To celebrate the Feast Day of St Dominic Auckland members of the Dominican Family gathered on 4 August. It was an afternoon of prayer, receiving from students from St Dominic’s College and of course time to catch up with other family members.  We share below the speeches given by Merciana, Shaina and Dan-Yel.   We appreciate their willingness to share with us something of their time as students at St Dominic’s College.  We publish these speeches with their permission. SPECIAL CHARACTER ANGLE Good afternoon. My name is Merciana Fernandes and I have been a student at St Dominic’s Catholic College in Henderson for six years. This is my final year at the College and I’ve been given the amazing opportunity to lead within the school as a Special Character Leader. For those unfamiliar with the term, ‘Special Character’ refers to the faith, more specifically, Dominican aspect of our school that sets us apart from state schools. Today, I am here to give you all some insight as to how our school keeps our Special Character values alive, and what it means to belong to a Dominican school like my own. As a student who previously attended a state primary school, I know how blessed I am to attend such a unique, diverse and faith focussed College such as St Dominic’s. I believe that it is because of our Christian values, our school is able to foster a great sense of community. These core values of excellence, reflection, integrity, service, assurance and
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