My Time at Penola
Sr Sue McGuinness was recently interviewed by an ABC Journalist about her time at Penola, South Australia. The interview aired on Friday 21 February 2020 and was featured on the program called ‘Local Life’ on ABC South East SA (1476AM/1161AM). You’re invited to listen to the interview below:
A Venture into Missionary Work
Vanimo, Papua New Guinea 1965 Fifty-eight years ago this month, four Sisters of St Joseph from Goulburn, New South Wales set out to undertake missionary work in the far north west of Papua New Guinea. In 1960 the Franciscan bishop of Aitape asked the Passionist Fathers to take responsibility for missionary work in the north […]
Ash Wednesday 2020
Ash Wednesday falls on 26 February this year. Once again Lent comes to make its prophetic appeal, to remind us that it is possible to create something new within ourselves and around us, simply because God is faithful, always faithful, for he cannot deny himself, he continues to be rich in goodness and mercy, and […]
Father Julian Tenison Woods Biography Video
New Co-ordinator for Mary MacKillop Penola Centre
For some time, the winds of change have been blowing around the Mary MacKillop Penola Centre. Changes are afoot with the appointment of a new co-ordinator following the retirement of Mrs Claire Larkin in September, 2018. Sisters of Saint Joseph, Loreto O’Connor and Sue McGuinness, took on this role in a care-taking capacity as acting […]
Pride of Penola
The Penola community was delighted to receive news that our local historian, Margaret Muller, was selected by the Wattle Range Council as Penola’s Australia Day Citizen of the Year for 2020. Margaret was presented with this prestigious award at our recent Australia Day Awards ceremony in Penola. Margaret was acknowledged as Citizen of the Year […]
Josephite Prison Ministry History
In June 1867, young Mary MacKillop and her companion, Rose Cunningham, made their very first Josephite foundation in the city of Adelaide with a view to providing a catholic education for children whose parents [were] in humble circumstances. [1] In their bags they carried a manuscript copy of the Rules of the Institute of St. Joseph […]
Reflection on Mary MacKillop
It was my privilege to enjoy the love and friendship of Mother Mary of the Cross. From the first day I met her as Superioress of Mount Street Convent [North Sydney], where I put in my Novitiate, until the day of her death, a period of about twenty years, during which I had many opportunities […]
Bring Me What You Have
Ritual of Thanksgiving and Taking Up of Office – Congregational Leadership As the Sisters of Saint Joseph journey into a new stage of their Josephite life, we invite you to share in the celebration of Ritual of Thanksgiving and Taking up of Office – Congregational Leadership. We rejoice in the years of Leadership by Sisters […]
Bushfire Reflections
My Heart is Moved… We are here for each other To hold each other in times of suffering and distress Lost and struggling to cope. It is we who are the presence of God In our dry, burnt country. In responding compassionately We are in truth The heart and hands of God. How can I […]
A Ritual for Bushfire Victims
A Ritual for those Facing the Future after Bushfire Devastation. On two occasions I have very nearly had a property burnt by bushfires – the last time fire went right to the back wall of the house and it was only saved by the firefighters. I remember trying to decide what to take in my […]
Supporting Bushfire Impacted Communities
The Sisters of Saint Joseph are in solidarity with and support communities that have been impacted by the Australian bushfires. Good Grief is an organisation that was founded by the Sisters of Saint Joseph in the mid-1990s that provides evidence-based change and loss education programs to support children, young people and adults to understand their […]