Principal's Message

Pentecost

Last weekend the Church celebrated the feast of Pentecost, a time when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles, a time when Jesus’ words from the cross were fulfilled;

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor to be with you forever — the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.  John 14:16–18

The Holy Spirit gave the apostles gifts and skills necessary to fulfil the great commissioning role they were to undertake, to go forth and spread the Good News. It is also considered to be the birth of the Church, Peter the first Pope preaches for the first time and converts many non-believers.

Two thousand years later we as Catholic educators are commissioned with the same task. In our College we are called to ‘enable students to achieve the fullness of life’. Living a Christian life today and making others aware of our beliefs and values takes courage and strength. It almost always is counter cultural and often we are made to feel like our beliefs and values are irrelevant.

Looking at what has been happening around the world in the last week, we need more people to espouse these values and beliefs and to take a stand against anything that devalues the dignity of the human being and the dignity of human life in all its forms and appearances. We can’t sit by and watch things happen, we need to be people of courage and just like those apostles at Pentecost, trust that God holds each of us in the palm of his hand.

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