MAZENODIAN A PUBLICATION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FRIENDS OF MAZENOD COLLEGE ISSUE 1 • VOLUME 32 • JULY 2021
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I caught up with an ex-Mazza family during a junior football game and after sharing a few laughs with them, they had a message they wanted to make clear to me about Mazenod. They said, Mazenod is the best kept secret and how the boys are developed into well rounded young men on exit. They repeated this in a slow emphasized tone. “BEST KEPT SECRET”. This is not the first time I have heard this (or the last I am sure) but it still makes me very proud to be a part of the community. Now, I know we don’t have a hundred percent strike rate with every student, but it is very close. Even the ones that may be a little rough around the edges who may take a bit longer to shine, often will still recall the good times at school. With a lot of things on offer at schools now days, there is something for every student to have an interest in to find their own strengths. For a lot of the students, it is football that kept them positive at school, for others it might be the arts or the variety of other clubs.
PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH We welcome all former students, parents, friends and staff to renew their association with the College and update their contact details. Let us know where you are these
When you mention the word ‘football’, there is one name for many which is the essence of every team who runs onto the namesake oval of this great man and Oblate: Fr Ian Mackintosh. He played for Kalamunda Cougars after arriving from Victoria in 1966 and made a massive impression (see article). I was lucky enough to be coached by Fr Mack in 1986 and my father was a great friend of his and still often recalls the stories at family lunches. He brought out the strengths in many young Mazenod men and had them at the heart of his existence. In this issue we are reflecting on a few of our current and past football greats in respect to Fr Mack who had a limitless well of passion for Mazenod College, for footy and Richmond!
days and what you are doing in your family and working lives. Please email info@mobwa.com.au or if you are an Old Boy and would like to become a member of the MOB go online to www.mobwa.com.au and download the membership form. Alternatively, you can telephone Jeremy Logan on (08) 9291 1500.
RIP Father Ian Mackintosh OMI
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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE We have enjoyed another great semester at Mazenod and I reflect on all the in-class and extra-curricular moments where students have let their light shine and our staff have given generously to assist this aim. So many achievements and commitments in academic pursuits, sport, the cocurricular program and service learning! The key for any school to assist a young person to let their light shine is to provide a range of opportunities so each student can find a niche. A niche that leads to unleashing character strengths, providing an opportunity to thrive and a chance to develop a mastery of something that helps grow self-esteem. At Mazenod we want to continue to provide an ascending range of challenges so we can assist boys and young men with the development of healthy self-esteem and worth. This edition of the Mazenodian covers a variety of the pursuits of our students and staff while also celebrating the life of Fr Ian Mackintosh OMI. As always, it is so heartening to read of the activities of our Mazenod Old Boys as they strive to continue pursuing personal excellence. I hope you enjoy reading the Mazenodian. Andrew Watson Principal
VALE FR IAN MACKINTOSH OMI Ian Joseph Mackintosh was born on Tuesday 7 November 1939, in Geelong, Victoria, and was educated at St Joseph’s College Geelong. In 1959 he joined the Oblates at Sorrento, did his scholasticate studies at Cedara, South Africa from 1959 to 1965 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Africa. Father Mackintosh was ordained in Geelong on Wednesday 8 December 1965. Fr Ian’s first obedience was to teach at Mazenod College, Lesmurdie, arriving here in 1966, our first year. He then became Rector in 1973 and subsequently was Rector at Mazenod Victoria from 1978 until 1983. In 1984 he returned here as Head of Religious Education, a position he held for nearly six years. His final school appointment was teaching at Iona College, Queensland until the end of 1992. He then moved into parish work, with 12 years at St John Vianney’s, Springvale North, firstly as assistant Parish Priest, then as Parish Priest. From 2005 to 2010 he was Parish Priest at Sorrento, then he spent six years as Parish Priest of Dernancourt. His final appointment was as Parish Priest, Sorrento in 2017.
