LifeLink 2015 - 'Seeing in those we meet, the face of Jesus'

Six members of the College's Student Leadership Team went to the Archbishop's Forum for Secondary Schools last week. In the past the Archbishop has held this event as an online Forum where students could ask questions over the internet. This year he asked schools to send a number of representatives along to meet with him and Bishop Sproxton in person.

Archbishop Costelloe spoke to the audience about the main theme for this year's appeal. He started his talk using the Shroud of Turin as a possible manner in which we could try and find what Jesus really looked like. Many say that the image is probably one from the Middle Ages. Does this really matter when one has faith? We realise that to see the actual face of Jesus doesn't really answer all our questions about him. But contemplation on the shroud might help us to find in Jesus Christ the merciful face of God and to recognise it in the faces of our brothers and sisters, especially those who suffer the most.

LifeLink Day and this term at Holy Cross College is where we are asked to respond in a practical, down to earth way to people who are suffering in our world. The money raised is used by a number of agencies within the Archdiocese. We will be making students more aware of these organisations during the term.

LifeLink Day happens to fall on Wednesday 3 June this year and the College follows this day by having it's Annual HCC SleepOut the following day, Thursday 4 June. HCC received the Archbishop's Spirit Award in 2014 for our efforts in the previous year and we can be very proud at receiving an honourable mention this year for the fund raising efforts of 2014.We look forward to becoming more aware of the face of Jesus in all those that we meet but also in those that desperately need our help.

Mr Harry Muller (Ministry Coordinator)
Miss Danielle Hodgson (Religious Education Coordinator and HCC SleepOut Coordinator)