Sunday, December 12, 2010
Dates to remember - 2011
Sunday 13 February – Para-Liturgy 12:00 followed by shared BBQ/lunch. MacKwood Life, 8 Dutton St, Dutton Park. All members welcome. Committee Meeting at 3:00pm.
Saturday 19 March – St Joseph’s Day. Mass at 11:00am in Corpus Christi Church followed by light refreshments in Nolan Hall.
JAN Qld Inc Retreat – Date & details TBA
Mary MacKillop Memorial Lecture – Date & details TBA.
Sunday 7 August – Mary MacKillop Feastday. Again most likely at Nundah. Details TBA.
Sunday 9 October – Josephite Heart Day. MacKwood Life, 8 Dutton Street, Dutton Park. 11:00am start. Bring lunch to share. Ritual and welcome of new members after lunch.
Sunday 16 October – Anniversary of Canonisation. Details TBA.
Sunday 6 November – JAN Qld Inc Annual General Meeting. MacKwood Life, 8 Dutton St, Dutton Park. Shared lunch 12:00pm followed by AGM at 1:00pm. If unable to attend, please submit Proxy.
Friday 25 November – Norman Hotel – 7:00pm – Christmas gathering for Committee and JAN Members
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Guess who's singing in Rome?
An 'ordinary' saint inspires song of love
By: Selina Venier
Inspired by saint: Mary Fletcher has drawn great inspiration from Blessed Mary MacKillop
SO inspired by Blessed Mary MacKillop, whose feast is today (August 8), Brisbane's Mary Fletcher responded musically.
"Music has always been a very big part of my life," the drama and music specialist at Mary MacKillop College, Nundah, said.
"When I first began teaching at (the then) Corpus Christi College I was asked by a Sister of St Joseph if I could possibly write a song about Mary MacKillop.
"(She hoped it) could be sung by the girls attending this Josephite school.
"As I did the reading and research ... I became more and more inspired and awe-struck by the story of this incredible pioneering woman.
"My spirit was moved."
The result of that inspiration was A Woman for Our Time, a song Mary said "describes the love Mother Mary had for her people and the passion with which she fought for the rights of the poor and for justice".
It was "aired", she said, with the backing of The Queensland Symphony Orchestra and "became almost an anthem for the Josephite order and its schools in Australia and New Zealand".
That beginning heralded nine other songs related to Blessed Mary's "values and charism".
Stanthorpe-born Mary, one of four siblings, said her upbringing was testament to such outcomes today.
"I was very lucky to be born into a family where faith and prayer were always important and shaped so much of who I am today," Mary said.
"Both sets of grandparents were musically gifted as is my mother - a talented pianist who has worked for the Queensland Conservatorium of Music for the past twenty-five years."
Mary began piano lessons at age six with the Sisters of Mercy, soon progressing to the violin.
"I learnt some hard lessons from them (the sisters) but am so grateful for the persistent dedicated push they gave me to achieve my best in the field of music," she said.
"Achieving well" musically, this "early dedication to music" prepared her for the future.
"When I was fifteen I decided that I wanted to branch out musically," Mary said.
"I saved up to buy my first guitar and taught myself to play.
"I never looked back as this instrument led me into writing my own music."
As such, Mary has been "heavily involved in the folk scene" performing solo and with a band at festivals and events "all around the country".
She's also taught at St Joseph's College, Toowoomba, and All Hallows' School, Brisbane.
"Music is very important to me in my chosen career as a teacher," Mary said.
"I am a drama teacher but have always involved myself heavily in the music area of schools in which I have taught.
"My particular interest in music has expressed itself in writing and singing songs relating to issues of social justice and I'm particularly interested in composing songs for youth."
That platform led to the "eCCCos singing group" at Mary MacKillop College.
"I formed the eCCCos group in the 1990s together with (Josephite) Sister Patricia Boman," Mary said.
"(It was) a small singing group that would concentrate on singing justice material and songs relating to MacKillop values.
"It would also be a group to foster self-esteem and self-confidence in girls - especially those who could be 'at risk'.
"The main aim for the group is to 'give joy' through music.
"(And) along the way various staff members have also joined.
"It is a true 'community' group."
eCCCos members, accompanied by Mary, were at a parliamentary reception for Catholic Education Week at the Francis Rush Centre on July 27.
They have also performed at Mary MacKillop Place, Sydney, and Brisbane City Hall, while their compositions are known from Nundah to "the Andes in Peru (and) to the Highlands of Scotland", Mary said.
As well as taking part in the college's activities for today's feast day Mary is "really excited" about the October 17 canonisation in Rome.
"We are talking about an incredible Australian woman who isn't this 'inaccessible' saint that we've seen depicted in Christian art from a medieval age who lived in another world, another land," Mary said.
"Here is a woman that we actually have photos of and letters and things that belonged to her.
"She was a woman who inhabited and lived in and walked in the same places that we might go or have been in our own country, even here in Queensland.
"She was an 'ordinary' woman who achieved 'extraordinary' things.
