The Heart of Life Centre, renovations and progress.
Since the Province purchased the Croydon property, Kewn Krestha, in Alto Avenue, for a permanent home for Heart of Life, renovations have been in progress. This was the site for the Family Care Sisters (‘Grey Sisters’) centre for caring for mothers.
We celebrated Mass for the Sisters there from 1941 until the closure of the Croydon Monastery.
The task was to develop the buildings, a transition from social care to a functioning centre for courses, spiritual direction, seminars, offices, library…
Barry Smith has spent the months from February to the present in Melbourne, living with the Kew community, at Croydon in his role as MSC Property Manager.
The present goal is to have completed renovation of the main rooms in time for a blessing ceremony, and the celebration of 45 years of the Siloam Spiritual Direction program on June 7th, the Feast of the Sacred Heart.
