God Will Take Care of Us All: A Spirituality of Mary MacKillop
Now an eBook! An Australian! A saint for the universal Church! From her earliest years Mary MacKillop had learnt from her grandparents and parents that ‘God will take care of us all’. This deep trust in God’s loving care became fundamental to her spirituality. Her life as a pioneer Australian Christian provides for us today […]
I am Josephite: Pauline’s Story
To celebrate National Vocations Awareness Week (2-9 August 2020), a new series has been launched called ‘I am Josephite.’ This series features a group of Josephite Sisters and Affiliates who have been asked to contribute video content about their Ministries and how they participate in God’s mission today. This video features Pauline’s story. Pauline is […]
Media Release: National Vocations Awareness Week
Drawing on the wisdom of Saint Mary MacKillop through National Vocations Awareness Week (2-9 August 2020). Each year the Church celebrates National Vocations Awareness Week. This week is dedicated to promoting the various expressions of Christian vocation with a focus on promoting priesthood and consecrated life. This year, a group of Josephite Sisters and Affiliates […]
National Vocations Awareness Week
For National Vocations Awareness Week (NVAW) starting on Sunday 2 August and concluding on Sunday 9 August 2020, you’re invited to view a reflection by Sr Clare Conaglen. My Dad was a doctor. As kids we learnt that we had to share him with many other people unknown to us. For Dad being a doctor […]
Nine Days With Mary MacKillop Novena
These nine days will offer an opportunity to pray and reflect on scripture, Mary MacKillop and your own lives, all within your own time. Friday 31 July marks the beginning of our Novena – a time when we can reflect on how the Scriptures, Mary MacKillop’s life and our life intertwine to encourage us in […]
Laudato Si’ Webinar: Part Four
In May 2015 Pope Francis launched his encyclical with the subtitle “On Care for our Common Home” and the title “Laudato Si’” which are the opening words for a hymn composed by St Francis of Assisi in the 1200s. For our time, this document is both relevant and important, since it highlights the priority that […]
Reflection on Mary MacKillop
Mary MacKillop Continues to Make a Difference. As December 1882 drew near, once more Mother Mary had a death in her family. Her 32-year-old sister Lexie, who was a Good Shepherd nun in Melbourne, died. Lexie had helped Mother Mary in our first school at Penola. I cried in my heart for Mother Mary. By […]
NAIDOC Week 2020
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia every July with many events to acknowledge Indigenous history, culture, and achievements. However, due to COVID-19, NAIDOC week was postponed for 2020. Or did it come earlier? This year’s theme for NAIDOC week is Always Was, Always Will Be. It recognises that First Nations people occupied and cared […]
Sowing the Seeds
Elaine Wainwright* gives an ecological reading of the parable of the sower, Matthew 13:1-22. We have celebrated the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si’, influential within the Catholic community and in the global religious and scientific communities. It marked the growing consciousness within the human community that we share our common home, Earth, […]
In Loving Memory of Sr Anita Gallagher
Sr Anita Gallagher entered eternal life on 20 June 2020. We celebrate and give thanks for the life of Sr Anita. Please see below booklets and the live stream link for the Memorial Service of Sr Anita at St Joseph’s Chapel, South Perth at 4:00pm on Sunday 28 June 2020 for a Vigil, and 10:15am […]
World Refugee Day
As I had reflected on the Morning Prayer in the Josephite Prayer Book for Easter Sunday more than once during Easter Week, I had been struck by the artist Jesus Mafa’s portrayal of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. The touching sense of relief, astonishment, welcome and delight on Mary Magdalene’s face seems to leave Jesus awed, […]
Feast of the Sacred Heart Message
Greetings on the feast of the Sacred Heart. Today (19 June) we celebrate the feast of the Sacred Heart. This feast speaks of the love God has for each of one of us and the love we are called to extend to one another. Devotion to the Sacred Heart was integral to the spirituality of […]