Australian Plenary Council: The way forward

Australian Plenary Council: The way forward

Jul 15, 2022 | News

It has been a significant time for so many people that the 5th Plenary Council of the church in Australia took place from 3–9 July, the first Council in over 80 years. People came from across the country, along with overseas visitors, and there was a great team of...
My introduction to Fr John Wallis

My introduction to Fr John Wallis

Jun 30, 2022 | Father John, News, Reflections

Reflection by Catherine Carr, MSS Coordinator Fr John Wallis was born on 11th June 1910 in the Victorian country town of Yea. On 9th June 2022, 112 years after his birth, at the Melbourne home of his niece Bernadette Wallis, several MSS women and staff gathered to...
Vale Therese Healy MSS

Vale Therese Healy MSS

Jun 27, 2022 | News

It is with both sadness and gratitude that we share the news that one of our sisters has entered the fullness of life. Therese Healy MSS died peacefully late in the evening of 24th June in the presence of family. Therese was 89 years old and will be missed by us and...
MSS and National Volunteers Week

MSS and National Volunteers Week

May 20, 2022 | News

May 16 – 22 marks National Volunteer Week in Australia, recognising the many and vast ways members of the community give their time and talent in service of others. The theme this year is ‘Better Together’. The Missionary Sisters of Service have a...
The mud and the lotus, holding joy and suffering together

The mud and the lotus, holding joy and suffering together

May 19, 2022 | Reflections

In this moving and tender reflection, Corrie van den Bosch MSS explores the potential meaning of a dream she had. A dream that followed her reading a paper on Women and Suffering, which highlighted the inter-relatedness of joy and sorrow within our world – that...