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.
We are delighted to announce that the next MSS Scholarship will be awarded in honour of Teresa Morse (pictured), co-founder of the MSS. The scholarship supports a young woman undertaking a Masters of Theological Studies through the University of Divinity (including...
From 20–24 November 2025, sisters, friends and colleagues of the Missionary Sisters of Service (MSS) travelled to Bruny Island, Tasmania, for a four-day pilgrimage. Bruny Island holds special significance in the history of the MSS. It was here in 1933 that Mrs Kit...
Last week we heard of the death Bishop Pat Power, a friend of the Missionary Sisters of Service for many years. He was a patron of our mission entity, Highways and Byways, until it merged with Mary MacKillop Today Australia. Corrie van den Bosch MSS shares these...
In our August 2025 newsletter, we have so much news to share! We share further updates for the new chapter of our mission entity Highways and Byways, now the ‘Mary MacKillop Today Highways and Byways Small Grants Program’, where 29 diverse projects have been funded...
Hello friends of the Missionary Sisters of Service. My name is Catherine Carr and I was employed as the Congregational Co-ordinator of the MSS congregation 3.5 years ago by Emerging Futures Collaborative Limited, a ministry of Catholic Religious Australia, set up to...
It is with sadness that the MSS acknowledge the death of Bernadette O’Connor, founder and Executive Director of Management Governance Australia Pty Ltd. Bernadette was instrumental in providing governance and human resources assistance to the MSS congregation along...
It is with great pleasure that we share the news that the third Missionary Sisters of Service scholarship, to be granted to a young First Nations woman, has been awarded to Alarna Page from Tasmania. This is a beautiful link with our MSS foundation and mission over 81...
On Sunday, July 6th, 2025, approximately 50 friends, family, colleagues and former staff of the MSS gathered at the University of Divinity in Box Hill for a special High Tea event. The occasion provided an opportunity for the MSS to formally thank all who’d been...
In this heartfelt reflection, Corrie van den Bosch MSS shares her experience of joining thousands on the Walk for Truth to Parliament House in Melbourne on 18 June, where the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s report—gathered from the voices and stories of Aboriginal...
We have another wonderful good news story! Geraldine Vytilingam, who received the MSS scholarship in honour of Fr John Wallis’ 90th Ordination Anniversary and who finished her Master of Theological Studies at the end of last year, has received the Catholic Theological...
Friends, it is an absolute joy to share the news that Emeritus Professor Gabrielle McMullen AM, who has served on our MSS Stewardship Council for many years, has received an honorary doctorate from the Australian Catholic University (ACU) in recognition of her...
Friends, it is with deep sadness that we share the news that long-time friend and supporter of the Missionary Sisters of Service (MSS), and our mission entity—formerly the John Wallis Foundation and later Highways and Byways—Mary Wagner, has died, in Toowoomba,...