2 OLSH Stories – Australia and Kiribati

OLSH Elmore

A wonderful celebration of the spiritual presence and friendship that Elmore has shared with the OLSH Sisters for 91 years.

Approximately 100 people came together to wish the Sisters well as they move to Melbourne. People travelled from some distance to participate in our celebration.

It was wonderful to see some school children attending mass during the holidays. A highlight for them was meeting Sr Mary Batchelor, past student and inspiration behind Mission Day.

Photo includes the group with the Bishop of Sandhurst, Shane Mackinlay.

Sister Eileen Kennedy celebrates the 70th Anniversary of her Religious Profession

Congratulations to Sister Eileen Kennedy who celebrated the 70th Anniversary of her profession as a member of the religious Order of Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart on 6 January 2021 in Tarawa.

Sister Eileen arrived in Kiribati from Australia in 1954 and has remained in Kiribati since that time as an educator, with many of those years spent teaching at schools on the outer islands.

Sister Eileen was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2011 for her ‘service to the people of Kiribati as a teacher, through support for social welfare groups, and to the Catholic Church’.

We were very pleased to be part of the celebration to honour Sister Eileen’s significant achievement.

With the Australian High Commissioner

With acknowledgement of the OLSH Facebook page.