Throughout 2019 we are celebrating our 75-year anniversary! There are a range of upcoming events in honour of this special milestone.
MELBOURNE BOOK LAUNCH OF DEAR MOTHER, DEAR FATHER: LETTERS HOME FROM JOHN CORCORAN WALLIS 1927 – 1949
The Melbourne book launch will take place on Wednesday 2 October, 6pm for 6.30pm start at Yarra Theological Union Study Centre, 99 Albion Street, Box Hill (enter from Bedford Street)
Dear Mother Dear Father Letters Home from John Corcoran Wallis 1927 – 1949 by Bernadette Wallis MSS contains a series of letters written by Fr John Wallis to his parents and family, which give us a rare and precious insight into his life as a seminarian and young priest. They also reflect a growing development of his piety and spirituality. The letters have been arranged into 10 chapters, with each chapter featuring a reflection written by an eminent Australian who considers John’s character and spiritual growth as well as applying his insights into contemporary Church life in Australia.
RSVP to mssadmin@missionarysisters.org.au
Download the Melbourne Launch flyer, here.
Download the Launceston Launch (17 November) flyer, here.
Download the Hobart Launch (19 November) flyer, here.
Dear Mother Dear Father is available from the Missionary Sisters of Service, Coventry Press, Garratt Publishing and other bookshops. Download the order form here for Dear Mother Dear Father.
Read more about the book, and author, here.
We’d love you to join us for our annual Yarck to Yea – Walk, Ride or Run on Saturday 12 October, on the Great Victorian Rail Trail. All proceeds go to our mission entity Highways and Byways – A Community of Service, helping rural and remote communities to thrive!
Cost: Adults, $30; Student/ Concession, $12; Family, $50 (and there are package deals available with our cosy H&H socks!!!)
This is a beautiful day where gather in community to walk, run, ride, talk and laugh, AND it finishes at the Old Yea Railway Station where everyone is invited to enjoy the country hospitality of the Yea Catholic community with a BBQ.
Download flyer, here: bit.ly/2lEwmVm
MSS Chapter /Assembly: Wednesday 23 to Sunday 27 October, Holy Cross Templestowe.
MSS Consultations, Hobart: Saturday 14 September.
John Wallis Memorial Lecture and Cookbook Launch, Hobart: Thursday 12 September, Guilford Young College, 94 Barrack St, Hobart, Tasmania, at 7pm.
John Wallis Memorial Lecture and Cookbook Launch, Melbourne: Tuesday 13 August, Genazzano FCJ College, 301 Cotham Road, Kew, 7pm, featuring renowned journalist and broadcaster, Geraldine Doogue.
MSS Graveside Celebrations: Monday 5 August, Drayton Toowoomba Cemetery; Saturday 26 October, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne; Monday 25 November, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.
MSS 75-Year Anniversary Mass, Toowoomba: Sunday 4 August, St Anthony’s Church, 3 Memory St, Harristown, 2pm. Celebrant: Bishop Bill Morris. Afternoon tea will follow in the community centre.
MSS Consultations, Toowoomba: Thursday 1 August.
MSS Rosary House Day: Monday 8 July, with celebrations taking place locally, with scones!
MSS 75-Year Anniversary Celebrations, Melbourne: All are warmly invited to join in our 75-year anniversary celebrations on Sunday 7 July at the 10.30am Mass (with Archbishop Peter A Comensoli presiding) at St Thomas the Apostle Church, 57 Central Road, Blackburn, Victoria. Refreshments will be served afterwards in the parish hall. For catering purposes, PLEASE RSVP by 28 June 2019. Call (03) 9873 5520 or email mssadmin@missionarysisters.org.au
If you have any enquiries about any of these events, please email mssadmin@missionarysisters or call (03) 9837 5520.