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Community Welcome Day at Mary MacKillop Place

10 December 2025

The spirit of Mary MacKillop was alive and buzzing at the recent Community Welcome Day hosted by the Josephite Justice Network together with families from the House of Welcome at Mary MacKillop Place in North Sydney.

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Australian Catholic Youth Festival 2025

9 December 2025

At this year’s Australian Catholic Youth Festival, the Sisters of Saint Joseph partnered with the Mary MacKillop Spirituality Ministry in a booth, providing insight into the life of Mary MacKillop and sharing about Josephite life and ministries.

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60th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council Closing

8 December 2025

We commemorate the 60th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council. It formally closed on the feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December 1965) with a Pontifical Mass celebrated by Pope St Paul VI.

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Lest We Remember

8 December 2025

Sunday 7 December was the fiftieth anniversary of the Indonesian invasion of Timor-Leste. To commemorate this day, Sr Susan Connelly shares the history of Timor-Leste.

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The Difference We Make – Figtree Early Learning Centre

28 November 2025

To commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December, view a story from one of our Incorporated Works, St Anthony’s Family Care and their Figtree Early Learning Centre.

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Festivities and Faith in Mount St, North Sydney – 1970

27 November 2025

December marks the 55th anniversary of the first Papal visit to Australia, and the man who visited North Sydney in the flowing red Ferraiolo was Pope Paul VI, who began his pontificate in 1963.

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