True to his down to earth nature, Fr Mack spent his three month sabbatical in 2016 supplying in Geraldton diocese, as acting Parish Priest of Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo, driving many kilometres through the outback, ministering to miners, their families, and aboriginals, assisted by the Josephite Sisters. An experience he thoroughly enjoyed. In January 2020 he retired to Camberwell community house. He died suddenly at Camberwell on the morning of 19 February 2021. Affectionately known as “The Bear”, Fr Ian was a passionate sportsman, loved Richmond AFL team (wore Richmond socks) and disliked umpires and referees. A great reader who loved history and politics, he was passionate about the Oblates and the Church, prepared his sermons in great detail, was loyal and steadfast. He was a home body, who did not like sleeping away. He was gregarious, great company and honest. He saw the best in people, was kind, and responded to needs. Fr Ian Mackintosh OMI was a founding father of
our College along with Fr Don Hughes OMI and Fr Kevin Davine OMI. Our second Rector, he committed so much to building our school in its early years, galvanising the support of the community to establish the College in name and spirit. Fittingly, the College oval is named in his honour as Fr Mackintosh worked alongside parents and Hills community people to scratch out the oval by hand and hard work to provide our boys with their first sporting facility. If there ever was a football match or cricket match where Mazenod was deep in the battle of sport, not only was he present but in full voice showing his passion for the efforts of the boys. Fr Mackintosh will always be remembered and held in high regard by the generations of boys, families, the staff and old boys who journeyed with him at Mazenod. As the Mazenod community we join with the Provincial and the Oblates to give thanks to God for the gift of his life. We pray for his family and our Oblates. May Fr Ian Mackintosh OMI now rest in peace. Mr Andrew Watson Principal
The last handwritten letter from Fr Mackintosh OMI to Mazenod College. He was responding to a question from Luke Cowan (17), who was a working as a Marketing Intern at the College.
LEADERSHIP PORTFOLIOS This year has seen the Year 12 Leaders actively adopt our emerging portfolio structure. The Prefects and Captains have nominated to participate as leader members of one of the four portfolios: Faith & Mission, Media, Wellbeing, and Sustainability. The goal is to develop activities that fit within the portfolio while including younger year student leaders. There have been many activities through the year though a few examples are: The Faith & Mission portfolio, working with Mr Tom Voakes, coordinated an Op Shop Fashion Show. The leaders coordinated publicity and donations for good quality clothing to be donated as part of the Vinnie’s Winter Appeal. The event included a pop-up shop and a staff member fashion show. The Wellbeing portfolio led the Men’s Health Week activities, including a publicity video, free healthy snack giveaway, and Mazenod Moves Lapathon of the oval with students travelling a combined 278kms in about 25 minutes. The students recruited Year 9 and 10 leaders into the organisation, making a true portfolio of leadership across the years. The Sustainability leaders have begun work with the Sustainability portfolio. Led by staff
members Ms Biffin and Ms Budge, the group meets every week to plan their next activity. The Year 12s joined this group to share two opportunities: a rubbish collection House event to clean up the College; and a plastic free day. If families have been at any events they may have seen some keen Media portfolio students with cameras or interviewing other students. They are working tirelessly to bring media content to our social media pages and newsletters The portfolios are designed to have Year 12 student leaders who will drive the innovation ideas into action but all students are welcome to share and participate in these portfolios. Each year as we grow new leaders and seek to identify the Year 12 Prefects and Captains we do so with the intention that these portfolios allow the structure and focus for the students to feel real agency in aspects of the community that matter to them. Mr Michael Anderson Dean of Students
THE RITE JOURNEY Since 2014, Year 9 students at Mazenod College have participated in The Rite Journey as part of the Year 9 pastoral care program. The Rite Journey is a unique life skills program that is designed to support the development of self-aware, responsible and resilient young men. The Rite Journey also aims to celebrate the physical, social, emotional and spiritual growth of young men while under the guidance of a male teacher/mentor to promote a passage towards and an example of responsible, respectful adulthood. The young men actively participate in group activities and discussions designed to allow them to set goals for the year, address teamwork and to reflect on their childhood and make the first steps to young adulthood. The current Year 9 cohort are the eighth group to experience the benefits of the program It has also been a College goal to integrate aspects of the Rite Journey into other years. Starting this year, Year 12 students have begun running a Rite Journey mentor session once a term. It has been invaluable having our Year 12 students discuss their own
