December newsletter out now

December newsletter out now

Dec 7, 2023 | News, Newsletter

As we enter into this time of Advent, and usher in a new Church year, we pray that all may enter deeply into these days with expectant hope in the arrival of the Christ Child. And as we ‘wrap up’ and share our latest MSS news in the December eNewsletter,...
Kath Clune MSS features in book

Kath Clune MSS features in book

Dec 4, 2023 | News

Kath Clune MSS features in a book by Dr Maggie Kirkman, titled Times of Our Lives: Celebrating Older Women. Dr Kirkman interviewed Kath a couple of times for the book, which aims to pose this challenge: to see old age as an opportunity to continue learning rather than...
Cheryle Thomson MSS enjoying her new home in Port Pirie, SA

Cheryle Thomson MSS enjoying her new home in Port Pirie, SA

Dec 4, 2023 | News

Having left her hometown of Port Pirie, South Australia, 50 years ago, Cheryle Thomson MSS has now moved back. Cheryle will celebrate her 50-year anniversary next month having joined the MSS in January 1974, aged 23-years. As a Missionary Sister of Service, Cheryle...
Save the date! Bruny Island 2024 pilgrimage

Save the date! Bruny Island 2024 pilgrimage

Dec 4, 2023 | Events, News

Tasmania’s Bruny Island, on Nuenonne Country, is historically significant to the MSS. It’s the place where our story begins. It was on Bruny Island that our founder, Fr John Wallis, first heard the call of a mother, Mrs Kit Hawkins, who asked: ‘Who is looking after us...
Congratulations to award recipient Lorraine Groves MSS

Congratulations to award recipient Lorraine Groves MSS

Dec 4, 2023 | News

Congratulations to Lorraine Groves MSS, who was awarded the Guildford Young Medal for Service to Community in Tasmania in November 2023. Lorraine was among a group of nine people who were awarded the Guilford Young Medal at St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Hobart,...