From the Principal

Dear members of the MLMC community

Welcome back.

Welcome back, indeed. Welcome back to Term 4 and, for our most senior students, welcome back to on-campus learning in this, your final weeks of school as you prepare to transition from your last year of formal secondary education. I am sure I have said it before but our campus is simply not the same without students, for it is our students that bring it to life and provide the soul that make it more than a well-maintained set of buildings and grounds.

Having said that, I am aware that for this group of students who are looking at graduating in the very near future, it has been an extraordinary couple of years. Hopefully we will never see times like these again. A lot has been asked of our senior students with the loss of formal assemblies, special birthday parties, dances and senior events and all the while asking them to lead our student body, while over half their senior years have been spent in remote learning.

Now is a time that we ask more of them. Now, in these final weeks of school, we ask them to consolidate their 13 years of schooling, to consolidate these past two years of VCE or VCAL and to prepare for final assessment. We ask them to ready themselves to leave us, whether that be straight to the world of work or to prepare for VCE exams. It is our VCE students that I am particularly thinking of at this time, for they must consolidate two years of remote learning in final exams.

Our Year 12 students and our Year 12 VCE students, in particular, are in need of our support. Soon I will write to each of them encouraging them to use this time wisely in preparation for exams, but to also find the time for daily prayer as I have guaranteed them that they will all be in my prayers. I pray that each of them remains in good health and finds the strength and commitment they need to consolidate their learning to produce their best in the upcoming exams. I pray that they remain focused. I pray that they will be granted serenity and peace of mind and that they will always feel the presence of God in their life. I pray that each will find an authentic vocation and will have the strength to fulfil it. I pray that the world will benefit from their talents and that many people will benefit from their gifts and from their love. I wish them every blessing as they prepare for their final exams and ask you to join me in prayer in support of our most senior students.

I am very proud of the extensive process by which we select student leadership here at MLMC as it involves an application process, staff and student voice, staff and student vote and an extensive interview process. I am most pleased about the number of students who apply and choose to lead and serve our community.

Being very proud the College Prefects during 2021, the process for selection of leaders for 2022 is now concluded with the following students being appointed.

We do not know how or when we will induct our 2022 Prefects, but will do so as soon as regulations and opportunity allow it. For now, we announce and thank the following students and wish them every blessing in the leadership and service of and to our College in 2022.

In the Spirit of Catherine, may God bless and keep you.

Philip A Morison
Principal