by Province Secretary | Oct 26, 2021 | Story
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...
by Province Secretary | Aug 19, 2021 | Story
How – and why – did I come to be working in Senegal? Well, of course, the answer to that goes back to my childhood in Charlton, in north-western Victoria, where all my primary and secondary education was with the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions. From...
by Province Secretary | Jul 6, 2021 | Story
The pinnacle of my teaching career would have to be my 25 years at Nulungu Girl’s College in Broome. The year was 1975 and the school enrolment was 99% Indigenous. I was young, energetic, excited and looking forward to another missionary adventure. The day finally...
by Province Secretary | Jun 24, 2021 | Appreciation
The worldwide pandemic has certainly provided challenges for everyone, but in particular for the children of South Sudan. For nearly 14 months schools have been closed and the children of Ndoromo village have been without any schooling. The school had only been open...
by Province Secretary | Jun 2, 2021 | News
Living in hope and anticipation was a strain on our Vietnamese Sisters Ut and Oanh in Melbourne and Nhân and Hồng in Perth. The Sisters in Melbourne had completed 18 months of English language study and along with the Sisters in Perth were registered with the...
