Happy New Year!

 

Welcome all to 2021 and a year that we hope will bring new opportunities to all.  Over the past 12 months we have learnt how devastating an infectious disease of epidemic proportions can be.  We have witnessed the havoc that it can have on all aspects of life both social and economic.  While we may feel at times to be out of the woods, recent outbreaks in our city and others remind us that across the world the pandemic continues to rage and we must continue to be vigilant day by day, from one week to the next in order to stay safe and keep the virus at bay. 

 

With that in mind let us reflect on this month’s theme of Vocational Service.  The past year has been particularly hard on our health care providers, who worldwide are mostly women.  These people have worked tirelessly throughout the past 12 months and been more closely exposed to the virus than any of us would wish, to keep us safe.  With International Education Day approaching on the 24th Jan, let us also think about the teachers and care providers who have kept our schools open, devised creative ways to learn, helped our children cope with the rapid changes unfolding around us and kept them safe.

 

While we don’t know yet what 2021 will hold, we must embrace it and continue to move forward as best we can.