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.
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...
Our earth is crying out! Today students from around the world are calling on us to join them on the streets to demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. Millions of adults will walk out of their workplaces and homes to support solutions to the most important crisis...
MELBOURNE BOOK LAUNCH OF DEAR MOTHER, DEAR FATHER: LETTERS HOME FROM JOHN CORCORAN WALLIS 1927 - 1949 The Melbourne book launch will take place on Wednesday 2 October, 6pm for 6.30pm start at Yarra Theological Union Study Centre, 99 Albion Street, Box Hill (enter from...
Renowned Australian journalist and commentator Geraldine Doogue explored the unique and enduring leadership and contributions by women of faith over the last 75 years as part of the 2019 John Wallis Memorial Lecture. More than 100 people gathered at Genazzano FCJ...
Corrie van den Bosh MSS writes in the August 2019 edition of Contemplative Evolution Network about a silent protest in support of our brothers and sisters being held in detention, and prays that we may grow our collective human consciousness of the Oneness of...
Dear Mother Dear Father Letters Home from John Corcoran Wallis 1927-1949 Edited and compiled by Bernadette T Wallis We are excited that this new book, published by Coventry Press, is now available (see Melbourne launch photos below). In it, ‘Bernadette Wallis has...
We are delighted to announce: The 2019 John Wallis Memorial Lecture in Melbourne Date: Tuesday 13th August 2019 Venue: The Madeleine Centre, Genazzano FCJ College, 301 Cotham Road Kew 2019 marks the 75th year of the Missionary Sisters of Service. Renowned...
Joy and gratitude has marked the 75-year anniversary celebrations in Melbourne for the Missionary Sisters of Service, which took place yesterday on Sunday 7 July. 8 July officially marks 75 years since the founding of the Missionary Sisters of Service by Fr John...