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.
The death on 13 November brought to an end the remarkable life of Sr Evelyn Woodward. Her ministry reached far and wide, from the Hunter to Australia and countries overseas.
Explore-Embrace-Embody is the Action Plan for the Josephite community for the next seven years. It reflects the Catholic Social Teaching presented in Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’.
Sr Louise Marie McDonell rsj who died on 11 October was the last member of a well-known and extensive family that worked the land in the Taree area for many years.
Amid the challenges, fear, violence and contradictions in our troubled world, Sr Ann’s garden shows the beauty of what is possible. It speaks for “the first fruits of hope.” (cf. Romans 8:19-25)
The recent pilgrimage of Pope Francis to South East Asian communities coincided with some sad news for a local Australian Timor-Leste parishioner and her friends
Pope Francis wrote this document on the climate crisis last year to underscore the need for everyone to respond to this global and social crisis with immediate action.
