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The beginning of our new school year was celebrated with prayer and song at our Opening College Mass on Friday 16 February. We were blessed with the presence of Fr Wahid and Fr Declan, who celebrated Mass with us and offered us blessings for the year ahead. We were also grateful for Aimee McCartney’s presence at our Mass. Aimee is a Taungurung, Wotjobaluk, Wemba Wemba and Boon Wurrung artist, and is the creator of the painting “Mercy” which features in our new Quambi signage.
Our Opening Mass was followed by a special blessing ceremony for this new signage, where we reflected on the name given to the stadium where our Masses and other community events are held. When first built in 1981, the name ‘Quambi’ was chosen for the stadium. At that time, the word ‘Quambi’ was thought to mean “Mercy” in one of the languages of the Palawa people from lutruwita. The desire that sat at the heart of this naming process is easy to guess at. With good will and thoughtful intentions, ‘Quambi’ was chosen as a name to honour the long history of First Nations occupancy on the land, and in recognition that the song of Mercy has been sung in all languages, across all times. Today, we continue to use the name ‘Quambi’, in recognition that the spirit of Mercy has spread through this land since the time of the Dreaming. With the blessing of our new ‘Quambi’ signage, we celebrate the ongoing story of the land and its First People, from whom we have much to learn about the wisdom of Mercy.
