A Heart Full of Love
“If you have love in your hearts you will have God with you”...
-Mary MacKillop 1890

The Catholic community of Allora, a township of the Darling Down in southern Queensland, knows how to welcome the stranger and to farewell the friend.

Key presenters, Virginia Bourke rsj and Kateri Duke rsj, engaged the group of women working in faith leadership in several wonderful sessions, exploring their relationship with Christ who is at the heart of being a disciple.

Hobart's Josephite Mission and History Centre was created to share the Josephite story and spirituality with people of all ages. Visitors are very welcome!

Dr John Wilson’s long awaited book on Tenison Woods was inspired by a visit to the Mary MacKillop centre at Penola in the south-east of South Australia where Tenison Woods' fossils are well displayed.

The Travelling Sisters Roadshow began this year in Western Australia in March 2012. The show has since travelled through all the states of Australia with the final leg in Queensland. First stop….. Mount Isa!

Kath and Barry Evans took their Good News story  to the people of Tasmania in August  modelling hope to all those who met them and heard them speak.

Maria Casey rsj has been elected the first woman President of the Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand.

On Saturday 15 September 2012 the Sisters and NSW Josephite Associates came together to celebrate their partnership as sons and daughters of Mary MacKillop and their movement into self-governance.

In the run-up to Social Justice Sunday, on 30 September, the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council issued a new paper in its Social Justice Series, a book re-examining and focusing on St Mary of the Cross MacKillop.
 

The powerful message of the Lorax is a cautionary tale for all -the story of an ecological disaster - but with the hope of recovery.

Inspired by Julianne Murphy rsj and her Travelling Sisters' Roadshow, children from Devonport (Tasmania) have worked to raise funds for small, life-changing projects.

A Reflection by Colleen Power rsj about the life of Julian Tenison Woods in Tasmania.

This year’s National Pilgrimage will commence in Melbourne on Wednesday 24 October with 36 pilgrims gathering at East Melbourne to commence their journey.

Important dates for your calendar including the MacYAC (MacKillop Young Adults' Community) "Penola Road Trip'

MacYAC's Penola Road Trip: October 19-21, 2012. Young people welcome!

Young adults (18-35): celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Mary MacKillop's Canonisation! Join a weekend pilgrimage from Melbourne to Penola

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