TheHallowian-2021Vol2 - Flipbook - Page 51
From Sr Catherine Reuter:
A message to our newest past pupils,
the Class of 2021
It’s Tuesday Morning and I wanted to put fingers to
keyboard to wish you the joy and blessings of the end
of a very different and uncertain but in no way less
significant Year 12.
In these strange COVID times and throughout the
school’s 160th year you have surely experienced what
Catherine McAuley spoke about over 190 years ago
in her cycle of “joys and sorrows intertwined, one
following the other” and “of complicated joy with
vulnerability and possibility intertwined”.
Your Graduation this week is a time when you will
acknowledge these paradoxes but live into the joy and
celebration of your personal achievements as well as
the incredible witness as a Year 12 student body that
you have been for the AHSisterhood. I have been truly
amazed, as have the Sisters, at your creativity in staying
connected, your sense of purpose and application,
your acceptance of what is, your willingness to see
possibilities and your incredible resilience in the ebb
and flow of life as you could never have imagined in
January 2020 as you entered Year 11.
The farewells and goodbyes will be difficult because
they come tempered with that sense of loss and deep
sadness wrapped in all endings but be assured that
the seeds of the future are already held in you. You are
young, well-educated, mercy women who have good
news to spread.
Remember that God’s abiding ‘spirit of mercy’ will
continue to guide you through the unfolding chapters
of your life. Be open to and listen for these God
whispers.
You will be reminded on many occasions this week you are an All Hallows’ girl!
Please don’t take this ‘gift’ for granted but live into it
and into the future - be generous, just, tender-hearted
and gracious towards others.
Congratulations!
Blessings in Mercy,
Catherine and the Sisters
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