St Aloysius College, Adelaide

Mercy Day Celebrations

Mercy day is one of the most important feast days we celebrate at St Aloysius College. Our mercy day festivities occur in the last week of term 3. We participate in a whole school Mass on the Wednesday and conclude the term with a mercy day carnival on the Friday.

St Aloysius College was founded by sisters of mercy from Argentina. We have a strong link with St Ethnea’s, a mercy school in Argentina. Our choir has visited the school and one of our teachers taught their last year. Both our students and staff were involved in an outreach program and our whole school community continues to support this program in Argentina.

During our mercy day mass we focus on mercy and our work in Argentina. Our students celebrated mercy day at St Ethnea’s last year and sent us a beautiful powerpoint presentation of their experiences both at the school and in the outreach program. The background music for the powerpoint presentation was the choir singing circle of mercy.

On the last day of term 3 all students are involved in our mercy day carnival. Classes and year level groups run their own stalls. These consist of a haunted house, food stalls, beauty parlours, games, throw the wet sponge at the teacher, cafes and a wide range of other activities.

We finish the day with a concert performed by our various music groups. We usually raise over $2,000.00 which supports our work in Argentina.

Christine Simpson, Deputy Principal    email: csimpson@sac.sa.edu.au