A Paradigm of Dynamism
Carrollanne O’Brien – Eco-Hero Profile Meet our Eco-Hero of the month – Carrollanne O’Brien who works as an Executive Assistant to the Congregational Leadership Team for the Sisters of Saint Joseph in North Sydney. Carrollanne’s passion for environmental advocacy impacts both her professional and personal life. Working for the Sisters, she is encouraged and supported […]
Saint Mary MacKillop Prayer
We invite you to pray with St Mary MacKillop – a prayer written by our Irish Sisters of Saint Joseph…
Feast of the Triumph of the Cross
For the feast of the Triumph of the Cross celebrated on 14 September, Sr Katrina Brill shares a Personal Reflection. Most days in cosmopolitan Auckland, I would see in my daily outings the symbol of the cross – hanging from a car mirror, around a girl’s neck, as a marker for death on a road, […]
Mary MacKillop Today Community Grants Program 2024
Applications for the Mary MacKillop Today Community Grants Program 2024 are now open until 5pm on Friday 22 September 2023 (AEST). Eligible organisations may apply for grants of up to $10,000 AUD to deliver small, life-changing projects that promote life-long learning for Australians at the margins. We believe that through participating in these projects, individuals […]
National Child Protection Week 2023
Australia observes National Child Protection Week each September as part of a nationwide initiative to protect children from abuse and neglect. National Child Protection Week seeks to engage and empower all Australians to understand they have a part to play in keeping our children and young people safe. The National Association for Prevention of Child […]
Season of Creation 2023: We Can Do Something
Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream. Amos 5:24 This text states a truth that is as appropriate today as it was in ancient times: justice precedes peace. Without justice, there can be no peace. However, the image of the never-failing stream does not ring true in our century. Streams […]
Social Justice Sunday: Listen, Learn, Love
In launching the Australian Bishops’ Social Justice Statement for this year’s Social Justice Sunday (27 August), Listen, Learn, Love, Bishop Vincent Long reminded us of the words of Pope John Paul II when he visited Australia in 1986: The Church in Australia will not be fully the Church that Jesus wants her to be until […]
World Youth Day 2023
World Youth Day (WYD) is an international event for young Catholics. This year, WYD took place in Lisbon, Portugal from 1-6 August. I was blessed to be one of the estimated 1.5 million pilgrims who gathered for the event. I travelled to WYD with the Sydney Archdiocese, and then completed most of the pilgrimage with […]
Age is no barrier
Joelle Sassine – Eco-Hero Profile An active member of the Josephite Action Group and Josephite Justice Network, Joelle Sassine is proof that age is no barrier to being an Eco-Hero. As a recent graduate from the University of Sydney, the 22-year-old has hit the ground running, working simultaneously on a variety of social justice and […]
Bernadette on the march
There’s still time to donate to the Stadium Stomp taking place on 20 August. The SOSJ Stompers are in final preparation mode – with team leader Bernadette leading the way.