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.
Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visitors to this website are advised that this post may contain images of deceased persons. . Over Mother's Day weekend, a number of brief reflections were posted online by Melbourne Catholics, recounting the significant...
Our mission entity, Highways and Byways - A Community of Service ('Highways and Byways'), supports people and communities, particularly those experiencing disadvantage and exclusion in rural Australia. Highways and Byways does this through its annual small grants and...
The Missionary Sisters of Service endorses the submission made by Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) to the Indigenous Voice Co-Design Process supporting the Uluru Statement from the Heart’s request for an Indigenous Voice that is protected in the Constitution. In...
We are excited that our April 2021 MSS and Highways and Byways - A Community of service newsletter is now available for reading. The April edition of Highways and Byways features an array of inspiring and uplifting stories about the important and practical work of our...
March 31 marks the 50-year anniversary of the foundation of the Missionary Sisters of Service (MSS) in the Port Pirie Diocese. On this date in 1971, Sisters Frances McShane and Helen Haywood MSS (deceased) arrived in Whyalla. They had stayed with the Good Samaritan...
“…like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:8 In Frederick Street, Launceston,...
Our friend Andrew Hamilton SJ has kindly share this reflection to mark World Day of Social Justice on 20th February. In Australia the World Day of Social Justice goes pretty much unnoticed. It is swamped by the start of the school year, the gathering speed and urgency...
The Missionary Sisters of Service are members of Catholic Religious Australia (CRA). CRA has recently put out a media statement expressing its opposition to the stockpiling of COVID-19 vaccines by wealthy nations and supports an equitable distribution of vaccines...
We are excited to show off a beautiful new gift that is gracing the wall of our MSS office in Melbourne. Jeff Byrne has been a director of our Highways and Byways – A Community of Service Board for the past seven years. During this time, we’ve been so grateful to Jeff...
At 86 years of age, Beryl Gleeson MSS is “more content now” than she’s ever been. Having entered the Missionary Sisters of Service community in August 1969 at age 34, she says now is a time for enjoying each moment, counting the blessings, and being at ease in “not...
February 13 marks the 13th Anniversary of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's National Apology to the Stolen Generations. The Missionary Sisters of Service acknowledge that our ministry throughout Australia and beyond takes place on the sacred land and waterways of the many...
Today, February 2nd, we celebrate World Day for Consecrated Life. February 2nd is also the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. This day was chosen by Pope John Paul II to mark the World Day for Consecrated Life because it reflects how consecrated people offer their...