Events
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...
We voice our concern for those facing COVID-19 with no safety net
On 7th April 2020, the Missionary Sisters of Service joined with more than 40 other signatories including other Religious Orders, Australian Catholic service providers and bishops, in writing a letter to the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr Scott Morrison. We are advocating for the most vulnerable...
Postponed to 2021: Yarck to Yea Walk, Run, Ride
We were looking forward to welcoming you at our annual fundraising event - Yarck to Yea Walk, Run, Ride along part of the beautiful Great Victorian Rail Trail on Saturday 22 August. However, due to COVID-19 restrictions, and safety precautions, we've decided to postpone this until 2021.Proceeds...
2020 book launches for Dear Mother Dear Father
We are excited to announce that Dear Mother, Dear Father: Letters Home from John Corcoran Wallis 1927 - 1949, by Bernadette Wallis MSS, will be launched in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Toowoomba and Yea, in country Victoria, in 2020. The 100 letters written by John Wallis during his seminary...