{"id":44315,"date":"2026-03-13T13:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=44315"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:32:23","slug":"chaplains-corner-22","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/chaplains-corner-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaplain&#8217;s Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44337 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/Rev-Vinnie-400x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/Rev-Vinnie-400x640.jpg 400w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/Rev-Vinnie-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/Rev-Vinnie-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/Rev-Vinnie-94x150.jpg 94w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/Rev-Vinnie.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/>Honouring International Women\u2019s Day and Harmony Week<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Celebrating and honouring International Women\u2019s Day and Harmony Week continued throughout the School this week and our School Chapel Service was blessed with the leadership of our Music, Community and Round Square Captains.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>During chapel, a special Bible reading from <em>Colossians<\/em> 3:12-15 was shared, encouraging our School community to clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. We honour the women in our lives \u2013 mothers, grandmothers, aunties, daughters, leaders, teachers, and friends \u2013 who demonstrate compassion, resilience, and care every day. Their nurturing spirits foster unity and peace within our families, communities, and society. By celebrating women, we acknowledge the richness and strength they bring to our collective story.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>St Paul teaches us: &#8216;<i>And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.&#8217; <\/i>Love is what connects everything. It turns compassion into action, forgiveness into reconciliation, and kindness into belonging.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>When we celebrate Harmony Week and International Women\u2019s Day together, we recognise that harmony and equality are intrinsically linked. Genuine harmony is built upon respecting and uplifting every individual, ensuring that everyone\u2019s voice is heard. As young people, our girls hold the power to shape the future \u2013 by listening, standing up against prejudice, and striving for fairness.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>It is my prayer that the MLC School community will be inspired to reach out, connect, and celebrate the unique strengths and gifts of each person \u2013 choosing kindness, inclusion, compassion, and equality&#8230; making our School and community a place where everyone belongs and everyone thrives!<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:vravetali@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\"><em><strong>\u2013 Rev Vinnie Ravetali<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Senior Chaplain<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honouring International Women\u2019s Day and Harmony Week \u00a0 Celebrating and honouring International Women\u2019s Day and Harmony Week continued throughout the School this week and our School Chapel Service was blessed with the leadership of our Music, Community and Round Square Captains. \u00a0 During chapel, a special Bible reading from Colossians 3:12-15 was shared, encouraging our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[9],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-44315","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-news-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/44315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=44315"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=44315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}