My Mission Story by Sister Margaret Spain RNDM

My Mission Story by Sister Margaret Spain RNDM

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...
Vietnamese Students Return Home

Vietnamese Students Return Home

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...
Christmas Catalogue 2020

Christmas Catalogue 2020

Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions Australia appreciates the generosity of our Partners in supporting the Christmas Catalogue project 2020. Even though 2020 was a difficult year in many ways your thoughtfulness and concern for those people less fortunate was most...
Easter Blessing from Sister Catherine Brabender

Easter Blessing from Sister Catherine Brabender

To our Partners and Friends, We are Easter people and “Alleluia” is our song. It is not the death of Jesus on the cross that makes us Christian, but the fact of his resurrection from the dead. It is by the raising of Jesus that we are certain and sure in our hope of...
Relief for Manila

Relief for Manila

The relief project for people in Manila affected by two typhoons and COVID-19 was able to benefit nearly 60 families. Food items, medicine and soap were purchased thanks to the donations received from Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions Australia and UK & Ireland...
Myanmar

Myanmar

The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions Australia thoughts and prayers are with our Sisters and all the people of Myanmar at this difficult time. We pray for a peaceful resolution.
Funding Required for School to Re-Open

Funding Required for School to Re-Open

Ndoromo Primary School is in Ndoromo village, 84kms from Yambio in South Sudan. Due to political unrest the children had no schooling for 10 years, until 2018 when funding was found for the school, teachers were sourced and the school re-opened. Three years on, the...
Christmas Message

Christmas Message

Dear Friends Christmas 2020 will be a special celebration of gratitude for family and friends as many have been separated for long periods due to COVID restrictions. On behalf of the Sisters, I pray that the coming of Christ into your hearts and homes will bring much...
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.