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Community spirit, a tradition of welcoming migrants and the presence of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH Sisters) – these are the blessings for which the Clearview-Kilburn parish will give thanks when it celebrates three significant milestones this month.
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She’s worked as a zookeeper and on an animal therapy farm, looked after asylum seeker children in community detention and taught English and swimming, but Emma Yengi says providing much-needed help to asylum seekers and refugees living in Adelaide has been her greatest career choice so far.
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With significant wedding anniversaries being recognised in parishes in September, one couple whose 65 years of marriage have been firmly grounded in their local parish is Kathleen and Jude Smith.
There was a lot of love at the Clearview/Kilburn parish on Valentine’s Day this year, but for a different reason.
A steady stream of refugees and asylum seekers is coming through the doors of the relocated Vinnies Migrant and Refugee Service at Kilburn since it opened last month.
Francesca Cimmino has been going to Mass at St Joseph’s, Kingswood, every Sunday for 63 years, so it’s not surprising she found it difficult when churches closed a few weeks before Easter, the most sacred time of the year for Christians.
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