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.
Each day, between 4pm-5pm, a network of people from across Australia (and perhaps, beyond) spend time in contemplation. They are members of the Contemplative Evolution Network. This network was founded by Ballarat-based Mercy Sister, Madeleine Duckett, and Corrie van...
Friends, we're pleased to share with you our July 2024 eNewsletter, which features news of our ongoing celebrations to mark our 80-year anniversary of foundation. We've held several events to mark this significant year including two book launches of Graced Beyond...
It is with great joy that we commemorate and celebrate the 80-year anniversary of our foundation in 2024. Though we say this often, it does bear repeating—we have so much to be thankful for, with much of that gratitude extending to so many of you across our ancient...
Not only do we celebrate the 80-year anniversary of foundation of the MSS in Australia in 2024; we also celebrate the 60-year anniversary of foundation of our sisters in the Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba, Queensland. Pat Quinn MSS recently penned a beautiful...
Pat Brain was born in Hobart and grew up in Strahan on Tasmania’s west coast. She first encountered the Missionary Sisters of Service, then known as the Home Missionary Sisters of Our Lady, as a child. Sisters Vianney and Joseph were visiting Strahan, and instructing...
As part of our legacy and commitment to the formation and encouragement of pastoral and theological education, particularly for young women, the MSS have been offering annual study scholarships through the University of Divinity, in Melbourne. Geraldine Vytilingam was...
In May 2024, members of the Deaf community gathered at the John Pierce Centre (JPC) to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Catholic Deaf Association in Victoria. Visitors came from interstate to celebrate. A special celebratory Mass was held on...
Work on the MSS archives in Hobart, Tasmania, continues. Both Bernadette Wallis MSS and MSS Assistant Archivist, Julia Walsh, have spent weeks at a time in The Wallis Centre, Hobart, over the past months, going through, sorting, cataloguing and preparing the MSS...
On Saturday 13 April, Graced Beyond Telling: A Soul’s Dark Journey had its second launch, this time in Hobart, Tasmania. The Hobart branch of Highways and Byways, Healing the Land, Healing Ourselves, Together ('Highways and Byways') organised the event with Penny...
The University of Divinity recently hosted a historic four-day journey at the Raising Our Tribal Voice for Justice: An Indigenous Theological Revolution conference. Congregational leader, Stancea Vichie MSS, Bernadette Wallis MSS and Geraldine Vytilingam, the...
What a great privilege and joy it was, to recently travel with Bernadette Wallis MSS, and Julia Walsh, Assistant Archivist for the MSS, on a trip to the iconic Tasman Island. Bernadette had suitably prepped us on the drive to the Tasman Peninsula by playing a...
At the age of 84, I find myself reflecting on an exciting and satisfying life’s journey. As our local Sisters in Toowoomba age, I appreciate the bonds formed through a lifetime of pursuing a common vision. From our many years travelling to remote places, we share...