Wednesday, 3 June 2026


Members statements

Emmanuel College


Mathew HILAKARI

Emmanuel College

 Mathew HILAKARI (Point Cook) (09:49): I want to thank principal Dr Janine Biggin and all those at Emmanuel College for their recent Marianist Day mass, the blessing and the official opening of the Callahan building. There were so many students who were involved in that mass, and associated members of the community: Mark Sciberras; Andrei Tababa; Brianna Ralston; Jorja Grebert; Amalie Haisman; Brianna Ralston – she got another mention, and what a job she did on the day; Tahlia Whear; Joshua Pilling; Dean Kardas; Isaac French; Ruchelle Jacob; Hans Manansala; Sam Bonser – great to see you again that day; Angelina Le; Zoe Borysiewicz; Alexander Horpinitch; Lucy Cleveland; Blake Gauci; Lucas Bezzina; Isabella Joveska; Father Binh Le, who is becoming a good friend and I am so glad for his support across the community and everything that he does; Isabella Fernandes; Jaedon Panoy-Ducusin; and finally Kaitleigh Manansala, Shirley Dagmang, Victoria Park and Xavier Pilling. It was an extraordinary day and lots of fun. I am so thankful for the invite to be there.