Wednesday, 3 June 2026


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Emmanuel College


Mathew HILAKARI

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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: Marks Gerberas; Andre Tabat; Briana Ralston; Georgia Grebert; Amelia Haisman; Briana Ralston – she got another mention, and what a job she did on the day; Talia Weir; Joshua Pilling; Dean Cardis; Isaac French; Rachel Jacob; Hans Manansala; Sam Bonser – great to see you again that day; Angelina Lee; Zoe Bariswicz; Alexander Hopenich; Lucy Cleveland; Blake Gautschi; Lucas Bezzina; Isabel Javesca; 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 Fernandez; Jayden Pinoy Ducasin; and finally Caitlyn 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.