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Volume 14 - 15 November, 2011 Dear Parents and Students As the year of Felicity draws to a close I offer this reflection on ‘Hope”, especially for the graduating class of 2011.
The two best-known images of Mary Ward are the open circle and the boat. The circle shows Mary and her young companions full of hope and excitement as they share the dream of doing great things for God.
Mary Ward and her companions faced disappointments and persecutions but they faced them with hope. The open circle of community exists in order to give us strength to get into the boat, even if the sails are blown full by storm winds. The same Christ who called fishers of Galilee and a seventeenth-century Yorkshire girl, calls us each day to have courage and to follow him within the circumstances of our own life. Each one of us is a pilgrim whether at the beginning, middle or end of our life here on earth. Mary Ward wrote: ‘Remember that God be the end of all your actions, and therein you will find great satisfaction, and think all things easy and possible’. She dared to dream the impossible and it came true, though not in her time. May the Spirit of God make us more loving companions in the open circle, more generous and courageous pilgrims as we sail towards an unknown future full of hope. Excerpt – York Minister Reflection Sr Gemma Simmonds CJ, 2009
COLLEGE GOVERNANCE – An invitation to serve. Loreto College as an incorporated body is governed by the Loreto College Council. The LCC reports to the National Education Board for Loreto Schools. The College Council currently is supported in its work by a Finance Committee and a Community Relations Committee. In 2012, the College Council will establish an additional committee: a Capital Works and Property Committee whose primary responsibility will be to oversee the orderly planning and implementation of capital works development and improvement and maintenance of the physical assets of the school. We are thus keen to receive expressions of interest from members of the community who hold relevant expertise and experience who may wish to serve on the committee.
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