Year 7 Day of Reflection
MS TINA VAN DOMBURG, LITURGY AND RETREAT COORDINATOR
This week’s Year 7 Day of Reflection provided students with a meaningful introduction to a foundational aspect of our shared Ignatian spirituality: the invitation to find God in all things. Through House-based reflection activities, journalling, prayer and the Cardoner Walk, students were encouraged to recognise that God may be encountered not only in creation and moments of peace, but also in relationships, service, daily experiences and personal struggle.
Being Laudato Si’ Week, the experience further reinforced the interconnected themes of Caring for our Common Home and ecological awareness, with our Sustainability Coordinator, Ms Stephanie Vardas, inviting students to consider how small, local actions may contribute to their own ongoing ecological conversion. Supported by Assistant Heads of House and Year 10 Peer Ministers, and blessed by stunning weather, the program encouraged participants to deepen their understanding of God's presence in the world around them. The involvement of older peer leaders continues to be especially valuable in modelling accompaniment, encouragement and engagement with the spiritual life of the College community. We are very grateful to the Year 10 Peer Ministers for their authentic witness and faith leadership in this way.