"Mary MacKillop saw goodness, saw God in all of us and I think she would say 'there's a saint in all of us', too."
By: Selina Venier
Inspired by saint: Mary Fletcher has drawn great inspiration from Blessed Mary MacKillop
SO inspired by Blessed Mary MacKillop, whose feast is today (August 8), Brisbane's Mary Fletcher responded musically.
"Music has always been a very big part of my life," the drama and music specialist at Mary MacKillop College, Nundah, said.
"When I first began teaching at (the then) Corpus Christi College I was asked by a Sister of St Joseph if I could possibly write a song about Mary MacKillop.
"(She hoped it) could be sung by the girls attending this Josephite school.
"As I did the reading and research ... I became more and more inspired and awe-struck by the story of this incredible pioneering woman.
"My spirit was moved."
The result of that inspiration was A Woman for Our Time, a song Mary said "describes the love Mother Mary had for her people and the passion with which she fought for the rights of the poor and for justice".
It was "aired", she said, with the backing of The Queensland Symphony Orchestra and "became almost an anthem for the Josephite order and its schools in Australia and New Zealand".
That beginning heralded nine other songs related to Blessed Mary's "values and charism".
Stanthorpe-born Mary, one of four siblings, said her upbringing was testament to such outcomes today.
"I was very lucky to be born into a family where faith and prayer were always important and shaped so much of who I am today," Mary said.
"Both sets of grandparents were musically gifted as is my mother - a talented pianist who has worked for the Queensland Conservatorium of Music for the past twenty-five years."
Mary began piano lessons at age six with the Sisters of Mercy, soon progressing to the violin.
"I learnt some hard lessons from them (the sisters) but am so grateful for the persistent dedicated push they gave me to achieve my best in the field of music," she said.
"Achieving well" musically, this "early dedication to music" prepared her for the future.
"When I was fifteen I decided that I wanted to branch out musically," Mary said.
"I saved up to buy my first guitar and taught myself to play.
"I never looked back as this instrument led me into writing my own music."
As such, Mary has been "heavily involved in the folk scene" performing solo and with a band at festivals and events "all around the country".
She's also taught at St Joseph's College, Toowoomba, and All Hallows' School, Brisbane.
"Music is very important to me in my chosen career as a teacher," Mary said.
"I am a drama teacher but have always involved myself heavily in the music area of schools in which I have taught.
"My particular interest in music has expressed itself in writing and singing songs relating to issues of social justice and I'm particularly interested in composing songs for youth."
That platform led to the "eCCCos singing group" at Mary MacKillop College.
"I formed the eCCCos group in the 1990s together with (Josephite) Sister Patricia Boman," Mary said.
"(It was) a small singing group that would concentrate on singing justice material and songs relating to MacKillop values.
"It would also be a group to foster self-esteem and self-confidence in girls - especially those who could be 'at risk'.
"The main aim for the group is to 'give joy' through music.
"(And) along the way various staff members have also joined.
"It is a true 'community' group."
eCCCos members, accompanied by Mary, were at a parliamentary reception for Catholic Education Week at the Francis Rush Centre on July 27.
They have also performed at Mary MacKillop Place, Sydney, and Brisbane City Hall, while their compositions are known from Nundah to "the Andes in Peru (and) to the Highlands of Scotland", Mary said.
As well as taking part in the college's activities for today's feast day Mary is "really excited" about the October 17 canonisation in Rome.
"We are talking about an incredible Australian woman who isn't this 'inaccessible' saint that we've seen depicted in Christian art from a medieval age who lived in another world, another land," Mary said.
"Here is a woman that we actually have photos of and letters and things that belonged to her.
"She was a woman who inhabited and lived in and walked in the same places that we might go or have been in our own country, even here in Queensland.
"She was an 'ordinary' woman who achieved 'extraordinary' things.
"Mary MacKillop saw goodness, saw God in all of us and I think she would say 'there's a saint in all of us', too."
Friday, June 18, 2010
Date claimers
July 4 Hostel Mini Fete 10.15am.
July 4th Afternoon tea for Sisters of Saint Joseph and for those who have shared our vowed life as postulants, novices or vowed members, St Joseph‘s Nundah 2.30pm.
July 5 Nudgee Cemetery Ritual. 2.30 pm Nudgee cemetery. (Family and friends of deceased Sisters welcome).
July 7-10 Pray 2010, Clairvaux MacKillop College.
August 1 Discover Mary MacKillop’s’ Brisbane; Guided Pilgrimage $16 Leaving Nundah 1.30pm. Phone 0732661300 to book.
There will be a novena in preparation for feast day and a four week reflection sheet in preparation “A Glimpse into the life of Mary MacKillop.”
August 4 An evening with Mary MacKillop by David Burke, journalist and writer. Presented by JAN Inc at Mary MacKillop College Nundah.
August 8 Mass for Mary MacKillop in parishes this weekend 2:00pm Ritual St Joseph‘s Nundah and afternoon tea at Nolan Hall.
