Day 3 continued the theme of the Beatitudes, particularly meaningful for the Salesian Sisters who take the vows to "follow the Beatitudes radically". With today's Beatitude "Blessed are the merciful for they will receive mercy", the Engadine and St Marys' communities led us in a very reflective morning prayer centering on God's Mercy and Trust in God with beautiful images and song. The question for today challenges us to "live conversion to communion and sincere fraternity in

Day 2 was spent reflecting on the question: "How do we renew our missionary passion in our commitment to education and evangelisation together with young people?" In order to help us discerning and deliberating answers to this question, our young people and lay collaborators were invited to attend today's morning session (if possible) and to give us feedback, suggestions, comments, ideas, or recommendations on what more Salesian Sisters can do to empower them as we carry out

The South Pacific Region (SPR) Province has started the Chapter on Friday 2/10/2026, facilitated by Fr Phil Gleeson SDB, and moderated by Sr Rochelle Lamb FMA. This is an important event in the life of the Province, happening every 6 years. Delegates from all three countries - Samoa, the Solomon Islands and Australia, gathered together in Melbourne to pray, discuss, discern and deliberate responses to important questions from the Generalate to prepare for the global General C

On 19th October 2025, the Sisters of St Marys joyfully celebrated the canonisation of their newly declared saint, St Maria Troncatti, alongside parishioners of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish.

Viva Gesù, May the love of our Lord be with you all, granting you many blessings and good health. How are you all doing? I hope you are well—both physically and spiritually. We continue to pray for the soul of Sr Maria Dao and the recovery of Sr Marguerite. I just wanted to share with you what I’ve been up to. I’ve actually completed one year of studies in the Salesian Spirituality course. Hooray! It has been a year of hard work—15 subjects in total—covering many aspects, suc

As 2025 is well underway, the Engadine community would like to share five significant events that have occurred since the year began. The Engadine community This year the St Maria D Mazzarello Novitiate reopened as Betty Pauromae began her first-year novitiate on 8 December 2024 under the guidance of St Hieu Luong, community leader and novice formator. The novitiate program comprises the following. Betty spends Mondays with the children at St John Bosco Primary School in a c

"Dare To Pause" is an invitation - and a challenge, to "pause", amidst the busy-ness of life, to do the most central thing of one's life: reconnect with oneself and God. This year's "Dare To Pause" day is especially designed for Salesian youth participating in ACYF Melbourne and Advent. Please see the details below and register.

The Maria Mazzarello Development Centre, established by the Salesian Sisters of the South Pacific Region, came into operation since the 1st of February, 2014. The centre focuses on providing intensive, short courses that help young women and mothers develop life skills such as literacy, sewing, hospitality, cooking, and so on. The year 2023 marked a milestone achievement of the centre with the graduation of the 20th group. The event was reported by HNMS TV (Holy Name of Mary

On December 8, 2023, The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) known as the Salesian sisters joyfully celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception at the Don Bosco Chapel in Henderson. Sister Joan Levi FMA marked a special milestone by making her Final Profession during the ceremony. The event, overseen by Archbishop Christopher Cardone OP, featured the participation of brother priests, including Fr. Brian, Fr. Peter SDB, Fr. Mancent, Fr. Vincent, Fr. Dylan SM, Fr.

Saturday, 26 August . Once again the Engadine community is invited to St. Marys to continue the celebrations of the veneration of the relic of Don Bosco. This time the Vietnamese community in the region are invited to honour St. John Bosco in this manner. A very well prepared Eucharist in Vietnamese is celebrated just before dinner. the newly ordained Salesian priest Fr. Joseph presides together with Fr. Jeff Miller sdb and three other visiting Vietnamese priests. The reading