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.
Though some time has passed since our Chapter Assembly in Melbourne, we really wanted to give this story and the beautiful photos, which show the joy and sacredness of this gathering, a home on our new website. A number of our Sisters, some travelling from...
Governments around the world are anxious to get their countries back to normal. But what is ‘normal’? It is claimed during China’s lockdown over the virus, the resulting cleaner atmosphere saved more lives than the lockdown. When I went on an interfaith pilgrimage to...
Our latest combined newsletter with Highways and Byways - A Community of Service, is out now! Highways and Byways – A Community of Service is our mission organisation that aims to strengthen communities, and support people experiencing hardship and disadvantage...
Corrie van den Bosch MSS wrote the following reflection on 6 April 2020, the Monday of Holy Week. Though Good Friday has passed, there is much richness in these words to reflect upon. Our Holy Week liturgies are muted this year. COVID-19 prevents us from gathering in...
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...
Award-winning journalist, author and commentator, Madonna King, spoke of the remarkable relationship that John Wallis had with his mother and how through his letters he spoke of the every day things of his life. Dear Mother, Dear Father – Letters Home from John...
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...
There is a Semitic saying that goes something like this: “God loves stories, so God created the human person” and if there is any truth in that saying it certainly comes alive in this book, Dear Mother Dear Father Letters Home from Father John Corcoran Wallis 1927 –...
“History ... is a gift from which to understand and attempt to make sense of our past and our present, often to make resolutions or decisions, even unconsciously, moving into a hope-filled future.” This is an excerpt from the latest book by Bernadette Wallis MSS,...
Yea held a special place in the heart of the young visionary and pastoral priest, John Corcoran Wallis, who was born at the old Yea hospital and baptised in the Yea Sacred Heart Catholic Church in 1910. He grew up in Homewood, 10 kilometres from Yea and attended the...
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...
"It is an honour to have been invited to launch Dear Mother Dear Father Letters Home from John Corcoran Wallis 1927-1949. In so doing, I am also pleased to be able to pay tribute to Bernadette Wallis, whose vision, scholarship and dedication have come to fruition in...