studied theology through Hallam's CCRS and then a 3 year course run by Leeds diocese in preparation for being ordained a deacon at St Marie’s in 2001. Currently supporting the parish of St Mary's High Green as a deacon.

After retirement, gained an MA in Theology and Ministry at Durham University.

Currently working part time as a chaplain at Sheffield Children's Hospital.

My teaching within Hallam at the Pastoral Centre began over 10 years ago with a variety of modules of the CCRS course. I also teach on the Foundation Degree in Theology and Ministry.

Sean O’Brien

Sean is a Sheffield man and he attended local Catholic schools, not least St. Catherine’s Primary school where he is now a foundation governor. At the age of nineteen Sean felt that he had a calling for the priesthood and Bishop Gerald Moverley sent him to the Jesuit run Campion House at Osterley, Middlesex, a pre-seminary college which helped discern one’s vocation. Sean spent two happy years there and says that his experience of the Jesuit formation more than any other shaped him into a Christian layman, hopefully a good one. After Campion House, it was off to the Royal English College, Valladolid, Spain where Sean spent five years studying Philosophy and Theology. Having decided that the priesthood was not for him, – saying that he got vocation mixed up with vacation – Sean continued his studies in Philosophy at the University of Hull. Since then, Sean has taught in various secondary schools throughout South Yorkshire and he is a tutor on the Foundation Degree, teaching Sacramental Theology to willing students. He continues to study in his beloved area of Philosophy, as well as Theology, and hopes to pursue a Ph.D. Sean is an active member of the parish of St Charles Borromeo. Sean is a member of the General Teaching Council for England, the Higher Education Academy, the Institute for Learning, the Royal Institute of Philosophy and the Catholic Men’s Society of Great Britain.

Fr Roy Pannell

Parish Priest Moorends and Stainforth (2001)

Trained for the Anglican ministry, 1964-1970

Ordained priest Church of England, 1972

Worked for 40 years in the county of South Yorkshire

Received into the Catholic Church, August, 2000

Deacon and Priest in the Catholic Church, 2001

MA St John’s, York, 2008

Tutor for the Foundation Degree, 2009

Corrie Percival

Having completed the MA Degree course in Theology and Religious Studies at York St John University part-time in 2006 (via Hallam Pastoral Centre), I started teaching at Hallam Pastoral Centre in 2007. From a study point of view my main interests are the History of Christianity, Christology, Music and Liturgy. My most inspiring theologian to date is Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Margaret Pybus

Born in Sheffield 1947.

Educated at St Wilfrid’s and Notre Dame.

Received degree of BA in Latin and French at Sheffield University 1968.

Having worked for many years as a secretary in the Radiology Department at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, with a few years spent working in the steel industry, I retired in 2007.

I have been interested informally in theology and spirituality most of my life.

In 2001 began studying part-time for the degree of MA in Theology and Religious with the University College of York St John (later York St John University), being awarded the degree in 2006.

I was asked to become an Associate Tutor on the Foundation Degree in Theology and Ministry which is run by York St John University; teaching takes place at various centres in Yorkshire, and in our diocese is at Hallam Pastoral Centre. The module I teach is the summer school in Patterns of Christian Spirituality, which I began in 2007.

For many years I have been personally drawn chiefly to Cistercian spirituality.

I am a member of Our Lady and St Thomas parish in Woodseats.

Tony Singleton

Tony Singleton describes himself as “ product of Hallam Adult Education”, having completed the Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies and eventually gaining an MA. He specialises in Catholic social teaching and directs the module on Church, Mission and Society. His involvement in life-long campaigning, volunteering for CAFOD and membership of the Hallam Justice and Peace Commission bring together a passion for the social concerns of the Church. His outside interests include book collecting, theatre, folk music and the gentler side of fell walking.