{"id":9982,"date":"2024-05-10T14:16:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T04:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=9982"},"modified":"2024-05-10T14:16:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T04:16:43","slug":"in-our-community-4","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/in-our-community-4\/","title":{"rendered":"In Our Community&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><b><i>IN our Community\u2026.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>MOTHER DAUGHTER MASS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was lovely to see so many mothers and daughters at the college last week to celebrate our beautiful Mother\u2019s Day Mass and supper. We were very fortunate to have Fr Michael de Stoop from the Seminary of the Good Shepherd, Homebush, who celebrated the Eucharist with our many mums and daughters. The Mass highlighted the love and nurture the mothers and mother figures provide with a focus on Richard Campbell\u2019s Madonna and Child Artwork. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A huge thank you to all who participating in the mass; Mrs. Eda Battaglia, Elena Battaglia, Angela Lakic, Cate Davis, Hannah Khoury, Mrs. Teresa Talarico, Luciana Arfi, Mrs. Natalye Ibrahim, Emily Ibrahim, Charlotte Brailey, Dr. Regina Schultz, Isobel Janda, Stephanie Gee, Mrs. Kathryn-Ann Gee, Cleo Wockner, Mrs. Donna Wockner and Mrs. Carolyn Criss<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Thank you to Mrs Melinda Alvarez for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">her coordination of the supper. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks to the following staff who supported the event: Mrs Caroline Morizzi, Ms Emma Pracey, Ms Marissa Spiteri, Mrs Caroline Marsh, Ms Christina O\u2019Neill, Mr Matthew Iskander, Mrs Caterina Fara, Ms Rosario Poli, Mrs Michelle Johns, Mrs Antonina Arcidiacono, Ms Claire Scott, Ms Virginia El-Koura and Mrs Erin Healey. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A special thanks to Mrs Erin Healey\u2019s Year 12 Hospitality students who prepared the supper and our fabulous Marist Sisters\u2019 College Fathers; Pete Magner and Benjamin Nah for their wonderful help at the supper.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9982 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a 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src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-10-at-10.15.34-am-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-10-at-10.15.43-am.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-10-at-10.15.43-am-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a 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class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-10-at-10.14.49-am.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-10-at-10.14.49-am-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-10-at-10.14.27-am.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-10-at-10.14.27-am-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<h5>\u00a0<\/h5>\n<p><b>YEAR 11 REFLECTION DAY<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Year 11 students had a wonderful day at their Year 11 Reflection Day on Friday. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Reflection Day is significantly different from an incursion or excursion. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At Marist Sisters\u2019 College Woolwich,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reflection Days are an integral part of our communities focus on faith formation. They are an integral part of the Religious Education program and allow students throughout their time at Marist Sisters to build on, extend and deepen the reflection on their emerging self in relationship to their family, their peers and God.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9939\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-9.52.13-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-9.52.13-am.png 307w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-9.52.13-am-186x150.png 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The purpose of the Reflection Day program is to assist students to recognise the importance of their holistic development, to give them further understanding of &#8220;fullness of life&#8221;.\u00a0 Activities are designed to open students to their spirit dimension as well as fostering a sense of community and a heightened awareness of their own faith and that of others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Year 11 Students participated in a range of activities that focused on the theme: Lead with a Heart of Service, with a focus on Servant Leadership and the qualities of what makes a good leader. The students were asked the question: what does leadership look like for you? What courage do you need to be a leader? This reflection day is the first step in the process of Senior Leadership for our Year 11 students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I would like thank the following teachers for being a wonderful support on the day and for leading their small groups: Dr Anne Ireland, Ms Melinda Alvarez, Ms Jennifer Dove, Ms Samantha Ison, Ms Irena Jajevic, Ms Mary-Anne Boutros, Ms Angela Bowland, Ms Veronica Barbagallo, Ms Marissa Watson, Ms Luisa Navanteri and Mr Liam Story<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-9982 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-10.00.57-am.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-10.00.57-am-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-10.01.44-am.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-10.01.44-am-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-10.01.35-am.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-10.01.35-am-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-10.01.27-am.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-10.01.27-am-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-10.01.17-am.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-10.01.17-am-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-10.01.08-am.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-10.01.08-am-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<h5><b><i>Social Justice Week<\/i><\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next week is Social Justice Week! Our social justice group, Marists in Action (MIA), has been working hard in organising a range of engaging initiatives, such as students creating their own vision boards of inspiring women, inviting an Aboriginal guest to run a rock painting activity, and watching Hidden Figures in the Theatrette.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The theme of Social Justice Week is \u2018Bridging the Gap\u2019. It refers to minimising the differences between the privileged and disadvantaged groups in order for everybody to have the same rights and experience the same opportunities. The MIA team is looking forward to \u2018bridging the gap\u2019 by creating more awareness about gender equality, homelessness, Aboriginal Australians and people with disabilities throughout this exciting week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><b><i>Vinnies Winter Appeal<\/i><\/b><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9950\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-2.09.29-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-2.09.29-pm.png 284w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-2.09.29-pm-161x150.png 161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alongside Social Justice Week, the College community is invited to support the Vinnies WinterAppeal this year. Students, parents and staff are asked to donate items needed for those who are experiencing housing hardship and disadvantage despite being in employment. These donations will be packed by students on the night of the Winter Sleepout and then distributed by Vinnies Van Services in the local Ryde area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please refer to the\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1mn661P82MAkn4ABUEfADBEN35Sxkkq5f\/edit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">allocated items<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">within your House. They can be delivered to Marian House from Weeks 3 &#8211; 5 during tutor time.\u00a0 Thank you for your support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><em><strong>Event from Archdiocese<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9952 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-2.17.19-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-2.17.19-pm.png 353w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-2.17.19-pm-221x320.png 221w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-2.17.19-pm-103x150.png 103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9953 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-2.18.07-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-2.18.07-pm.png 463w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-2.18.07-pm-320x271.png 320w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-2.18.07-pm-177x150.png 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"highlight\" style=\"text-align: left\"><i style=\"font-size: 1.4rem\"><em>Mrs Caroline Morizzi, Religious Education Coordinator<\/em><\/i><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This article on College life meets The Archbishop&#8217;s Charter for Catholic Schools &#8211; Charter #1, #2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IN our Community\u2026.\u00a0 MOTHER DAUGHTER MASS It was lovely to see so many mothers and daughters at the college last week to celebrate our beautiful Mother\u2019s Day Mass and supper. We were very fortunate to have Fr Michael de Stoop from the Seminary of the Good Shepherd, Homebush, who celebrated the Eucharist with our many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[7],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-9982","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_category-around-the-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/9982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=9982"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=9982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}