World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
July 28, 2025
The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is annually commemorated on 30 July. This year the theme is: Human Trafficking is Organised Crime – End the Exploitation. It is a time to stop and remember that this evil is operating in our country as well as the whole world.
Mary MacKillop Feast Day Celebrations 2025
July 22, 2025
Mary MacKillop Place, the Sisters of Saint Joseph and Mary MacKillop Today extend a warm invitation to celebrate the Feast Day of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop on Friday, 8 August 2025.
We look forward to welcoming everyone, including our pilgrims and supporters, to Mary MacKillop Place in North Sydney.
Peter – The Youngest MacKillop
July 21, 2025
Peter MacKillop.
Born at Merri Creek, Victoria in 1857, the eighth and youngest of the MacKillop children was baptised Peter in his parish church of St Paul’s Coburg. His sister Lexie lived at home, while his oldest sibling Mary was establishing her new Congregation. Peter was loved by all his siblings.
Father Julian Tenison Woods arranged for Peter to be educated at the Jesuit College at Sevenhill in South Australia, supported by Fr Reynolds. He spent breaks with the MacLean family or the Kilsbys on the Murray. Peter, humorous and literate, hated his school life and wrote to Mary telling her so, saying he wanted to go to work. Peter wrote he suffered from fits – we would say epilepsy.
Formation in Discernment
July 8, 2025
How do we choose paths of life, and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel?
Each year the Pope has monthly intentions, for which our prayers are requested. Pope Leo XIV’s July intention for 2025 is for Formation in Discernment. Pope Leo XIV goes on to pray that we “know how to choose paths of life, and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel”.
Wellbeing Economy for a Flourishing People and Planet – Fourth Conversation Package
Josephites Launch Fourth Laudato Si’ Conversation Package
The Josephite Laudato Si’ Action Plan Team presents its fourth Conversation Package in the five-part URGENT HOPE series.
Titled Wellbeing Economy for a Flourishing People and Planet, this community and educational resource has been developed by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart in collaboration with the Sisters of St Joseph Lochinvar to spark discussion, inform, and inspire people of hope.
The Wellbeing Economy conversation package centres on Pope Francis’ call for a rethink and reset in how society prioritises and manages the needs of all people and the planet. The package defers to biblical notions of flourishing and to the wisdom of Catholic Social Teaching.
The lead author, Sister Adrienne Gallie rsj, points to the rising of many global voices calling for change and offering alternative models of economy. Sr Adrienne has attended international conferences and ministers in wellbeing economy.
Welcome Weekend 2025
In the tradition of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, and as a volunteer of the Josephite Action Group (JAG), we work with people who are on the fringes of our society. We young Josephites are continuing this tradition in many ways, including our recent Welcome Weekend.
AJASS: Pilgrims of Hope – Didn’t our hearts burn?!
July 7, 2025
Twenty years of serving the Josephite Mission
The 2025 AJASS (Association of Josephite Affiliated Secondary Schools) Principals’ Conference gathered at Mary MacKillop Place in North Sydney at the end of June with the theme: Pilgrims of Hope – Didn’t our hearts burn?! This was a special event as it marked the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of AJASS.
ATSI Sunday and NAIDOC Week 2025
July 1, 2025
Campfire Reflection for ATSI (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Sunday and NAIDOC Week 2025: The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy
As we gather this Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday (6 July), we pause to honour this sacred day set apart in the life of the Church – a day that recognises and celebrates the deep faith, culture, and enduring presence of the First Peoples of this land.