Sister Marie Therese Ryder

Sister Marie Therese Ryder

As I reflect on my life I look with gratitude at the gradual unfolding of my missionary vocation and my calling to express that as a Sister of Our Lady of the Missions. At school I knew our Sisters as ‘Sacred Heart Sisters’. What I experienced then, and was drawn to...
Sister Patricia Keogh’s Mission Story

Sister Patricia Keogh’s Mission Story

I was born in Ashby de la Zouch, England. My parents were Hilda and Edward and I have a sister and two brothers, one of whom died at eleven months. When I was seven, my parents migrated to Australia and we settled in Victoria. Our first home was in Holmesglen and we...
Christmas Message 2021

Christmas Message 2021

Dear Friends, This Christmas day is the 160th anniversary of the foundation of our Congregation. We now have 870 Sisters in 21 countries. We give thanks for your ongoing generosity and support of our Sisters in Australia and overseas. At this Christmas time, our...
Missioned to Peru by Sister Veronica Martin RNDM

Missioned to Peru by Sister Veronica Martin RNDM

It was February 1961 and my mother and I had come to Highgate to make the final arrangements concerning my joining the convent. During the interview I was asked would I be prepared to be sent to a missionary country. My mother answered for me, ”You’d like that...
Barlow, Shelley

Sr Shelley Barlow

Shelley Barlow was born in seaside Mordialloc in 1941 and grew up in Oakleigh Victoria. Shelley taught at her Alma Mater Sacred Heart Girls’ College Oakleigh, but her teaching, parish and motor mission ministry was mostly in WA. Short-term Ministry in the Philippines, Vietnam and Myanmar was a great joy for her. The heightened experiences of interculturality and finding the face of God in the other, have been bright highlights in her life. Currently Province Vicar she also enjoys pursuing her passion for creation spirituality through retreats and book clubs.