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CELEBRATIng FUSIOn

of the Sisters of Saint Joseph

of Goulburn

with

The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart

FEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH

19th March 2013

‘We were founded with vision and courageprecisely to undertake a new experimentto live as religious had not lived before,

and to work under conditionsthat had not been experienced before.

The first Sisters of St Joseph sensed the spirit of a new world

in a way that has left its mark on the history of Australia and New Zealand.

We who have taken up the task of the first Sisters of St Joseph

must press on into each age as it unfoldsin a like spirit of daring,

strong in our commitment to love.

Drawing on the past, we will never take refuge in the past,

but together, in partnership with the Holy Spirit,we will confront the world of the future fearlessly

to bend that future to the dynamic purpose of the Creator.’

Dominic Morris cp First Draft of the Constitutions of the Australian - New Zealand Federation of Sisters of St Joseph 1969

OUR LADY OF FATIMA CHURCH, NORTH GOULBURN

Principal Celebrant: Archbishop Francis Carroll Concelebrants: Bishops Patrick Power and Gerard Hanna Monsignor John Woods, Priests of the Archdioceses of Canberra-Goulburn and Sydney and the Diocese of Wagga Wagga

Musicians and Soloists: John Sloan, conductor, cantor & recorder Trish Collis - organist Jeanette Foxe rsj - flute

Singers from Goulburn, Temora, Narrandera and Wagga Wagga parishes

Sister Anne Derwin: Congregational Leader of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart

Final Leadership Team of the Sisters of St Joseph of Goulburn:

Sisters Kerrie Cusack, Laraine Crowe, Colleen Howe, Carmel Drew and Marie McAlister

Visiting Sisters of St Joseph from Australia and New Zealand .

‘St Joseph’s was a quiet humility’ Mary MacKillop 1893

FUSION: ‘the process or result of two or more communities joining together to form a single entity.’ Today, the Goulburn Congregation ceases to exist and becomes one with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

M Damien Sullivan

M de Pazzi Dennis M Loyola Flood M Philippa Cudmore M Cecilia Brassil M Philomena McAlister M Immaculata Whitmore M Rose Byrne M Camillus Lynam Maria Therese Lane M Alphonsus Vallely M Gregory Cregan M Thomas Gallagher M Eugene Kierce M Majella Halloran M Bernadette O’Mara M Leonard Tynan M Raphael Gillies M Francesca Fennell M Vianney O’Mara M Carmel Malone M La Merci Bullock M Alexius May M Dympna Clancy M Dominica Neill M Canice Moloney M Loretto Flynn M Francis Xavier Cooke M Chanel Myers M Theophane Maynard M Celestine Fortescue M Vincent Gallagher M James Goode M Paschal McKey M Boniface Coughlan

Marie Colette Hutchings Gabriel Mary McKey M Dolores Trefle M Florine Post M Marcellus Curtis M St Anne Bodel MarieTherese Schaefer M De Chantal Hardey M Eymard Drew M Justin Kelly M Berchmans Collins

M St Jude Donnelly

M Bede Trefle M Rita Cregan M Carmela Brown M Bonaventure Hardey M Cyril Hall M Aquinas Maloney M Genevieve Schaefer M Sebastian Hews M Michael Glass

M Mel Gough M Bernardine McBride M Borromeo Lynam M Clare Joseph May M Declan Curtis M Eucharia Stuart M Josephine Horan Pauline McKey M Cabrini King M Germaine Keating M Lucy Bourke M Ursula Mulcahy Catherine Lohan Teresa Quinn M Margaret Weissel

M Martin Hyland M Luigi Stewart M Austin Quinlivan M Angela McNamara M Frederick Bradley M Francis Collins Patricia O’Mara M Fabian Mills M Mercedes Houghton Emily Watts

M Paul Flemming

M Annette O’Loughlin M Christopher Lang Jean Adams M Benedicta Thompson Margaret Ryan M Oliver Casey M Celsus O’Grady Marie Therese Hourigan M Patrick Bradley Lyle Russell M Tarcisius Saunders










M Damien Sullivan



M St Jude Donnelly




M Paul Flemming


DECEASED

SISTERS

OF

ST JOSEPH

OF

GOULBURN

1882 - 2013

M Joseph Cahill M Julian Ryan M Marcellus Morand M Agnes Leslie M Andrea O’Dwyer M Hyacinth McDonald M De Sales Jones M Lucy Curran M Alphonsus Ryan M Rose Kreckler M Damien Maguire M Clare Gorman M Sebastian Hart M Philip Brooker M Liguori Galvin M Bernadine Logue M Gertrude Lennon M Elizabeth Trefle M Hilary O’Connor M Luigi Boys M Lawrence Cooney M Angela Meagher M Berchmans Woodlock M Clement Mullaley M Columba Maher M Brigid Maher M Ignatius Gould M Claver Schafer M Bernard Corbett M Andrew Ryan M Veronica Bodel M Augustine Doyle M John Gallagher M Joan Dominish M Imelda Malone

