Personal Biography: P. Mark O'Loughlin
Peter Desmond Mark O'Loughlin cfc[To immediate family "Des"; to friends and colleagues "Mark"]
Born in 1935, to Peter O'Loughlin and Ellie (Lee) [both deceased]
Younger sisters Mary (deceased) and Margaret
Grew up in Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Primary education:
- St. John's Primary School in Clifton Hill
- St. Thomas' Secondary School in Clifton Hill
- St. Patrick's College in Ballarat, Victoria
- St. Enda's in Strathfield, New South Wales (1951-1952)
- University of Sydney (Agriculture; graduated 1958)
- University of Melbourne (Education; graduated 1963)
- La Trobe University (Education)
- Mont Park Psychiatric Hospital (Clinical Pastoral Education; 1991)
Christian Brother Biography
In 1954 Mark became a member of the Catholic Congregation of Christian Brothers, founded by Edmund Rice in Ireland in 1802
- Science teacher at St. Joseph's College in North Melbourne (1958-1962)
- Science Master at Aquinas College in Perth (1963-1968)
- Deputy Headmaster at Parade College in Bundoora (1969)
- Headmaster of Edmund Rice College in Bundoora (1970-1972)
- Science Master at St. Patrick's College in Ballarat (1973)
- Deputy Headmaster at Aquinas College in Ringwood (1974-1977)
- Part-time lecturer in science at Christian Brothers' Teachers' College in Box Hill (1974-1979)
- Elected representative at the Congregation General Chapter in Rome (1978)
- Full time member of St. Patrick's Province Governing and Leadership Council (1978-1990)
- Exploratory visits to Fiji and Tonga for St. Patrick's Province (1979)
- Part-time lecturer in science at the Institute of Catholic Education (Mercy Teachers' College, Ascot Vale; 1979-1983)
- Nominated and accepted as a Member of the Australian College of Education (1979)
- Elected representative at the Congregation General Chapter in Rome (1984)
- Inaugural President, Committee of Management, Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Melbourne Inc.
- Exploratory visit to Tanzania for St. Patrick's Province (1985)
- Student pastoral counsellor at Parade College in Bundoora (1992-2003 and continuing)
- Part-time pastoral care employee at Larundel Psychiatric Hospital (1992-1996)
- Elected representative at the Congregation General Chapter in Rome (2002)
Recent Essays
- Remembering Riverglenn
- Reflections on Charism
- The Paschal Wisdom: Honouring the Pain
- Our human raison d’etre?
- A Response to “The Word of God” Letter
- Dare we dream a dream?
- The Future of our Schools
- Rethinking Morality … A Cosmic Moral Order?
- Leaving Parade College
- Movements of the Heart
- Idolatry and The Christain Mystery
- Transpersonal Ecology and Spirituality
- Ancient Communities
- The desert and the Grail Castle
- The Emmaus story … Anthropocentric or Ecocentric Exegesis?
- Spiritualities?
- The "Being" of Lake Mungo
- Rivendell at Grassy Creek
- Young men and spiritual experiences
- "...radical relationships of equality with all God's creation..."
- Where is Mary?
- "A New Order of Human Relations"?
- A Covenant with the Earth
Related works of Mark O' Loughlin as a marine biologist