
Museum wins award
The Mary MacKillop Museum at Kensington has won the inaugural Best Arts and Culture/Entertainment Experience in the Eastside Business Awards.
The Mary MacKillop Museum at Kensington has won the inaugural Best Arts and Culture/Entertainment Experience in the Eastside Business Awards.
Pauline Grear has had a long association with the Sisters of St Joseph so when her friend told her the Mary MacKillop Museum at Kensington needed volunteers, she jumped at the chance to help.
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Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, recently I have visited two museums with what might be called a religious theme, and an educational sub-theme. One, the Mary MacKillop Museum in Kensington, and, second, more recently, the Jesuit Retreat Centre’s historical display at Sevenhill. Both well worth a visit.
The small St Joseph’s Chapel at Kensington was not at capacity due to COVID-19 restrictions but the spirit of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop spilled over to more than 3000 people who watched her feast day Mass online.
As Sr Brigette Sipa takes on her new role as CentreWest regional leader of the Sisters of St Joseph, she will draw on her many years of experience as a school principal and director of Mission at Mary MacKillop Place in North Sydney.
The old and the new have been brought together in the redeveloped Mary MacKillop Museum at Kensington which was opened this month by the Governor of South Australia, Hieu Van Le AC.
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