The Missionary Sisters of Service are pleased to support and celebrate community-led initiatives that nurture both people and the land. When communities come together to care for Country, something deeper is also grown—connection, responsibility, and hope. Thanks to...
Our News
We, Missionary Sisters of Service, keep busy in our various communities. We host and attend events, are busy with different projects, and happenings. On this page, you’ll find links to all our latest news and events, reflections and books.
Small Grants Projects making an impact across Australia
The Highways and Byways Small Grants Program, now part of Mary MacKillop Today, continues the mission of the Missionary Sisters of Service by supporting small, community-led initiatives addressing disadvantage and exclusion, particularly in rural and remote Australia....
Vale Bishop Pat Power
Last week we heard of the death Bishop Pat Power, a friend of the Missionary Sisters of Service for many years. He was a patron of our mission entity, Highways and Byways, until it merged with Mary MacKillop Today Australia. Corrie van den Bosch MSS shares these...
Highways and Byways: Celebrating a New Chapter
On Sunday, July 6th, 2025, approximately 50 friends, family, colleagues and former staff of the MSS gathered at the University of Divinity in Box Hill for a special High Tea event. The occasion provided an opportunity for the MSS to formally thank all who’d been...
Highways and Byways Small Grants 2023 applications
Hello! The Missionary Sisters of Service are 'officially back' for 2023 and what better way to start our year than with the news that our mission entity, Highways and Byways - Healing the Land, Healing Ourselves, Together's Small Grants Program opens for applications...
Yarck to Yea fundraiser, a resounding success
What a glorious day we had for the 2022 Yarck to Yea Walk-Run-Ride event on Saturday 26 August, to raise money for our mission entity, Highways and Byways - Healing the Land, Healing Ourselves, Together and their small grants/ partnership programs. More than 40 people...





