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From: 18/01/2025
To: 14/12/2025
Location:
  • New South Wales
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia
As the Spirituality Ministry of the Sisters of Saint Joseph enters a new chapter, they have endeavoured to diversify, broaden and increase their offerings for 2025.
They are delighted to be offering these reflection days, retreats and sabbaticals as opportunities to nurture one’s spirit. These programs are an invitation to all to encounter the sacred in their lives.

Locations:

New South Wales

  • St Joseph’s Baulkham Hills
  • St Joseph’s Spirituality and Education Centre, Kincumber South

Victoria

  • Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre, East Melbourne
  • St Joseph’s by the Sea, Williamstown

South Australia

  • Mary MacKillop Precinct, Kensington

Tasmania

  • Josephite Mission and History Centre, Hobart

Western Australia

  • Kilmolee, Safety Bay

View brochure here (PDF)

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Date: 21/11/2024
Location:
  • Victoria

Experiencing Wonder and Awe: Connecting with Nature

The entire material universe speaks of God’s love and boundless affection for us. Soil, water, mountains: everything is, as it were, a caress of God. Pope Francis, Laudato Si’, n 84

This interactive seminar will enable you to deepen your spirituality through interconnection with all of life. Includes input, sharing of ideas and a reflective experience in Fitzroy Gardens.

  • Facilitator: Peter Hay
    • Peter is a passionate explorer of ecological spirituality as a way of bringing us into a more authentic way of living in these critical times. He is a spiritual director, professional supervisor and a lecturer at Heart of Life, teaching units in Spiritual Leadership and Ecological Spirituality. 
  • When: Thursday 21 November 2024
  • Time: 5:45pm – 7:45pm
  • Where: Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre – 362 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002
  • Cost: $40
  • Registration link: www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1309295
  • More Information and Contact Details:

View flyer here (JPG)

Who this is for:

  • anyone interested in exploring life and spirituality through an ecological lens
  • anyone looking for new ways to experience the movement of spirit in their lives.

You can expect:

  • engaging input of current ideas and thinking in relation to ecological spirituality
  • sharing and exploring ideas with like-minded people
  • a reflective walk in the Fitzroy Gardens
  • new ways of practicing an ecological spirituality
  • an opportunity to reflect on these critical times in regards species depletion, climate change, evolutionary change and cosmogenesis.

Benefits:

  • engagement with some of the key writers and thinkers in ecological spirituality
  • meet and share with like-minded people.

Bring with you:

  • journal or notebook
  • warm clothing and comfortable walking shoes.
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Date: 24/11/2024
Location:
  • Victoria

Our garden day is an event open to the community, it’s a day to celebrate and come together to raise funds for:

  • Outreach Programmes
  • Provide hospitality for individuals emotional and spiritual support.
  • Ecological maintenance, development and education.
  • Grief support
  • Women suffering abuse
  • Support Aboriginal Programs
  • Upkeep of our gardens and especially veggie gardens which support our catering requirements.

We hope it will also be a great opportunity for the community to get a sense of our space and enjoy all it has to offer. Come along and enjoy:

  • Garden Tours
  • Beehive café
  • Educational Ecological games for Children
  • Reflexology hub
  • Our little shop
  • …and much more!

Details:

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From: 12/09/2024
To: 14/09/2024
Location:
  • Victoria

Join Catholic Earthcare (Caritas Australia) and St Joseph’s by the Sea to celebrate the Season of Creation in 2024 at the Catholic Earthcare Convocation! The Convocation is from Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 September 2024.

We are called to ‘Wonder’, ‘Weave’ and ‘Heal’ Earth and the whole of creation. Gather online during Day 1 and 2 to engage in keynote presentations, workshops, discussions and spiritual experiences. Day 3 of the convocation has us gathering together in our diocese to transform our learnings into action.

In the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, the hub is at St Joseph’s by the Sea on Day 3: Saturday 14 September.

You can find out more via Catholic Earthcare’s website, flyer, and image shared below:

Season of Creation Convocation – Catholic Earthcare website

Catholic Earthcare Season of Creation Convocation Flyer (PDF)

Catholic Earthcare Australia Facebook Group.
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Date: 15/08/2024
Location:
  • Victoria

The spirit of Mary MacKillop promises a deeper connection to the Sacred in our World.

  • Presenters:
    • Sr Moya Unthank – Mary MacKillop
    • Sr Colleen O’Dwyer – Flora MacKillop, Mary’s Mother
    • Mr Eamon Pollard – Josephite Ministries Today
  • When: Thursday 15 August 2024
  • Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm
  • Where: St Joseph’s by the Sea – 16 Esplanade, Williamstown, Victoria 3016
  • Session followed by supper
  • Register via:
• Eco-Spirituality • Reconciliation • Justice and Peace Issues
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Date: 18/09/2024
Location:
  • Victoria

The ‘second half of life,’ our later years, continue to hold potential. We bring a wealth of experiences to treasure and to share with others. We are also open to new opportunities, to come alive in new ways.

This one-day workshop will explore the following themes that are part of our journey:

Adjustment ~ Transformation ~ Fulfilment
Photo by Brigitte Pellerin.

Nicole Rotaru rsm is a member of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea. For some time, she has had a particular interest in the ‘second half of life’ that has its fill of joys and challenges. She has enjoyed offering workshops for older folk for a number of years and valued learning from their experiences. These learnings as well as reflection on her own life and reading, inform the workshops she continues to offer.

  • Presented by: Nicole Rotaru rsm
  • When: Wednesday 18 September 2024
  • Time: 10:30am – 3:30pm
  • Where: St Joseph’s by the Sea – 16 Esplanade, Williamstown, Victoria 3016
  • Cost: $30 (please BYO lunch)
  • Register via:
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Date: 18/04/2024
Location:
  • Victoria

At St Joseph’s by the Sea we are committed to finding ways to live more environmentally friendly.

We will be holding and teaching participant to make their own bees wax wraps. These wraps are a great alternative to using plastic wrap in the kitchen.

 

 

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From: 20/10/2024
To: 27/10/2024
Location:
  • Victoria
The whole world is a series of miracles, but we are so used to them we call them everyday things.

This retreat leads us through poetry, music and reflective process to discover anew the miracles of life and beauty all around us. We are invited to let the ordinary and the everyday become a doorway to falling in love with Earth.

  • Guided by: Elaine Smith rsj and Carmel Crameri rsj
  • When: Sunday 20 – Sunday 27 October 2024
  • Where: St Joseph’s by the Sea – 16 Esplanade, Williamstown, Victoria 3016
  • Cost: $800
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