The Feast day of Venerable Mary Aikenhead.
Today, 22 July, is the Feast day of Venerable Mary Aikenhead… We recall Mary’s vision, passion and courage which lives on and is given expression in each and every one of you engaged in Mary Aikenhead Ministries. We have been overwhelmed by so many examples of your spirit of dedicated generosity, your flexibility and creative …
National Redress Scheme
One 20 June 2020 Mary Aikenhead Ministries (MAM) was declared as a participating group in the National Redress Scheme. The National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Declaration 2018 describes that the following Mary Aikenhead Ministries institutions (represented by the Trustees of Mary Aikenhead Ministries) are in a participating group and are therefore associates of …
Love: Responding to the needs of our times
Love: a word freely used in our society to cover a range of human emotions and actions; a powerful word which can motivate and inspire beyond even our own expectations. However, the word on its own is not enough and actions must follow. Love is one of the foundations upon which Venerable Mary Aikenhead acted …
Trustee Reflections One Year On
“It matters not what we are doing for God provided we are doing it in the best possible way.” Venerable Mary Aikenhead This saying of Mary Aikenhead often comes to mind for me. How true when I began my role as a Trustee of Mary Aikenhead Ministries in May 2019. I previously had a role …
Open Support: 30 Years of Mission in Action
Celebrating an anniversary in the midst of a pandemic can be unsettling. But it can also be truly inspiring. I believe this is the case for Open Support. Drawing on 30 years of experience, meeting the needs of our time, Open Support knew how to read the signs of these difficult times and act on …
Love Coming to Life
“Love coming to life” is how the great Sr Maryanne Confoy reflects on the work of our people all across St Vincent’s in the first episode of Compassion, Courage, Consolation: Voices for St Vincent’s During COVID-19. As I got ready to dial Sr Maryanne in from a spare room at home – a room that …
Welcome to Mr Richard Haddock AO
The Trustees of Mary Aikenhead Ministries are pleased to announce and formally welcome Mr Richard Haddock AO who will become a Trustee of Mary Aikenhead Ministries, effective 1 December 2019. Richard will then take on the role of Chair, effective 1 January 2020 following the conclusion of Dr Tessa Ho’s term as Chair. Richard has …
Hobart Pilgrimage
By Ms Pip McIlroy, Health Care Ethics & Formation Coordinator, St Vincent’s Health Australia Thursday 31 October 2019 Standing on Macquarie Wharf on a warm Hobart day with only a slight breeze in the air, it’s not hard to imagine the small two-mast sailing ship, the ‘Louisa’ sitting, windless in the Derwent River. On it …
Council of the Association of Ministerial PJPs (AMPJP) workshop
Trustees, Dr Tessa Ho and Assoc. Prof. Peter Howard attended the Council of the AMPJP workshop in Melbourne over the weekend of the 1-3 November 2019 to reconsider its understanding, role and purpose of the AMPJP. The weekend started with a dinner presentation from Dr. Martin Laverty. Dr Laverty spoke about the challenges and opportunities …
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