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.
Tasmania’s Bruny Island, on Nuenonne Country, is historically significant to the MSS. It’s the place where our story begins. It was on Bruny Island that our founder, Fr John Wallis, first heard the call of a mother, Mrs Kit Hawkins, who asked: ‘Who is looking after us...
Congratulations to Lorraine Groves MSS, who was awarded the Guildford Young Medal for Service to Community in Tasmania in November 2023. Lorraine was among a group of nine people who were awarded the Guilford Young Medal at St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Hobart,...
The Missionary Sisters of Service are thrilled to announce that Monique Saywell is the successful applicant for the 2024 MSS Scholarship in honour of our 80th anniversary of foundation. This scholarship will enable Monique to undertake a Masters in Theological...
We, the Missionary Sisters of Service, acknowledge that our work and our homes are on the sacred land and waterways of the many cultural groups of the First Nations peoples of Australia. In light of the recent referendum result on Constitutional Recognition and the...
We are pleased to announce that the Missionary Sisters of Service Scholarship will be awarded for the first time in 2024 to mark the 80th anniversary of our founding. This scholarship will fully cover the recipient’s tuition fees for postgraduate study at the...
Pat Kelly was born in Townsville, Queensland, and joined the Missionary Sisters of Service in 1962, aged 23. During her years she has worked in parishes and the Correspondence School and where needed conducted Family Clusters and Effectiveness Training, and...
It’s official. Australians will be voting in a referendum before the end of 2023, to determine whether we, as a nation, support an Indigenous Voice to Parliament being enshrined in the Constitution. The MSS, together with the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference...
On 8th July 2023, our community celebrates our 79th anniversary of the MSS beginnings. We certainly have much for which to be grateful and rejoice in the fact that our mission is still continuing through each one of us and the great work of Highways and Byways -...
It is with deep sadness that we share the news that Beryl Gleeson MSS died on Monday 19 June, aged 88 years. We extend our condolences to Beryl’s family and friends, and to our community of women who are mourning the loss of this wonderful woman. The funeral for Beryl...
Our congregational leader, Stancea Vichie, attended the sixth Mission: One Heart Many Voices national conference held in Sydney from 3-5 May 2023. The conference is held every two years, and is convened by Catholic Religious Australia in conjunction with Catholic...
We're pleased to share with you our latest Highways and Byways - Healing the Land, Healing Ourselves, Together and Missionary Sisters of Service newsletter. Again, we're diversifying our distribution methods with there being both an online eNewsletter, and a...
The MSS are delighted to announce that Geraldine Vytilingam is the recipient of the 2023-2024 Fr John Wallis Scholarship. Geraldine, 23, will use the inaugural scholarship (awarded in 2022) to pursue a Masters of Theological Studies through Catholic Theological...