The Blessing of Figgy Grove
MANDEVILLIAN DECEMBER 2019 VOL. 34 NO. 2
On Wednesday 5 June 2019, the school community joyously celebrated the official opening of Figgy Grove in Rathfarnham, in honour of the Morton Bay Fig that stood in this place for over 120 years. Sr Mary Baulderstone ibvm blessed the newly created landscaped space, designed to not only provide a beautiful, lush, green garden area, but its circular seating invites our girls to an open circle in which they can gather, chat, play and enjoy each other’s company. This idea of an open circle dates back to the time of Mary Ward and her companions, and today it invites all of us in, to gather together and continue her vision and mission within our lives and our contemporary world. Figgy Grove is to be a place of inclusion, unity and joy providing generations of Loreto Toorak students with a place to explore, create, imagine and play. We look forward to this newly created area to be such a space for generations to come. Left: Sr Mary Baulderstone ibvm blesses the new Figgy Grove space. Below: Rathfarnham students gather together in an open circle for the blessing.
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