St Patrick’s School Lochinvar recently celebrated the installation of two beautiful stained glass windows, gifted to the school by the Sisters in recognition of its 140 year history as a Josephite school.
Climate Casualties is a conversation package developed by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart in collaboration with the Sisters of St Joseph Lochinvar to spark discussion, inform, and inspire people of hope.
Sr Carmel Moore, who attended the Farewell to Perthville event on 23 March 2025, reflects on the crucial role Perthville played in the Josephite story and its significance for Lochinvar Sisters.
The Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph Lochinvar has its origins in the sisterhood which gathered around Rev Julian Tenison Woods and St Mary of the Cross MacKillop at Penola in South Australia in 1866 and which spread to Perthville NSW in 1872.
The founding Sisters of the Lochinvar Congregation came from Perthville, arriving on 2 September 1883.
From Lochinvar the Sisters established schools and pastoral ministries throughout the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and beyond.
Photo of Fr Tenison Woods and Mary MacKillop: © 2023 Trustees of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart ABN 33
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