From the Principal

Welcome back to Term 2! 

I hope that students, staff and families enjoyed a happy and restful break over the holiday period. I’m looking forward to the term ahead and the many opportunities our students take to engage and excel in the classroom as well as in all co-curricular activities. 

RIP Bishop Peter Ingham: Good Friend of our College  

Bishop Peter Ingham was a strong supporter of MSCW and celebrated significant masses for us. A gentle, humble man. One of the great ones.

Today, the Solemn Pontifical Mass of Christian Burial for Bishop Peter Ingham took place at St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Wollongong. On Wednesday night, Archbishop Fisher celebrated a Requiem Mass for Bishop Peter Ingham at St Mary’s Cathedral. 

Bishop Peter Ingham was ordained a priest on 18 July 1964. In his early ministry in the Archdiocese of Sydney he served as Assistant Priest in Rosebury, Newtown, St Mary’s (near Penrith) and Auburn South followed by six years as private secretary to Cardinal Sir James Freeman and ten years as Secretary of the Archdiocese of Sydney. He was nominated a Prelate of Honour (Monsignor) to his holiness Pope John Paul II in 1986. In 1990, he returned to parish ministry as Parish Priest of St Charles, Ryde. He was ordained an auxiliary Bishop of Sydney in 1993 by his Eminence Cardinal Edward Clancy, with the title of Bishop of Pudenziana. Bishop Peter Ingham was installed as the fourth Bishop of Wollongong on 25 July 2001. 

Happy Mother’s Day to all Mums, Grandmothers, Aunts and female role models for Sunday, 12 May. On Wednesday night, we enjoyed a great celebration with our Mums here at the College at our annual Mother’s Day Mass & Supper. Read on to see the highlights of the night.

The Term started with our annual ANZAC Day Assembly where, as a College community, we stopped to both remember and commemorate all those Australians who had fallen in theatres of war or conflict. We keep in our prayers our families who have loved ones currently serving in our defence forces in Australia and overseas. You will read more about our special Assembly later in our Newsletter.

Daughter and Mother duo inspiring others to run the “Humpty Dumpty Balmoral Burn”

The Humpty Dumpty Foundation “Balmoral Burn” is now only 2 weeks away. One of our Year 12 students, Elsie Gray, is keen to be involved again and this year she is excited that her Mum, Louise, is joining her in the run up the hill.

Elsie’s motivation to support the Humpty Dumpty Foundation and run the Balmoral Burn again is to raise money to ensure that “no family has to experience barriers in healthcare”. Humpty Dumpty provides vital equipment to our hospitals for sick kids.

Elsie hopes to accomplish three things:

• To make it to the top, look down to the bottom of Awaba Street and commend myself for running the whole way. 

• To raise a funds to contribute to the Humpty Dumpty Foundation with the help of my family and friends. 

• To encourage as many people as I can to take on the challenge! In addition to my mum, I am motivating all of my family members and friends to run with me and tackle the street together! 

Elsie describes her preparation as a little different to last year.

“Last year, the whole experience and lead up to running the Balmoral Burn was filled with excitement and I told myself to ignore that I was going to run up one of Sydney’s Steepest Streets! I was shocked to find how difficult it was and was astonished watching hundreds run all the way up and some even sprint! In order to master the burn this year, my mum, Louise and I are undertaking many different training strategies. In addition to training for our upcoming half marathon, implementing hill sprint intervals is a must in addition to focusing on refuelling our bodies, stretching and especially good warm-ups and cool downs!”

Well done to Elsie and Louise. They are such an inspiration!

This event, a physical challenge, is a great opportunity for our students and staff to make a huge difference for kids in Australian hospitals and those medical professionals on the frontline.

Date: Sunday, 26 May
Venue: Awaba Street, Balmoral