journey, challenges, failures and successes with the current Year 9 students. The Head of Year 10 has also begun to make direct links to the program in Year 10 pastoral lessons to continue addressing the important messages discussed in Year 9. In 2021, this included a Mothers and Mentors Dinner where students could engage in hosting important females in their lives. This aligns with our focus on respectful relationships and interactions but also draws back into focus some of the key learnings from The Rite Journey. The Rite Journey has a valued and important place in the Mazenod Journey for our students. The outcome being young men who are more aware of the kind of men they have the potential to be, more resilient and respectful young men. It is an important step to see this pastoral focus begin its own journey into other years to continue the important messages of the program. Mr Liam Mallon Head of Year 9
CHARACTER STRENGTHS Mazenod College has been working intentionally to develop our student wellbeing approach to include a strategy called Character Strengths. Character Strengths seeks to shift the thinking about ourselves from a deficit-model that looks to identify what we are missing and refocus on what we have. We all have strengths, and we can all grow them through intentional use. There are 24 strengths identified in this approach and we all have a combination of them in different measures. However, by completing a survey our students identify their five signature strengths. Strengths, that when in use, make the activity feel effortless and energizing. When Love of Learning is being exercised a student might become immersed in a research project; teamwork may find a student invigorated and appropriately aware of their contribution to their basketball team when it seems to be working like a well-oiled machine. Social intelligence can be at play when the student is navigating complex social interactions and facilitating the resolution of issues in friendship groups.
Character Strengths gives the College and our community a common language that describes what is best in each use. It is research-based and emerged from the work of, among many others, the not-for-profit organisation VIA Institute of Character, and renowned social scientist Martin Seligman, notable author of the best-selling The Optimistic Child and Flourish. More recently we see it in the work of Professor Lea Waters’ Visible Wellbeing. This approach gives our students new ways of conceptualising themselves and others. It seeks to foster positive personal growth and feelings. In 2020, we began by including introductions to Strengths into our pastoral lessons. In 2021, that work continues with information videos that we have been releasing at key times alongside our calendared events. Students receive guidance on how to spot strengths and grow them too. This is an ongoing project for the College and with each review and iteration of activities we see new opportunities to support our students as they learn what they are along their Mazenod Journey.
ARTS WEEK The purpose of Arts Week is to promote careers in the arts, as well as highlight how Mazenod’s focus is always on industry, by creating young, adaptable, and competent working artists who are ready for the workforce. The hope is to move arts away from just being an enjoyable activity or ‘fun subject’, to a practical pathway that has many employment opportunities and an abundance of transferable skills. There were a lot of activities including artists in workshops, Q&A sessions and performances. In addition to all the fun that took place at school over the four days, Arts also launched Mazenod Arts Podcast, hosted by 2021 Arts Captain, Jenn Hurley-Green. Another great feature of the Arts Week was the participation of many Old Boys. Brendan Cecich (18) spoke to students about his developing career in photography, Harrison Gerhardy (15) shared is experience in the fashion and design industry, and Oli McDonald (11) conducted a workshop in screen printing. Cinematographer Mick McDermott (82) toured a group of boys around his film camera workshop, and a big group of Old Boy musicians performed during the Friday lunch time concert. It was amazing to welcome back to Mazenod College these Old Boys and to share the passion they have for their artistic endeavours. Hopefully, some of their enthusiasm may inspire the current students to pursue their passion for the arts in the future Mrs Beth Tamigi
YEAR 7s The last week of Term Two brought to a close a very busy yet exciting semester for our youngest Mazenod students. The Year 7s have risen to meet every challenge that starting secondary school has given them and should be extremely proud of the way in which they have grown and navigated their first two terms of the year.
The Peer Support program that ran throughout Term One provided an opportunity for the younger students to engage and form relationships with the senior students. The mentorship from the older boys provides an invaluable connection and sense of belonging, as well as the development of skills such as leadership, teamwork and tolerance.
For all of our students, transitioning to high school provides some challenges. Whether it be catching a bus for the first time, using a locker or making new friendships, all the boys have demonstrated their strengths in different areas. Our boarding students have also had to tackle the challenge of sharing their home with a large number of ‘brothers’, as well as being away from family for an extended time.
