Events
Interfaith gathering to mark 75-year anniversary of nuclear bombings
Thursday the 6th of August marks 75 years since the nuclear attack on Hiroshima in 1945. Days later, on 9th August, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. By the end of that year, Hiroshima and Nagasaki suffered more than 200,000 deaths and countless injuries. The impacts of those two explosions...
30th July, World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
July 30 marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, a day in which we particularly direct our thoughts, prayers and action toward the elimination of human trafficking. Our congregational leader, Stancea Vichie MSS, has been a member of Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in...
National Bushfire and Climate Summit to deliver recommendations
Some of our Sisters participated in the National Bushfire and Climate Summit launch, which took place on 9th June 2020. This was a powerful and inspiring night that brought together experts from across Australia and the world, to unpack the challenges and solutions to Australia’s escalating...
Silence and solidarity for refugees and asylum seekers in Australia
Sunday 19th July marks 7 years since former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that people seeking asylum, arriving by boat, would never be settled in Australia. Since then refugees and asylum seekers have been held on Manus and Nauru in horrendous conditions. Over the past year many of these...