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NAIDOC Week and ATSI Sunday 2026 Reflection

Every July in Australia, we commemorate NAIDOC Week and ATSI Sunday. For these celebrations, our RAP Facilitator, Cassandra Gibbs-Smith shares a reflection.

https://www.sosj.org.au/naidoc-week-atsi-sunday-2026/

Be Plastic Free this July

This July, you’re invited to join ‘Plastic Free July’ to avoid, reduce and remove use of plastics in your life.

https://www.sosj.org.au/be-plastic-free-this-july/

A Reflection for Refugee Week

Annually in Australia, we commemorate Refugee Week. Sr Joan reflects on the Josephite contribution to supporting refugees, along with her own experiences and stories of accompanying them.

https://www.sosj.org.au/reflection-refugee-week/

To recognising more Australian Female Saints

Sr Annette Arnold was recently in Rome, where she learnt more about Mary Glowrey, who is on the path to canonisation. Like Mary MacKillop, Mary Glowrey was a Victorian. Sr Annette shares more about her experience in Rome and about the Australian women currently on the journey towards recognised sainthood.

https://www.sosj.org.au/recognising-more-australian-female-saints/

A Future Full of Hope for Children like Maria

CEO of Mary MacKillop Today, Jane Woolford, shares how education is transforming lives for children living with disability in Timor-Leste.

https://www.sosj.org.au/future-full-of-hope-for-children/

Corpus Christi

We celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi on Sunday 7 June. “Corpus Christi (Latin), Body of Christ, Blessed Sacrament, Holy Communion, Eucharist – all relate to the real Presence of Jesus among us,” shares Sr Connie.

https://www.sosj.org.au/corpus-christi/

Commemoration of 140 years of the Sisters in Temuka

Sisters of Saint Joseph with the Opihi Catholic Parish of St Mary MacKillop community in Aotearoa New Zealand, recently celebrated over 140 years of the Sisters in Temuka.

https://www.sosj.org.au/commemoration-140-years-sisters-temuka/

Event: Still Relevant? Fr Julian Tenison Woods in the 21st Century

The Australian Catholic Historical Society will be hosting a talk featuring our Congregational co-founder Father Julian Tenison Woods titled ‘Still Relevant? Fr Julian Tenison Woods in the Twenty-First Century’ on 21 June.

https://www.sosj.org.au/event-still-relevant-jtw-21st-century/

All In: Spirit, Truth and the Journey Towards Reconciliation

For National Reconciliation Week 2026 taking place 27 May – 3 June, Cassandra Gibbs-Smith shares a reflection on this year’s theme ‘All In’.

https://www.sosj.org.au/national-reconciliation-week-2026/

Celebrating our Josephite Action Group Volunteers

During National Volunteer Week (18–24 May), we celebrate the Josephite Action Group (JAG): a community of students and school leavers with a Josephite heart who step into spaces of need with passion, openness and kindness.

https://www.sosj.org.au/celebrating-jag-volunteers/