Term Two gave the boys opportunities to show their House spirit with both the House Cross-Country and Athletics Carnival. Year 7s showed fantastic participation and support for their respective Houses as well as great support for their teammates.
Term One provided many positive experiences for the boys, starting with their Camp in Week 3. What was evident very quickly during our three days away, was the support the boys gave to each other and the teamwork that they showed with the various activities. Many friendships were made and relationships developed, in what was a very rewarding three days together. The annual Fathers and Friends breakfast followed and provided a chance for the students to celebrate the important male role models they have in their life. Many guests were able to stay for Period One activities which included pH testing in the science laboratory, reminiscing on what school was like for the dads and the hard-fought dodgeball game on the tennis courts. It was debatable whether the students or the parents were the most determined to win this game.
During the semester, the Year 7s were also involved in activities designed to develop skills, other than academic ones, that are essential for our young students to navigate middle school. The often complicated landscape of social media and cybersafety was addressed by the Y-Safe incursion that the boys took part in early in Term Two. The boys also learnt invaluable study techniques and time management skills by taking part in the Elevate incursion in Week 5. The term culminated in a social at Cockburn Ice Arena with the Year 7 girls from St Brigid’s College. The boys were able to practice their social skills and I congratulate them on their impeccable and gentlemanly behaviour. We look forward to an equally rewarding second semester for our youngest students. Mr Teresa Bulich Head of Year 7
CONTINUING TRADITION As we have seen from the stories shared by Fr Mackintosh earlier in this edition of the Mazenodian, Mazenod has a long tradition of Australian Rules Football. One day it would be amazing to be able to document all the First XVIII teams throughout the history of the College, and to recognise all the players who went on to play at WAFL, VFL and AFL level, but that is a big job for another day. If you would like to share your story, please don’t hesitate to contact Old Boys Liaison Officer, Jeremy Logan at the College. We would really love to hear from you. In the meantime, here are a few stories from Old Boys who have continued their football journey, post Mazenod.
OLD BOYS’ STORIES
COREY GAULT (09) What’s your most memorable football story from playing at Mazenod? Most memorable moment would have to be the 2008 Melbourne Football trip, beating Mazenod Vic by a point. How did playing football at Mazenod shape you as a player? Playing football at Mazenod influenced me a great deal. The coaches and teachers that I had, had a great philosophy around promoting the game and fostering a hard working attitude around playing football. My memories include Mr Logan’s conditioning circuits around the pool area, knockout sprints around the Lesmurdie BMX track and six kilometre time trial runs with Mr Hemley. Our local coach (Ross Whitehouse) had a number of high profile people come and give us insight into playing at the highest level, including former Fremantle Docker’s player, Troy Longmuir and Andrew Lockyer, who was the State 18’s coach at the
time. It was great to hear from such experienced footballers. What football player at Mazenod do you remember the most and why? (First and Last name if possible) Probably Kyle Mclaughlin and Lewis Harvey. Those boys were a couple of years ahead of me and were travelling along the development path, which I was aspiring to follow. They were great role models in the way they went about their football. What has been your biggest highlights during your football career? Biggest highlight would have to be my AFL debut for Collingwood against Hawthorn in round 23, 2014. Is there anything else, you would like to share with current Mazenod students? I am currently playing at Swan Districts Football Club, where we see a lot of young Mazenod students coming through the Colts, that is always good to see. I am also HPE teacher at Eastern Hills Senior High School.
OLD BOYS’ STORIES
RUSSELL CLARK (85) What is your current job title and what does it involve? General Manager – Perth Football Club. I oversee all operations of the football club. Any other personal news you would like to share. I’m married to Natalie and we have five kids. Mitchell 21, Jordan 20, Jye 19, Taite 16 and Tiarn 13. After leaving school in 85, I studied a Bachelor of Commerce at Curtin University. During that time there, I continued playing football in State Amateurs in 1987 and the moved to the Perth Football Club for the 1990 season. I was fortunate to be named in the 1992 WAFL Team Of The Year, that year. Due to several injuries I retired at the end of the 1993 season and took the role of Football Manager. At end of 1997 I moved to Peel Thunder as Football Manager before becoming General Manager. I returned to the Perth Football Club as General Manager in February 2020. My son has had some great successes. In 2017, Jordan was named in the All-Australian Under 16
Cricket team and won Player of the Series against Pakistan in Dubai where he took a hat-trick and a five wicket haul in one match. In 2018 Jordan was named in the All-Australian AFL Under 18s team, WA AFL Under 18s MVP and was taken with pick 15 in the 2018 AFL draft by Geelong. Can you reflect back at your time as a student at Mazenod and share one thing that you learnt, that has had an influence in your life and/or career. I was a boarder at Mazenod, so we learnt a number of skills. One of the most important things I learnt was the value of friendship. I am still close friends with a number of lads in particular, Steve Byrne, Paul Hamersly, Tim Woods and Ian Wells. Thinking about your time at Mazenod College, is there something you could share with the current students that may help them on their journey through secondary school. I guess the most important thing is forming connections with people and to be open to new ways and concepts.
