Pat Brain MSS, a heart full of gratitude

Pat Brain MSS, a heart full of gratitude

Pat Brain was born in Hobart and grew up in Strahan on Tasmania’s west coast. She first encountered the Missionary Sisters of Service, then known as the Home Missionary Sisters of Our Lady, as a child. Sisters Vianney and Joseph were visiting Strahan, and instructing...
Treasures from the MSS archives

Treasures from the MSS archives

Work on the MSS archives in Hobart, Tasmania, continues. Both Bernadette Wallis MSS and MSS Assistant Archivist, Julia Walsh, have spent weeks at a time in The Wallis Centre, Hobart, over the past months, going through, sorting, cataloguing and preparing the MSS...
Graced Beyond Telling launched in Tasmania

Graced Beyond Telling launched in Tasmania

On Saturday 13 April, Graced Beyond Telling: A Soul’s Dark Journey had its second launch, this time in Hobart, Tasmania. The Hobart branch of Highways and Byways, Healing the Land, Healing Ourselves, Together (‘Highways and Byways’) organised the event...
Our April 2024 Newsletter is now out!

Our April 2024 Newsletter is now out!

Friends, our latest MSS eNewsletter is out now! In our April 2024 newsletter, we have details of our 80-year anniversary of foundation celebrations taking place this year across the locations where our sisters live. We have some special stories about Tasman Island,...