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<strong>Loyola</strong> <strong>College</strong> Celebrates 30th St. Ignatius Day In Style<br />
On Friday 30th July<br />
the <strong>Loyola</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Community gathered to<br />
celebrate in grand style<br />
the feast day of the saint which gives us our name<br />
and charism, St. Ignatius of <strong>Loyola</strong>. This year at our<br />
Eucharist the honour of being chief celebrant amongst<br />
the deanery priests was offered to Fr. Gerry Healy S.J.,<br />
Education Delegate for the Australian Jesuit Province,<br />
who fondly recalled his days in Old <strong>Loyola</strong> when it was<br />
a Jesuit novitiate.<br />
At the conclusion of the Mass, students and staff<br />
members assembled at the Grimshaw Street end of the<br />
<strong>College</strong> for the unveiling and official blessing of the 30th<br />
Anniversary Cross. Students then set off for the annual<br />
walkathon where the wonderful sum of $21,551.80<br />
would be raised in support of the charitable works of the<br />
Caroline Chisholm Society (Chisholm House), St. Vincent<br />
de Paul Society – Diamond Creek Conference (Flynn<br />
House), Jesuit Social Services Brosnan Centre (Mannix<br />
House), MacKillop Family Services (MacKillop House),<br />
O’Connell Family Services – Mercy Health (McAuley<br />
House) and Jesuit Mission (Xavier House).<br />
When they arrived back at the <strong>College</strong>, students and<br />
staff members were treated to a lunch sponsored by<br />
the LPFA and prepared by the Canteen staff and<br />
parent volunteers. This year lunch also included a 30th<br />
Anniversary cup cake. A wonderful feature of this<br />
year’s celebration was the tireless planning of the Year<br />
12 VCAL students and the <strong>Loyola</strong> Student Council to<br />
plan and lead the celebrations with the theme “I’m So Iggxcited”.<br />
In recognition of their celebration of their final St.<br />
Ignatius Day, Year 12 students were given the privilege<br />
of dressing in 1980s inspired attire. In the afternoon<br />
students and staff members were entertained with a<br />
number of very popular joyrides and the wonderful<br />
talents of our singers, dancers and comedians on show<br />
at the <strong>Loyola</strong> Idol Talent Quest. Our 30th Anniversary<br />
St. Ignatius Day celebrations were memorable and plans<br />
are well underway to make our 31st celebrations bigger<br />
and better.<br />
Mr. Tony Chirico<br />
Deputy Principal<br />
(Administration And Personal Development)
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