WILLIAM COLLINS (19) What have you been doing since graduating? I am currently playing for the West Coast Eagles, with fellow Mazenod Old Boy Harry Edwards. I am also studying Occupational Therapy at Curtin University. Any other news or personal highlights you would like to share. I made my WAFL league debut at the start of the 2021 season, then I was drafted to the West Coast Eagles in the AFL mid season draft, which was great! Can you reflect back at your time as a student at Mazenod and share one thing that you learnt, that has had an influence in your life and/or career. The main things I learned while I was a student at Mazenod was resilience and perseverance. Throughout school I was never the best at anything, or the first person to be picked on the team. I had to fight and work my way to the things that I wanted to achieve. There were times when I wouldn’t be
picked for a team, and I learnt that the only way to move forward was to get up, dust yourself off and keep giving it one hundred percent. These lessons were invaluable in helping me achieve my dreams of playing AFL at the highest level. Thinking about your time at Mazenod College, is there something you could share with the current students that may help them on their journey through secondary school. If there is one thing that I would want to share with Mazenod College students is enjoy your time at Mazenod. I am sure that you have heard it all before, but going to Mazenod is the best thing that I have ever done. Invest in friendships with your school mates and relish the brotherhood of your year group, and the Mazenod spirit. Six years sounds like a long time, but it all goes so fast. Enjoy every single day.
MAZENOD COLLEGE AFL FOOTBALL HISTORY – GARY MCDONALD What’s your most memorable football story from coaching at Mazenod? The year we played Lockridge in a Preliminary Final for the Quit Cup. They were a very strong team with five State U18 players including two All Australian players. It was a wet day, the boys showed some real Mazza Spirit and at the final siren it was a draw. Extra time was played and at the end Mazenod prevailed. The next week we had to play Wesley College, who had just demolished Corpus Christi College by 10 goals. They also had a very strong list, but we were a very strong team who played for each other. No one gave Mazenod any chance of winning. In the end, the
strong Mazenod team, who believed in themselves, over ran Wesley to win the Quit Cup What football player at Mazenod do you remember the most and why? Paul Hasleby. He was fearless, with great skills and could think and act under pressure. What have been your biggest highlights during your coaching career? Being chosen to be part of the development of several groups of teams. Special mention to the 1996 U17 Mazenod team who really set the standards for the following years of success. Mazenod’s culture was second to none.
OLD BOYS PREMIER 1 SUCCESS The 2017 Senior Hockey team was one of Mazenod’s most successful teams over recent years. In that year, they toured Singapore winning all games on tour, they were Premiers in the Hockey WA’s A Promotional competition and made the finals in the ACC competition. The team was full of dedicated, enthusiastic and talented hockey players. In 2017, as a Year 12 student, team captain Daniel Heyward made his Premier 1’s debut for Curtin University Hockey Club. Premier League hockey is the highest domestic league in the Hockey WA competition and arguably the highest standard of domestic hockey in Australia. This is due to the AIS and National hockey programs being based in Perth thus allowing many current Australian players to compete in this league. Since then, there have been six other players from that team also play Premier 1’s for Curtin. In 2018 Luke Checker, Lucas Allen and Tim Wallis (all from class 17) and Tom Baxter (18) made their debuts and in 2020 James Pavlinovich and Timothy Bewick (18) also made the team. The influx of talented Mazza hockey players representing Curtin continued again with graduates from the class of 2019 choosing to play senior hockey for Curtin and Alec Vanzetti (class of ’19) making his Premier 1’s debut in the last game of the 2020 season.
