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Volume 31 - 13 October, 2015 Dear Parents & Students As we commence this fourth and final term of the year our attention turns towards “the finish”. We have now commenced the closing stages of yet another important year in the life of each. Let us be mindful then, of making the very best of what is yet still to be achieved and to ensure a strong and purposeful finish. We ask this most especially for our beautiful Year 12’s whose time as students at Loreto is almost complete. We pray that in this, their last term, they might remain confident and focused as they lead us, united together in truth and faith.
“Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.” Hebrews 12:1
Photo taken at the Church of St Julian of Norwich, England. Julian lived her life as a recluse at this little Church, where this window has been created in her memory, giving her life to prayer. Her writings are of a God, gentle, kind and understanding; a God as a friend who is courteous and kind and who will keep us safe. Her simple saying, that "All shall be well" sums up very nicely her deep and unshakeable faith in God. Given that she lived in a time of great hardship (14th century: The Great Plague; the economic hardships following the Hundred Years War in Europe; the Peasants’ Revolt in Norwich; and the Great Western Schism.....all generating a heightened fear of death and fear of God) her faith seems even more remarkable! May we find inspiration in her words of faith and wisdom.
Justice
Freedom
VERITY
Sincerity
Felicity