Assistant Principal - Religious Identity & Mission 

Thank you to everyone for your warm welcome to St Virgil’s College. I enjoyed meeting and chatting with our new Year 7s and their parents last week. I am also enjoying getting to know our Year 7 students as they process through the Spiritual Journey component of the New Beginnings Program with me. 

The Spiritual Journey introduces our students to the religious and faith life of the college. We explore the story of Edmund Rice and the impact of his teachings on what we do here at the college today. The students are introduced to Fr Suresh and our local parish, and we take a tour of St Mary’s Cathedral. I am aware that we are all at different stages of our faith and spiritual journey, and the program we run is a reflection of that. It is intended to give the boys a deeper understanding of our beliefs and charisms here at St Virgil’s College.

The following quote from Jeremy Stalnecker sums it up beautifully.

2 Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight: 

“The Journey of Faith is not a blind walk of self-discovery. It is a confident journey taken over a lifetime accomplishing all that God sets before us until we are conformed to the image of His Son. (Romans 8:29) He will guide us. He will lead us. He will equip us. He will provide for us. One step at a time.”