Sr Carmel Hanson rsj died on 25 January 2025 in the Lake Macquarie Private Hospital at Gateshead after a short illness. At the time, she was the Congregational Leader of the Sisters of St Joseph of Lochinvar.
Sr Ruth Long rsj died in the Maitland Hospital on 22 January 2025. Ruth was a much-loved and respected Sister of St Joseph who spent her long life in gracious service as a teacher, mentor and leader.
Not many people celebrate their 100th birthday and even fewer can celebrate it with good health and a clear mind but such was the case when Sr Clare Conroy rsj achieved this significant milestone in January.
The saying, from little things, big things grow is true of the story of St Mary’s, Gateshead. From small beginnings in 1964, it has grown into the thriving community it is today.
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.
