You may have seen a few of our sisters walking a bit more than usual during September! This year Sr Grace, Sr Paula, Sr Bogumila and Sr Sophie joined together as a team for Steptember, Australia’s largest health and wellness event. The challenge? Walking, swimming, riding, wheeling or spinning 10,000 steps a day for 28…
Prayer is so important and such a beautiful way of connecting with God in love. Below, our Sr Jean Wojcik shares a poetic reflection on what prayer means for her. P resenting myself before an awesome, compassionate God. Relationship between us strengthens and grows to intimacy with God. Advocating, supplicating, atoning, praising thanking or simply…
The presence of religious congregations has evolved rapidly throughout the last century. Religious congregations have not only opened the doors of their homes to invite people in, but these days have gone out to the places where they have not been before. One of those places is online. Sharing stories on websites, FB,…
Over the past month, you might have seen some pictures of our sisters and their mothers on our Facebook page. What does it all mean? May is not only the month in which we celebrate Mother’s Day; it’s also the month traditionally dedicated to the honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There is not a…
Pentecost Sunday is a special day for our Sisters in the Australian province, which has the Holy Spirit as its patron. Our Sr Grace, who two years ago participated in a Biblical course at the Bat Kol Institute in Jerusalem, shares her thoughts and reflections on the readings for Pentecost Sunday, describing the encounter with…
For the past five years or so, I’ve been followed by an icon. Specifically, it’s the icon of the Virgin of Vladimir, or “Our Lady of Tenderness”. I’ve seen this icon so many places I’ve lost count. It showed up in classrooms, in retreat houses, on my bedroom wall. Last year a colleague gave me…
Jesus is Risen, He’s alive! Remember what He said, He would suffer, He would die, He would rise from the dead Cease doubting and believe. “Fear not,” said the angel, robed in dazzling white, To the puzzled women who were there at morning light. Believing without seeing, Can be sometimes very challenging There can be…
The other day, I found this quote on Facebook: This Lent is the Lentiest Lent I ever Lented. And it’s true! Why? Shops are shut. Supermarket shelves are cleared. Roads are deserted. People have set up offices in their homes. Borders are closed. Schools are empty. This is the current reality of Covid-19, whose effects…
My name is Sr Christine Marie Ramada and I work as a Wellbeing Counsellor for the Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta (CEDP). Currently I look after 2 schools, a high school and a primary school. I have been with the CEDP since last year but prior to this I was in a similar role working…
On Saturday, 29 February, a small group of Associates of the Holy Family gathered together for their bi-monthly time of reflection, prayer and fellowship at Marayong convent. This time, the spiritual input was facilitated by Sr Grace Roclawska csfn, who led those present through “From Invisible to Invincible – Embracing God’s gift of Years”, a…
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