August 18 Opening night of “At the Centre of Light” Twelfth Night Theatre, (2 week season)
August 27-29 “In the spirit of Mary MacKillop” Conference, Mary MacKillop College. Contact 0732661300 for further information.
September 19-24 Pilgrimage in Rockhampton Diocese (Rockhampton, Mackay, Moranbah-Dysart- Middlemount, Clermont).
October 17 Canonisation Event; St Stephen‘s Cathedral and Precinct – from 4.30pm. Canonisation viewing 6:00pm.
Film Night "Soul of the Sunburnt Country" and other MM Films Presented by JAN Inc, at Mary MacKillop College September 10th. Gold coin entry fee
July 4th Afternoon tea for Sisters of Saint Joseph and for those who have shared our vowed life as postulants, novices or vowed members, St Joseph‘s Nundah 2.30pm.
July 5 Nudgee Cemetery Ritual. 2.30 pm Nudgee cemetery. (Family and friends of deceased Sisters welcome).
July 7-10 Pray 2010, Clairvaux MacKillop College.
August 1 Discover Mary MacKillop’s’ Brisbane; Guided Pilgrimage $16 Leaving Nundah 1.30pm. Phone 0732661300 to book.
There will be a novena in preparation for feast day and a four week reflection sheet in preparation “A Glimpse into the life of Mary MacKillop.”
August 4 An evening with Mary MacKillop by David Burke, journalist and writer. Presented by JAN Inc at Mary MacKillop College Nundah.
August 8 Mass for Mary MacKillop in parishes this weekend 2:00pm Ritual St Joseph‘s Nundah and afternoon tea at Nolan Hall.
August 18 Opening night of “At the Centre of Light” Twelfth Night Theatre, (2 week season)
August 27-29 “In the spirit of Mary MacKillop” Conference, Mary MacKillop College. Contact 0732661300 for further information.
September 19-24 Pilgrimage in Rockhampton Diocese (Rockhampton, Mackay, Moranbah-Dysart- Middlemount, Clermont).
October 17 Canonisation Event; St Stephen‘s Cathedral and Precinct – from 4.30pm. Canonisation viewing 6:00pm.
Film Night "Soul of the Sunburnt Country" and other MM Films Presented by JAN Inc, at Mary MacKillop College September 10th. Gold coin entry fee
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Dates to remember
Some dates that Sister Margaret has forwarded:
June 20 90 Years Celebration – Annerley
July 4 Hostel Mini Fete 10.15am
July 4 Afternoon tea for Sisters of Saint Joseph and for those who have shared our vowed life as postulants, novices or vowed members, St Joseph‘s Nundah 2.30pm
July 5 Nudgee Cemetery Ritual (Time to be decided)( Family and friends of deceased Sisters welcome)
July 7-10 Pray 2010, Clairvaux MacKillop College
August 1 Brisbane Pilgrimage (Time to be decided)
August 4 MacKillop Memorial Lecture, Mary MacKillop College, Presented by JAN Inc
August 8 Mass for Mary MacKillop in Parishes this weekend 2:00pm Ritual St Joseph‘s Nundah and afternoon tea at Nolan Hall
August 18 Opening night of “At the Centre of Light” Twelfth Night Theatre, (2 week season)
August 27-29 “In the spirit of Mary MacKillop” Conference, Mary MacKillop College
September 10th Film Night “Soul of the Sunburnt Country” and other MM Films Presented by JAN Inc, at Mary MacKillop College
September 19-24 Pilgrimage in Rockhampton Diocese (Rockhampton, Mackay, Moranbah-Dysart- Middlemount, Clermont)
October 17 “Canonisation Event‘; St Stephen‘s Cathedral and Precinct – from 4.30pm. Canonisation viewing 6:00pm
June 20 90 Years Celebration – Annerley
July 4 Hostel Mini Fete 10.15am
July 4 Afternoon tea for Sisters of Saint Joseph and for those who have shared our vowed life as postulants, novices or vowed members, St Joseph‘s Nundah 2.30pm
July 5 Nudgee Cemetery Ritual (Time to be decided)( Family and friends of deceased Sisters welcome)
July 7-10 Pray 2010, Clairvaux MacKillop College
August 1 Brisbane Pilgrimage (Time to be decided)
August 4 MacKillop Memorial Lecture, Mary MacKillop College, Presented by JAN Inc
August 8 Mass for Mary MacKillop in Parishes this weekend 2:00pm Ritual St Joseph‘s Nundah and afternoon tea at Nolan Hall
August 18 Opening night of “At the Centre of Light” Twelfth Night Theatre, (2 week season)
August 27-29 “In the spirit of Mary MacKillop” Conference, Mary MacKillop College
September 10th Film Night “Soul of the Sunburnt Country” and other MM Films Presented by JAN Inc, at Mary MacKillop College
September 19-24 Pilgrimage in Rockhampton Diocese (Rockhampton, Mackay, Moranbah-Dysart- Middlemount, Clermont)
October 17 “Canonisation Event‘; St Stephen‘s Cathedral and Precinct – from 4.30pm. Canonisation viewing 6:00pm
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