From the Religious Education Coordinator

Each year on the 30th of June, the Marist Sisters throughout the world celebrate the anniversary of the death of their foundress, Jeanne-Marie Chavoin. At Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich, we are inspired by Jeanne-Marie’s enduring faith that is best encapsulated when she said, “Our Lord alone can satisfy our hearts which must live and yearn for him only.” (CMJ 85.1) We pray that we will always, like her, respond to God’s invitation and so give our lives to the service of the Gospel as Mary did.

Thank you to the celebrant of our Foundress Day Mass, the Very Rev Michael McLean, Parish Priest of St Mark’s Drummoyne. We welcomed Sr Mary Farrelly, Sr Noelene Simmons and Sr Gail Reneker, who represented the Marist Sisters. Also in attendance was Mrs Jenny Aduckiewicz, facilitator of Tuesday Christian Meditation. We also acknowledged and gave thanks to Mrs Pam Lubrano, former facilitator of Tuesday Christian Meditation who has ‘retired’. Pam began the program at the College in 2004 and has been a faithful mentor to thousands of students until her retirement. 

Thank you to Mrs Caroline Marsh and Mrs Sia Mastro, who, with the sixty students in the College choir, lead the College in the singing of the hymns and the music.

We also thanked the Student leadership Team of 2020/2021 and welcomed and blessed the Student Leadership team of 2021/2022.

Thank you to all the students and staff who had a ministry in the Mass.

I also acknowledge and thank the House Liturgy Captains 2020/2021 – Arielle, Orla, Orlaith, Bianca, Olivia and Claire for their commitment to and faith witness in leading the College. This they have done daily in leading the praying the Angelus and the Regina Coeli; at College liturgies and prayer services and through the Marists in Action group.

Fr Jean-Claude Colin challenged those who joined the Marists to “Think as Mary, Judge as Mary, Feel and Act as Mary.” That is still our challenge today at Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich in all that we do and undertake. 

Year 12 Mass

Year 12 students celebrated the Eucharist with Fr Aliki in Community Time. Thank you to Ellen, Madison, Anika, Claire, Orla, Arielle and Olivia for their ministries in the Mass.

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