Pilgrims of Hope: A Message from the AJASS President
As President of the Association of Josephite Affiliated Secondary Schools (AJASS), I feel great anticipation as we prepare for the 2025 AJASS Principals Conference, which will be held at Mary MacKillop Place at the end of this month. This year, we gather under the Jubilee theme Pilgrims of Hope, marking 20 years of shared mission, […]
Educational Book of the Year Winners Announced
Congratulations to Sr Mary-Ann Casanova PhD whose book, We Care for God’s Earth, has been jointly selected as Garratt Publishing’s Educational Book of the Year! Sr Mary-Ann shares the award with Kathryn Robinson and her book, Know Your Bible. We Care for God’s Earth and Know your Bible are both part of Garratt Publishing’s Living […]
World Teachers’ Day in AJASS Schools
We celebrate World Teachers’ Day in Australia this year on Friday 25 October. For this day, we share a reflection by Elise Scrivens and Cassie Lawson – University of Southern Queensland Education Students and School Officers (Assisting Student Learning) working at Mary MacKillop Catholic College, Highfields, in the Diocese of Toowoomba. They are both alumnus […]
Association of Josephite Affiliated Secondary Schools Executive Meeting
Planning for a 2025 Conference was the main agenda item of the AJASS Executive when they met at Mary MacKillop Place on 12 September. AJASS is the Association of Josephite Affiliated Secondary Schools – and their charter commits them to continuing the educational mission of the Josephite order, informed explicitly by the specific charism and […]
A Glimpse into the Past
Senior students at St Joseph’s Primary School Numurkah recently visited the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bendigo, particularly the statue of St Mary of the Cross. The statue was commissioned to celebrate the canonisation of Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first and only canonised saint in 2010. Mary MacKillop opened St Joseph’s Primary School in 1890 which was […]
Mary MacKillop’s Legacy in our Schools
Mary MacKillop left a striking example for school leaders today. Perhaps the greatest legacies for our schools are a willingness to act – inspired by the signs of the times, to see God in the communities we walk with, and a Holy Spirit enthused passion for authentic equity. Mary modelled witness and vision as an […]
Port Augusta celebrates 150 years of Education in the Josephite Tradition
A steamer from Port Adelaide berthed at the Port Augusta wharf on Saturday 15 May 1871. Among the passengers to disembark were three women, all dressed in the same brown garb. The new arrivals were Sisters Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Angelica Greene and Angela Crugen.
Josephites Got Talent
Find happiness in making others happy. Mary MacKillop 21.11.1899 The talents of wonderful Josephite students from six high schools across New South Wales were shared on Friday 30 August in the first-ever Josephites Got Talent. It was an epic display of the Josephite community and charism, as well as the immensely-talented youth! Holy Spirit Lakemba […]