M Benedict Seymour

M Aloysius Marlan M Evangelist Duggan M Magdalene O’Mara M Madeleine Downey M Leo Cusack M Gonzaga Cuffe M Gabriel Nash M Theresa Ryan Margaret Mary Gaffney M Aquin Cartwright M Augustine Joseph Strettles M Stanislaus McAlister M Concepta Gallagher M Baptist Donovan M Joseph Flood M Anthony Brown M Xavier Mooney M Kevin Goode M Alacoque Quinlan M Ephrem Ryan M Pius Kelly M Agatha Hayes M De Sales Gallagher M Dominic Trefle M Casimir Sykes M Agnes Wood Joseph Mary Maloney M Helen McRae M Regis Marlan M Brendan McNamara M Rosarii Lane Maria Joseph Lloyd M Monica Kennedy M Gerard Idstein

GERARDINE AGNEW BEATRICE BOLLER ANDREW BROWNE GEMMA BUSH DAWN CAREY CARMEL CLEAR COLLEEN CLEAR JULIE CONNOLLY DORIS CORBETT RITA CORBETT VALERIAN CORBETT ELIZABETH COUCH PAULINUS CROKER LARAINE CROWE PATRICIA CUNNINGHAM KERRIE CUSACK ELIZABETH DENSON BERYL DREW CARMEL DREW MARIETTA DREW BARBARA FOGARTY ROSALIE GANNON ELIZABETH GLASS JANET GLASS MARIE DE PORRES GOODE MARIE JEANNE GRAHAM

ANDRE GUTHRIE MARY HEREWARD KATHLEEN HOUGHTON COLLEEN HOWE JULIAN HUNTER LAWRENCE KEIR CHRISTINA KEOGH MARGARET KNAGGE PATRICIA LENANE LOUIS LICKLEY EILEEN MALONEY MARIE McALISTER FRANCES McALEER MAUREEN McPHILLIPS MARIE MILLER JUDITH MILLS KAREN MUIR MARY MURPHY MARY O’DEA MARIA GORETTI PEARSON CARMEL PIFFERO ANNE PLAYER NOELENE QUINANE PATRICIA RYAN ANN STEENBERGEN BERNADETTE MARY WALSH

ENTRANCE PROCESSION

The Goulburn Sisters are accompanied by the Congregational Leader, Sister Anne Derwin and her Leadership Team, the Presider, Archbishop Francis Carroll, Bishops Pat Power, Gerard Hanna, Monsignor John Woods, Clergy and Ministers of the Word.

Introductory Rites Entrance Hymn: City of God Dan Schutte

1. Awake from your slumber! Arise from your sleep! A new day is dawning for all those who weep. The people in darkness have seen a great light. The Lord of our longing has conquered the night. REFRAIN: Let us build the city of God. May our tears be turned into dancing! For the Lord, our light and our love, Has turned the night into day! 2. We are sons of the morning: we are daughters of day. The one who has loved us has brightened our way. The Lord of all kindness has called us to be A light to his people to set their hearts free. 3. God is light: in him there is no darkness. Let us walk in his light, his children, one and all. O comfort my people; make gentle your words. Proclaim to my city the day of her birth. 4. O City of Gladness, now lift up your voice! Proclaim the good tidings that all may rejoice!

WELCOME and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of COUNTRY

Sister Kerrie Cusack rsj

Blessing of Water:

SPRINKLING RITE: Water from Goulburn carried by Sister Kerrie Cusack and from the Mary MacKillop Well at North Sydney, carried by Sister Anne Derwin, will be poured into a common bowl, blessed and sprinkled on the Congregation as a reminder of our Baptismal commitment.

Sisters Marion Gambin (SA), Jill Dance (Tas), Josephine Dubiel (Vic), Catherine Shelton (NZ)

In the closer connections in more recent years with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart we have found a similar closeness of spirit and approach to mission. Today, inspired by our charism to be one with the poor, our mission is expressed through lives characterised by simplicity, poverty, humility, compassion, hospitality and joy. We remain open to present and emerging needs in the Church and society through our witness to the presence of God in our time, and proclaiming the message and values of the Gospel in the everyday circumstances of our lives. In the spirit of Julian Tenison Woods and St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, ministries we undertake are ones which further the Reign of God, serve the poor, support the rights of the oppressed and marginalised and are consistent with emerging needs in the local Church. In keeping with our tradition, we have a particular concern for people in rural communities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

