Principal
Sr Mary Moloney rsm
Dear Members of the Academy Community,
Next week we move into the season of Lent with Shrove Tuesday on 21 February followed by Ash Wednesday on 22 February.
Lent provides us with an opportunity to reflect on our lives and to re-examine our relationships with others and with God. It encourages us to make a difference and to live more purposefully and fully.
A key event in College life took place on 6 February - our beginning of year assembly which included: Acknowledgement of High Achievers, Investiture of Student Leaders, Beginning of Year Mass.
Please find below the speech given by Georgie Wood, 2022 College Dux where she highlights some of the strategies she used during her VCE year.
Also below, is the opening address of our 2023 College Captain, Rahel Abraham where she unpacked our College theme a little and highlighted the importance of making this theme a lived reality at the Academy in 2023.
May the academic year begin well for you and may God favour us all with many blessings
Every blessing,
Sr Mary Moloney rsm
Principal
God of Mercy and Compassion, hear the prayers of this community gathered in your name as we begin the journey of Lent. Open our hearts to the Mercy call to pray unfailingly for others, especially those made poor.
God of Compassion, hear us
We pray for openness to the call of the Gospel to go out into the world, like Catherine McAuley who spent her resources – financial and physical – on building a house for the poor.
God of Compassion, hear us
We pray for the spirit of humility and service modelled by Catherine McAuley who welcomed every person who came to the door.
God of Compassion, hear us
We pray for an unwavering focus on the care of others, that we may be like Catherine McAuley who embraced those rejected by society – children, single mothers, the elderly, and the poor.
God of Compassion, hear us
We pray for welcoming hearts and the faith to believe that we can make a difference in our world. This Lent may we open our hearts to others.
God of Compassion, hear us
Mercy be the name;
Mercy be the path;
Mercy at the heart;
Ever, ever, Amen.