All things on earth tend to raise our hearts to God
(Julian Tenison Woods 1881)
Let us do all we can to serve God.
(Julian Tenison Woods 1875)
Find happiness in making others happy.
(Mary MacKillop 21.11.1899)
We are but instruments in the hand of God
(Julian Tenison Woods 1870)
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.
Sisters of St. Joseph Lochinvar stand for the Gospel. We choose and cherish life
Acts of General Chapter 2018
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