The link between Mazenod and Curtin University Hockey Club dates back to 2003 and provides aspiring Mazza hockey players with a pathway to further their hockey development at the highest level. The relationship between the two entities is perhaps now at it’s very strongest, with old boy Tom Reid (class of ’03) currently holding the position of President and Jonah Powell (class ’19) being the Men’s Coordinator. From this relationship, the Mazenod Hockey Club was able to secure the services of Corey Weyer (Australian Team (Kookaburras) Member) as a guest coach for season 2020. Corey came in and completed a series of training sessions with all of the Mazenod Hockey Club’s junior teams. This was greatly appreciated by the players and coaches alike, with all learning a few new skills or tips to help improve their game. Over 25 MOB members continue to play hockey at Curtin University Hockey Club in season 2021, creating a small slice of Mazenod culture within the club. Looking to dust off the stick at Curtin University Hockey Club? Reach out to Tom or Jonah at https:// cuhc.org.au/contact-us/. Mr Justin Pavlinovich President Mazenod Hockey Club
Front Row: Basil Conti (83), Leo Conti (82), Bob Huston - Secretary(78), John Keogh - President (04), Sean Cameron - Treasurer (82), Jeremy Logan (87). Second Row: Adrian Conti (87), Liam Mallon (06), Iggy Moro (87), Sebastian Fiolo (89), Chris Mason (01), Chris Lowry (83). Absent: Liam Staltari – VicePresident (12) Sean Marriot (83)
MOB SUMMARY
MAZENOD OLD BOYS PRESIDENT’S REPORT MOB Presidents report, Sem 1, 2021 Hello Mazenod Old Boys and members of our great Mazenod Community, While we still have the linger of Covid-19 here and there, for the most part we have managed to have a normal year thus far. We have had a number of events which has been pleasing to see and the MOB have once again exemplified the ‘Mazza Spirit’. Some things over the first few months have been: - - - - -
BBQs for Year 12s in Term 1 and 2 The MOB V Student Hockey Match MOB Footy Tipping commencd Old Boys Catch up for all years at the Empire Bar Installation of the Old Boys Executive Committee board in the College library and the honour board for those Old Boys who have seen
One important event we held was the Memorial Mass on March 18 for one of our foundation priests Fr Ian Mackintosh OMI. This was celebrated by the Provincial Fr Christian Fini OMI and was a very moving and powerful experience, drawing in Old Boys who had not been to the College since they graduated in the early
1970s. Great reminiscing and storytelling was had some late into the night. Earlier in the year the committee decided to once again postpone our major 10 year formal dinner scheduled for June.. This was fortuitous as we would not have been able to have a number of important Oblates from Melbourne join us as they were in lock down! We continue to plan for this event and look forward to the time in which we can do it. (Fingers crossed for 2022). I hope you enjoy reading up on stories of what our amazing Old Boys are up to and how they continue to contribute and grow the communities they are a part of. Once again thank you to the MOB committee for their tireless work in continuing the work of this great community origination. I look forward to seeing you at one of our MOB events soon. John Keogh (04) MOB President
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CORE VALUES VISION OF SUCCESS • Respect and Dignity
• A thriving school culture of passion and excellence • Excellent student and staff well-being • Better lives and better communities through the work of our staff and students
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• A place of welcome and inclusivity • Culture of all striving for personal excellence • A quality education focussed on developing young Christian men
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To inspire both ourselves and others to ‘Learn What We Are in The Eyes of God’
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OUR COLLECTIVE AMBITION As a Catholic College established by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate we look to our founder, St Eugene De Mazenod, for our spirit, mission and values. The College motto - Learn what you are in the eyes of God, is taken from the writings of St. Eugene himself and dates back to the College foundation in 1966. Our collective ambition summarised above expresses both our expectations and our hopes. At the heart of the diagram is our mission or core purpose. This is our core around which our vision, strategy, brand, values and leader behaviours all orbit. Together they summarise our ambition - it is not simply a collection of words - it is a statement about ‘the way we live together’ at Mazenod.
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