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have collaborated for many years.
As we thank God for fifty years of
presence in Darwin, we remain
uncertain of what the future holds.
However, we continue to trust that
God who has led us to Darwin will
surely continue to accompany us as
we strive to serve Him with all our
hearts.

Sisters who have served in
Darwin over the past 50 years:

Sr Teresina Franguelli – RIP
Sr Irene Motta (Brisbane)
Sr Mabel De Souza – RIP
Sr Susanna Castelli – RIP
Sr Piera Tosoni – RIP
Sr Maria Farina – RIP
Sr. Ersilia Casiraghi - Bakhita Village (1972) Sr Ersilia Casiraghi – RIP
Sr Vanda Frizzarin – RIP
Italian, Timorese and Portuguese migrants and Sr Agnese Sampieri (Italy)
refugees, but have spent many years in Parish Sr Judith Brivio – RIP
Pastoral work. This has included sacramental Sr Erminia Cazzaniga – RIP
programs and catechesis; serving Aboriginal Sr Elda Sbarra (Adelaide)
communities; religious education in both Sr Laura Maier (Italy)
government and Catholic schools; supporting
Antioch and Marriage Encounter movements; Sr Felicity Plodari (Brisbane)
visitation to the female jail, and more recently Sr Leonia Amaral – RIP
service with the St Vincent de Paul Society and Sr Maria Luisa Serafini (Brisbane)
primary school education. Sr Rosa Vazzano (Adelaide)
Sr Maria De Roza (Singapore)
During 2020 we celebrate fifty years of the Sr Angela Sambusida (Trebonne)
presence and service of our Sisters here in Darwin. Sr Angela Freitas - RIP
On this day we remember, with gratitude, not
only the 34 Sisters who have lived and worked in Sr Rosina Luchetti (Brisbane)
Darwin over these years, but also the many people Sr Anna Bosio (Italy)
that God put on our path. We express gratitude to Sr Severina Sattin (Italy)
the various Bishops of the local Church who have Sr Anna Molinari (Darwin)
constantly supported the Sisters in their ministry, Sr Fatima Pereira (East Timor)
as well as the Clergy, Religious and countless lay
people who have journeyed alongside us across Sr Bridget Foo (Brisbane)
the years. In a special way we thank God for the Sr Aurora Pires (Portugal)
constant support we have experienced from the Sr Amelia De Jesus (Adelaide)
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart with whom we Sr Odete Moreira (Darwin)
Sr Rita Zuccher (Trebonne)
Sr Jacinta Do Santos (East Timor)
Sr Eufemia Lacerda (Sydney)
Sr Lucy Kert (Darwin)

Srs. Maria Luisa Serafini, Angela Bott and Irene Motta - Darwin
Sr. Maria Luisa Serafina with the Catechists and St. Paul's School Principal
Sr. Anna Molinari fdcc

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