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.
On Wednesday 27 November, some of our Melbourne sisters, including Stancea Vichie MSS, Bernadette Wallis MSS and Bernadette Madden MSS, gathered with members of the John Wallis Highways and Byways Hobart branch, to acknowledge their wonderful work with the John Wallis...
Congratulations to Frances McShane MSS, who was awarded the Guildford Young Medal for Service to Community in Tasmania last month. Frances was among a group of six people who were awarded the medal by Archbishop Julian Porteous at St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in...
We’re delighted to close our year of celebrations to mark 80 years since our foundation with a pilgrimage to Bruny Island, Tasmania, a place of deep significance to the MSS. From 21-24 November, 25 friends of the MSS, including Highways and Byways board members and...
It was a joy to celebrate our 80-year anniversary of foundation in Whyalla, South Australia, as well as marking 52 years of the MSS being in the Port Pirie diocese. Friends, family, and colleagues joined Cheryle Thomson MSS, who has worked in the Port Pirie diocese...
In an historic moment for the Missionary Sisters of Service (MSS), Archbishop of Melbourne, Peter A. Comensoli, has issued a decree appointing Good Samaritan Sister, Veronica Hoey, as the Canonical Delegate for the MSS for the next three years. This marks a new model...
In this 20-minute video interview, Corrie van den Bosch MSS, speaks candidly about her new book, Graced Beyond Telling: A Soul's Dark Journey. Corrie shares her reflections based on the following questions: When did you start writing the book, and what was the process...
Friends, we're pleased to share with you our MSS July 2024 eNewsletter, which features news of our ongoing celebrations to mark our 80-year anniversary of foundation. You can also download a PDF version of the MSS's July newsletter, here. We've held several events to...
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...