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Volume 29 - 18 September, 2012 Dear Parents and Students
As another busy term comes to a close I wish to pay tribute to the many fine teachers at Loreto. We are truly blessed to have teachers of such high calibre who understand and embody “teaching as a vocation”. Parker J Palmer offers this insight: “Good teaching takes myriad forms but good teachers share one trait:
they are authentically present in
the classroom, deeply connected with
their students and their subject.
These connections are held in the teacher’s heart
the place where intellect, emotion and spirit
converge in the human-self.” Gracious God
May we be a community “of the heart, from the heart and about the heart”,
May we be grateful, sincere and trusting;
May our teachers be wise, discerning and reflective;
May our students be confident, free and resilient;
And, together, may we be open to the mystery of God’s presence working with and through each of us as we seek to be a community of freedom, verity, felicity, sincerity and justice. This we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.
THANK YOU I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank both Ms Diamond and Mrs O’Neill on the wonderful jobs they have both done respectively as Acting Deputy – Pastoral Care and Acting Year 12 Co-ordinator in the absence of Ms Carty. These two women provide outstanding leadership and care through generous and selfless service.
Justice Justice
Sincerity Sincerity
FREEDOM FREEDOM
Verity Verity
Felicity Felicity