This theme calls our College community to live out our identity as God’s people through the way we treat one another.

To honour someone is to recognise their God given dignity. It means seeing beyond roles, achievements, or differences, and choosing to value each person simply because they are created in the image of God. Honour is an act of humility. It asks us to place others before ourselves, to speak and act with integrity, and to lift others up rather than seek personal recognition or advantage.

To show respect is to respond to that dignity with care and responsibility. Respect is more than politeness. It is an ongoing commitment to treat others with fairness, patience, and compassion. It shapes how we listen, how we speak, and how we behave, especially when opinions differ or situations are challenging. Respect reminds us that every person belongs and deserves to feel safe, valued, and included.

Living with respect means extending care beyond our immediate interactions to include our wider community, ourselves, and the environment we share. We show respect for our community when we act with kindness, fairness, and responsibility, recognising that our words and actions shape the culture we belong to.

Respect for self calls us to value our own dignity, make healthy choices, and recognise that caring for ourselves allows us to better serve others. Respect for the environment invites us to be responsible stewards of God’s creation, using resources wisely and acting in ways that protect and sustain the world entrusted to us. When we live with this broader understanding of respect, we honour God by contributing to a community that is compassionate, balanced, and committed to the common good.

Together, honour and respect move us beyond self-interest and call us to seek the good of others. As a College community, this means choosing compassion over competition, service over selfishness, and community over individual gain. It challenges us to consider how our actions affect others and to act in ways that promote justice, inclusion, and hope.

In living this theme, we follow the example of Jesus, who honoured every person he encountered and showed deep respect through humility, service, and love. When we live with honour and respect, we become a community that reflects the Gospel, not only in what we believe, but in how we live each day.