Director of Mission

Welcome back to a fresh New Year Marian!

I hope that you all had a great break and rejuvenated your Marian spirit. It’s great to see our College come back to life and begin what surely will be a big year. On behalf of the College, I would like to thank Mr Neville for all his work and efforts that he put in during his time as our Leader of Mission. He most certainly left his mark and built the foundations of our Faith and Service life at our College, enabling us to flourish. I most definitely have big shoes to fill.

This year in relation to our Catholic Identity and Mission Domain of the College Annual Improvement Plan, we have embedded a multitude of opportunities for students to reconnect with their Faith and Service at Marian Catholic College. Unfortunately, Covid-19 put on hold a lot of the initiatives that were planned, which we hope to either restart or put into action this year. 

With an emphasis on student service participation this year, we look to acknowledge and begin to prepare for some of our first significant College events. In Term 1, we have both Harmony Day and Fundraising for Project Compassion - Caritas kick start our year. In the coming week, students will receive more information on how they can participate in our annual Harmony Day festivities. There will be a big push for Homerooms to get around and support the fundraising for Project Compassion - Caritas. This year, we are offering prizes to our top three Homerooms that are able to raise the most amount of donations. At the end of every week, the leading Homeroom will be placed on the window outside of the Learning Centre. The prizes will be announced within the coming weeks. 

Marian Catholic College was built on the founding principles of serving the community and giving back to those who are less fortunate and that are in need. For inspiration, we look to our dual Charisms of the College. The Marist Brothers and Mercy Sisters are always looked to for inspiration as they demonstrate discipleship and living a life as God intended … A life of LOVE! 

Be on the lookout during Homeroom for further notices from your Homeroom teachers, as well as our College Community Action Team. 

I leave you with the theme for Project Compassion this year and a quote by Saint Oscar Romero:

“BE MORE” 

“Aspire not to have more, but to be more”

Saint Oscar Romero

I set you this challenge Marian. How can you as an individual and as a collective “Be More” in 2021?

Gabriel Abdala

Director of Mission