Life’s lessons an inspiration
The congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph Lochinvar grew out of the sisterhood that had gathered around Reverend Julian Tenison Woods and St Mary of the Cross MacKillop at Penola in South Australia in 1866 and which spread to Perthville, near Bathurst, NSW, in 1872.
Josephite tradition will endure
When much-loved and respected Sr Bridgette Davoren rsj retires from her position as pastoral care worker at All Saints’ College in Maitland this year, it will mark the end of era.
Care Talk: We can hope for better days
As we wind down the clock on 2020, many individuals within our communities may be filled with uncertainty. The impacts of the year are overshadowing the season of festivities and celebrations.
Boomers hungry for work
Ageing population is an unprecedented global phenomenon and carries substantial social, economic, and ethical implications.
Symbol of reconciled future
There is an art to embedding culture. In working to further ingrain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, the St Nicholas Early Education Centre at Cardiff has established strong connections with the local and wider community.
Restraint has its own power
Virtues are good habits or dispositions. They are ways of being that predispose us to doing the morally right thing.
Incarcerating youngsters is no solution
In 1996, I responded to a NSW Department of Juvenile Justice positions vacant advert for the role of Senior Youth Worker at what was then the Worimi Juvenile Detention Centre in Broadmeadow.
