2010 saw a change in theme of the Yr12 Forum.  This year, Yr12 focussed on Vocation and the question "Who Do You Say I Am?".  This question can be seen as how we see God as well as how we are seen by others. Two Year 12 Forums were held in 2010.  One at Mittagong for our NSW/ACT students and the other in Toowoomba for our QLD and northern NSW schools.  These weekends are designed to challenge and stir the passions of living lives less ordinary for those students who attended. Marist schools across NSW and Queensland were asked to select students who;

NSW/ACT Yr12 Marist Forum 2010 - Mittagong

QLD/Nth NSW Yr12 Marist Forum 2010 - Toowoomba 

• display a capacity for service
• are generous and community minded
• have a keen interest in social justice issues
• respond positively to opportunities for prayer and reflection
• are open-minded 

Participating schools 2010 - Mittagong, NSW

Cerdon College, Merrylands

St Patrick's Marist College, Dundas

Marist College, Eastwood

Marist College, North Shore

Parramatta Marist High School, Westmead

St Francis Xavier's Colllege, Hamilton

St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown

Marist Sisters, Woolwich

St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill

Marist College, Canberra

Participating schools 2010 - Toowoomba, QLD

Trinity Catholic College, Lismore

Marist College, Ashgrove

Chanel College, Gladstone

Mt Maria College, Mitchelton

Sharing Wisdom

Sharing Friendship

Sharing Our Prayers

 Sharing Our Talents

 Sharing Our Marist Stories

Comments from QLD/NSW participants 2010

• A Forum that was fun but also valuable in the new insights and opinions gained.
• I have discovered that as a person I need others around me to help grow into the person I want to be.
• I have met new people, done new & interesting things and gained an idea of what it is to be to find our 'name' in this world.  I gained an appreciation for people's choices in their vocation and in turn found out new things about me.
• I feel closer to God and the the people surrounding me through my life.  I value the opportunity to have a better understanding of my spirituality.
• I am now different in the way I express myself because of the honesty shown at this Forum.  I realised that I should be the person I am, not someone else.
• I realised that my vocation has just as much to do with other people as it does me.  I know a whole lot more people who have interesting and diverse backgrounds and I feel more motivated to get out into the world and make a difference.
• I feel like I have more of an understanding of vocation and I'm starting to understand what having a relationship with God is like.
• I really enjoyed the games and the group participation.  The speakers were all knowledgeable and open to share their stories.  By knowing the choices they made, it helps me make my own.

Yr12 Forum in 2010

QLD - James Byrne Centre, Toowoomba: Friday 16th - Sunday 18th April

NSW - Marist Hermitage, Mittagong:  Friday 23rd- Sunday 25 April (Anzac Day Long Weekend)