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FEB 2023

Explore Embrace Embody Update

We have all been aware of media reports in recent weeks about the failure of REDcycle, the company charged with the collection of soft plastic from Coles and Woolworths, to find manufacturers to turn the plastic collected into products like benches a…

JAN 2023

The End of an Active Ministry

On 28 November 2022 the chapel at Lochinvar overflowed with people who came to pray for and celebrate the life and ministry of our much-loved Josephite sister, Lynette Pearce who had died suddenly and unexpectedly during the previous week. As Sr Lyn…

NOV 2022

A Significant Anniversary

November 15th is the anniversary of the birth of Father Julian Tenison Woods, a significant figure in the history of the Church and society in colonial Australia. We know him as the co-founder, with St Mary of the Cross MacKillop of our Congregatio…

JAN 2023

Life Lived to the Full

Sister Mary Bell, or Martina as she was best known, was a woman on a mission who went about life with a purpose. Whatever the task, she would carry it out in an orderly and business-like fashion. This probably stems from the fact that she learnt to b…

NOV 2022

A Long and Full Life

Sr Patricia Swadling died suddenly and unexpectedly in Belmont Hospital on the feast of All Saints, 1st November 2022. Sr Patricia who had been a long term resident of the Southern Cross facilities in Swansea and Caves Beach was much loved for her ca…

OCT 2022

Honouring Our Past. Embracing The New

On Saturday 15th October, feast of St Teresa of Avila, we celebrated the Jubilee of Profession of thirteen sisters, eight of whom were present – 70 years for Sisters Ruth Long, Therese Connolly, Lesley Curran, Agnes Bourke, Florence Tobin (RIP) and C…