St Vincent’s Private Hospitals
The purpose of this video is to provide a resource for the Private Hospitals to use in orientating new staff members to the organisation that explains to them the important role the Private Hospitals play in delivering on the Mission of Mary Aikenhead and the Sisters of Charity.
Mary Aikenhead Education
If you listen enough to the media you will begin to develop a particular view of young people as self-absorbed, technologically obsessed and voracious followers and consumers of celebrity and fashion. Coupled with this is the perception that they have very short attention spans; a lack of concern for our communal future and a craving …
Love and Service
Jesus asked, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me teacher and Lord – and you are right, for that is what I am. So, if I, your Lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that …
Stewardship Visit to Mater Hospital
On 8 April 2019 the Trustees visited the Mater Hospital in North Sydney. The Trustees met with the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer, Heidi Bayliss and her executive team. During their discussion the executive provided an overview of the social responsibility programs currently available including: the Cana Farm project Mary’s House, supporting women who experience …
Introducing Our New Trustees
It is with great pleasure that I introduce four new Trustees who commenced their appointments on 1 May 2019. Sr Laureen Dixon is a Sister of Charity who was the Chair of the Prophetic Culture Taskforce in 2006 and joint coordinator for the process to petition the Holy See for the establishment of Mary Aikenhead …
The Business of Hope
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 Hope is critical to all who give and receive in our wide range of ministries. We are in the …
A Pilgrimage to Parramatta
As new members of the Mary Aikenhead Ministries’ team, Angela Thomas, Amy Pei and I were privileged to recently participate in the pilgrimage from Sydney to Parramatta which included visiting the significant sites of the Sisters of Charity, sent from Ireland; Mother Mary John Cahill, Sister Mary John Baptist De Lacy, Sister Mary Xavier Williams, …