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Saint Ignatius College Geelong
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Saint Ignatius College Geelong
Article by Mr Michael Exton
Dear Saint Ignatius College Geelong community members,
What is the core value of an Ignatian education?
In 2013, Pope Francis spoke to a gathering of staff and students from Italian and Albanian Jesuit schools. He explained the answer to this question as follows:
“The principal element of education is to learn to be generous. Saint Ignatius taught us that magnanimity is the virtue of the great and of the small…. Magnanimity enables us to look to the horizon. It is to have a big heart, to have a great spirit, and to have great ideals. It is the desire to do great things to respond to that which God asks of us. However, generosity is truly shown in doing well the simple things – the daily chores and responsibilities, and the ordinary encounters with people. It is doing the small things every day with a big heart open to God and to others…”
Generosity is a core value of our College, expressed in our own mission statement, to form ‘… young adults of competence, conscience and compassion who will be of service in the community’ and our motto, ‘to love and to serve.’
Our College crest incorporates a significant element from the family crest of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), the founder of The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and our College’s patron saint. The two wolves come from the two wolves depicted over a cooking pot in the Saint Ignatius family crest. The generosity of the Loyola family fed both the community and the wolves. Ignatius left his home town and set out on a spiritual journey to find God and he found it in the service of others for the greater glory of God.
Through living generously, perspective is gained and gratitude grows.
Each year on July 31, the Church celebrates the Feast Day of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Falling on a Saturday this year, our school had set aside this Friday as a special day of celebration of our school community’s Ignatian identity.
For obvious reasons, due to the pandemic, we are unable to undertake our usual activities but due to its significance for us, we will take some time in class groups to watch a short video featuring students from each Australian Jesuit and Companion School celebrating St Ignatius Day and participate in a liturgy via Zoom that our Liturgy Coordinator, Mr Brendan Nicholls has prepared. (Thank you to our Ignatian Coordinator, Mr Michael Tod for coordinating our College’s involvement in the production of the video).
Prayer for Generosity
(St. Ignatius of Loyola)
Dearest Lord,
Teach me to be generous,
Teach me to serve you as you deserve,
to give and not to count the cost,
to fight and not to heed the wounds,
to toil and not to seek for rest,
to labour and not to ask for reward,
save that of knowing that I do your holy will.
Amen
Best wishes,
Michael Exton Principal
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Our News // 29 July 2021
Article by Mr Michael Exton
Dear Saint Ignatius College Geelong community members,
What is the core value of an Ignatian education?
In 2013, Pope Francis spoke to a gathering of staff and students from Italian and Albanian Jesuit schools. He explained the answer to this question as follows:
“The principal element of education is to learn to be generous. Saint Ignatius taught us that magnanimity is the virtue of the great and of the small…. Magnanimity enables us to look to the horizon. It is to have a big heart, to have a great spirit, and to have great ideals. It is the desire to do great things to respond to that which God asks of us. However, generosity is truly shown in doing well the simple things – the daily chores and responsibilities, and the ordinary encounters with people. It is doing the small things every day with a big heart open to God and to others…”
Generosity is a core value of our College, expressed in our own mission statement, to form ‘… young adults of competence, conscience and compassion who will be of service in the community’ and our motto, ‘to love and to serve.’
Our College crest incorporates a significant element from the family crest of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), the founder of The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and our College’s patron saint. The two wolves come from the two wolves depicted over a cooking pot in the Saint Ignatius family crest. The generosity of the Loyola family fed both the community and the wolves. Ignatius left his home town and set out on a spiritual journey to find God and he found it in the service of others for the greater glory of God.
Through living generously, perspective is gained and gratitude grows.
Each year on July 31, the Church celebrates the Feast Day of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Falling on a Saturday this year, our school had set aside this Friday as a special day of celebration of our school community’s Ignatian identity.
For obvious reasons, due to the pandemic, we are unable to undertake our usual activities but due to its significance for us, we will take some time in class groups to watch a short video featuring students from each Australian Jesuit and Companion School celebrating St Ignatius Day and participate in a liturgy via Zoom that our Liturgy Coordinator, Mr Brendan Nicholls has prepared. (Thank you to our Ignatian Coordinator, Mr Michael Tod for coordinating our College’s involvement in the production of the video).
Prayer for Generosity
(St. Ignatius of Loyola)
Dearest Lord,
Teach me to be generous,
Teach me to serve you as you deserve,
to give and not to count the cost,
to fight and not to heed the wounds,
to toil and not to seek for rest,
to labour and not to ask for reward,
save that of knowing that I do your holy will.
Amen
Best wishes,
Michael Exton Principal
