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Travelling Sisters Roadshow revs up this week: fund raising for disaster recovery in Australia
Iam often impressed by how creativity and compassion go hand in hand. The Sisters of St. Joseph in Australia provide a good example of this.
On Friday, the nuns begin a nationwide road trip to raise funds for disaster recovery in Australia. The nation has had severe floods and other natural disasters in recent months, and many people continue to suffer from the effects of these events.
Sister Julianne Murphy is in the driver’s seat for the seven-month project. She’ll lead the effort with stops across the nation for fundraising dinners, visits with young people at schools, and visits to areas affected by natural disasters.
All the funds will go to grants for local projects for disaster recovery, through the Mary MacKillop Foundation. Mary MacKillop founded the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1867 and is the first Australian saint (canonized October 2010) in the Roman Catholic Church. For more information about the Sisters Travelling Roadshow, visit their website ( http://bit.ly/ifC77w).
As the sisters get ready for the road, I pray that they will have a safe trip and that their Travelling Roadshow will raise lots of funds for people in need.
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God,
you have called us to become a pilgrim people
you have made us a consecrated nation
a holy priesthood
we praise you for your love and faithfulness in inspiring these our sisters to journey in for our needy brothers and sisters. Bless them in the journey they begin.
May the gospel of Jesus our savior and brother be on their lips and in their hearts to wittness to the power of God’s Radical love for all.
May the Spirit lead them to build up the body of Christ by their wittnes to reconcilation and justice.
bless us all as we hourney to you !
we ask this in jesus name, amen
What a story they’ll have! I hope they blog/tweet the whole way and then turn it into a book. If they’re blogging, people around the world can follow their journey, and it would be a great avenue for contributions!
With an advocate in heaven like Mary MacKillop on their side, I’m sure their journey will be doubly blessed!