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With Mary MacKillop Place and Mary MacKillop Today, we extend a warm invitation to celebrate the feast of Saint Mary MacKillop on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at Mary MacKillop Place, North Sydney.

The 2026 AJASS (Association of Josephite Affiliated Secondary Schools) Principals Pilgrimage took place in Tasmania from 10-12 June. The focus of the pilgrimage was Father Julian Tenison Woods. 

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.

For this special feast of the Sacred Heart, Sr Josephine Dubiel shares a reflection referencing Pope Francis’ Encyclical ‘Dilexit Nos’ and our Congregational co-founders Mary MacKillop and Julian Tenison Woods.

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.

This 60th World Communications Day (17 May 2026), and its theme ‘Preserving Human Voices and Faces’, offers a timely invitation to reflect on how communicators share the Gospel in today’s media landscape.

Sisters from across Australia recently celebrated their Tourmaline (75 years) and
Platinum (70 years) Jubilees of Religious Profession, with six Jubilarians from this group of 19 Sisters gathering at Mary MacKillop Place.

In the Year of Saint Francis, we commemorate the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death (21 April) and the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi (3 October).

In this article, Fr Roderick O’Brien explores the instances in which our co-founder Fr Julian Tenison Woods signed his letters with different variations of his name and the possible why.

The life of St Joseph inspired the lives of our co-founders St Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods, and continues to inspire the Josephite community. Helen shares how St Joseph inspires her, a Josephite Companion.