Celebrating 70, 75 and 80 Years of Religious Life
Sisters of Saint Joseph from across Australia recently celebrated their Tanzanite (80 years), Tourmaline (75 years) and Platinum (70 years) Jubilees of Religious Profession. Four Jubilarians from this group of 14 Sisters gathered at Mary MacKillop Place in North Sydney where they were welcomed by Sisters of Saint Joseph Congregational Leader, Sr Monica Cavanagh, fellow […]
Sisters Celebrate Golden and Diamond Jubilees 2025
Diamond Jubilarians celebrating 60 years professed at Mary MacKillop Chapel in North Sydney Twenty-four Sisters of Saint Joseph from across the Congregation have celebrated their Golden and Diamond Jubilees marking 50 years and 60 years since their first profession. They were able to gather and acknowledge the event at Mary MacKillop Place in North Sydney […]
Catholic Religious welcome Jubilee Year with a Song
Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) has captured the spirit of the Jubilee Year by releasing a song and music video, titled Journey of Faith – CRA, that expresses the wide range of ministries in which Religious women and men live and share the joy of the Gospel (including some of our Josephites). Music speaks in […]
Celebrating 70, 75 and 80 Years of Religious Life
Sisters of Saint Joseph from across Australia, in Ireland and in Aotearoa New Zealand recently celebrated their Tanzanite (80 years), Tourmaline (75 years) and Platinum (70 years) Jubilees of Religious Profession. Seven Jubilarians from this group of 21 Sisters gathered at Mary MacKillop Place in North Sydney where they were welcomed by Sisters of Saint […]
Diamond Jubilee Reflection 2024
Diamond Jubilarians: 60 Years as Sisters of Saint Joseph On Tuesday 9 January 2024, twenty Josephite women arrived at Mount Street, North Sydney where we were warmly welcomed, given space to rest and be with each other. We travelled from Aotearoa New Zealand, Tasmania, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales to […]
Golden Jubilee Reflection 2024
Let’s sing of gratitude! Lives graced and woven together in constant streams of Love. Where does one begin to sum up six days of togetherness as part of a journey that began as long as eighty years ago for some of us? ‘Come journey with us, listen to us.’
Sisters Celebrate Diamond Jubilee – 60 Years of Religious Life
Over 25 Sisters of Saint Joseph from across the Congregation celebrated their Diamond Jubilee recently marking 60 years since their first profession. They were able to gather and acknowledge the event at Mary MacKillop Place in North Sydney where they also celebrated with other Sisters, family and friends. Those Sisters who were not able to […]
Sisters Celebrate Golden Jubilee – 50 Years of Religious Life
Sixteen Sisters of Saint Joseph from across the Congregation have celebrated their Golden Jubilee, marking 50 years since their first profession. Sr Monica Cavanagh, Congregational Leader of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, welcomed the Jubilarians, Sisters and guests at Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel in North Sydney. The Sisters travelled from across […]
Why would some people choose Religious Life today?
Annually in the Australian Catholic Church, we celebrate National Vocations Awareness Week, this year being held from 6-13 August. Why do some people choose chastity? To live a life of poverty? To life a life of obedience? The goal in each vocation is to love God with all one’s heart, mind, soul and strength, and […]
Celebrating 70, 75 and 80 Years of Religious Life
Sisters from across Australia gathered at Mary MacKillop Place in North Sydney recently to acknowledge and celebrate their Tanzanite (80 years), Tourmaline (75 years) and Platinum (70 years) Jubilees. Seven of the Jubilarians from a group of 15 Sisters were able to gather where they were welcomed by Sisters of Saint Joseph Congregational Leader, Sr […]
‘Circling’ with Fresh Courage
Written for World Day for Consecrated Life which is on the feast of the Presentation of the Lord – 2 February 2023. Recently, nine Sisters of Saint Joseph gathered at Mission Bay, Auckland, in Aotearoa New Zealand. We sought to respond to God’s call, “Enlarge the space of your tent, spread out your tent cloths […]
Diamond Jubilee Celebration 2022
Sisters celebrating their Diamond Jubilees were delighted to come together as they entered the Chapel at Mary MacKillop Place for their Mass of Thanksgiving, The marking of their Jubilees had, as had others, been postponed due to the pandemic. Finally on 15 September 2022, the Sisters were able to celebrate their commitment of 60 years […]