The Sisters of the Australian Community recommend your prayers for the soul of their Sister

Sister Maureen Belleville RNDM

who died peacefully at Trinity Manor Nursing Home, Balwyn on July 12, 2026
She was in her 76th year of profession
and her 97th year of life.

May She Rest in Peace 

A Mass of Thanksgiving for the life of Sister Maureen Belleville RNDM will be celebrated at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church,
10 Whitehorse Road, Deepdene, on 30 July at 11.30 am, followed by refreshments.
Burial will follow at Melbourne General Cemetery, College Crescent, Parkville.

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.