From the Principal

Dear Members of the Mount Lilydale Mercy College community

Welcome to the new term and the new week, which of course started with the return of the daylight savings period. Yes, last weekend we all put our clocks forward by one hour and lost an hour of precious sleep time. If you are anything like me, you are now reliant on an alarm to wake as your body clock resets itself and you spend most of the day readjusting what you are doing from the normal feeling of the day to what time your watch actually tells you it is. Although there is benefit to daylight savings, the feeling of once again leaving for work in darkness might leave us questioning the benefit.

We must take the time to adjust to the change.

In many ways our Year 12 cohort might be feeling a similar sense of despair as they adjust to the fact that their time of on-campus learning and formal classes is very quickly coming to an end. While they might be looking forward to the celebrations of their last day and Graduation, I am sure that many will be feeling the pressure of finalising assessments and preparing for exams. It is certainly a time of uncertainty for them.

Please join me in praying for them, and that they will have a sense of calm and clarity in what they hope to achieve. For those who are about to sit exams, let us pray that they are ready and results will follow that genuinely reflect both their abilities and their efforts. May their results be such that doorways to preferred courses are opened for them.

For those not sitting exams, let us pray that they are ready to transition to the world of work and other studies as needed to fulfill their genuine vocation.

Let us pray for them as the graduating Class of 2022 in the hope that they leave us to live a life of purpose and any despair will be short lived.

At the end of last term, the College finalised the process of selecting the Student Leadership Team for 2023. The selected students will be inducted into Captain and Prefect roles at a full College assembly next Tuesday morning. We congratulate the 2023 Captains and Prefects as they take the mantle of leadership from the Class of 2022 to allow them to concentrate on finalising their studies.

Let me formally announce and congratulate the 2023 Student Leadership Team:

In the spirit of Catherine,

God bless

Philip A Morison