City of God Dan Schutte, New Dawn Music 1981

Water of Life David Haas, GIA Publications 1988

Psalm 89 Words and Music by Karen Barrie 1973

Glory and Praise to Our God Dan Schutte, New Dawn Music 1976

Joseph Holy Dom Stephen Moreno

Eat This Bread Jacques Berthier, Ateliers et Presses de Taize, 71250 Taize Community, France

We Give You Thanks David Haas, GIA Australian Agent 1998

We Are Called David Haas, GIA Publications 1988

Mass Setting: Mass of St Francis - Paul Taylor. Used with permission

The Goulburn Congregation’s work has been carried out, for the most part, in smaller isolated towns and has provided these areas with a flexible group of religious women ideally suited for rural outback towns, being as they were, prepared to live and work in groups of two or three, in remote areas often with-out a resident priest, and thus with limited opportunities for Mass and the sacraments. In 1917, the Diocese of Wagga Wagga was established out of the south west portion of the Diocese of Goulburn. The Sisters’ houses in Tumbarumba, Narrandera, Holbrook, Coolamon and Leeton would be in the new diocese, and under the arrangements for Diocesan Institutes, would then form a new Institute. This prospect was not welcomed by the Sisters, and the Bishops of the time, Barry of Goulburn and Dwyer of Wagga Wagga, stating they did not wish to see the ‘further fragmentation of the Order’ supported the application of the Congregation for Papal Approbation, so that the houses of the Congregation in any diocese would remain under the governance of the Mother House in Goulburn. The application to Rome for Papal Approbation was initiated in 1932, and in April 1935, the Congregation received its Decree of Praise approving the Constitutions of the Institute for a period of seven years. After interruptions during war time, and other delays, the Constitutions received definitive approval by the Sacred Congregation for Religious on 6th October, 1963. Currently, Sisters of the Congregation live in 21 Houses situated in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, the Archdiocese of Sydney and the Diocese of Wagga Wagga. The women who have been counted as members of the Sisters of St Joseph of Goulburn number 313. Currently the Congregation has 52 members, with an average age of 77. When, in the 1960s, following the directive of the Second Vatican Council, discussions began about forming a Federation among the five Josephite Congregations that were formed in the 1880s from Queen Charlotte’s Vale/Perthville, a remarkably similar spirit among the Congregations was found. The Australian New Zealand Federation of the Sisters of St Joseph was formed in 1967.

Glory to God: Paul Taylor

Water of Life: Water of Life Jesus our Light David Haas

Journey from death to new life

Opening Prayer: Grant we pray, almighty God, that by St Joseph’s intercession your Church may constantly watch over the unfolding of the mysteries of human salvation, whose beginnings you entrusted to his faithful care. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, One God, for ever and ever. Amen.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

First Reading: Book of Samuel 7 : 4-5, 12-14, 16 Sr Mary Quinlan rsj

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 89 Karen Barrie

Cantor, then All: I will celebrate your love forever, O God, Age on age, my words proclaim your love. For I claim that love is built to last forever, founded firm your faithfulness.

Cantor: 1. I have made a covenant with my chosen, given my servant my word. I have made your name to last forever,

built to outlast all time. R. 2. Happy the people who learn to acclaim you. They rejoice in your light. You are our glory and you are our

courage. Our hope belongs to you. R.

3. They will call to me, ‘My father! My God’ for I make them my first born ones. I cannot take back my given promise. I’ve called them to shine like the sun. R.

HISTORY:

The Sisters of St Joseph of Goulburn, an Australian Religious Institute of Pontifical Right, trace their origins to the Congregation of Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart founded in Penola, South Australia in 1866 by Father Julian Tenison Woods and Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop.

In 1872, at the invitation of Bishop Matthew Quinn of the Bathurst Diocese, four Sisters of St Joseph left Adelaide to found a community at Queen Charlotte’s Vale (The Vale, later Perthville). In 1875/76 the communities of Sisters of St Joseph in Bathurst Diocese were formed by the Bishop into a Diocesan Institute.

Being aware from 1872 on, of the work of the Sisters of St Joseph in Bathurst Diocese, Bishop William Lanigan of the Goulburn Diocese set about organising the establishment of his own Josephite Congregation. In 1880 he sent five young women recruited from Ireland to be trained by the Sisters of St Joseph in Perthville, and in 1882, brought the Sisters to Goulburn to establish a Diocesan Institute in his diocese. Like Sisters of St Joseph elsewhere, the mission of these first Sisters was to bring God’s saving love to the poor in the isolated rural areas of the vast Goulburn Diocese. They did this primarily through the establishment of schools and the support of the faith of families living in these areas.

Soon after the foundation of the Congregation, the Sisters began establishing branch houses. The opening of new Convents over short periods of time shows the years of rapid growth:

Adelong 1884 Taralga 1885 Temora 1887 Tumbarumba 1889 Narrandera 1890 Germanton/Holbrook 1892

Binalong 1896 Coolamon 1897 Koorawatha 1910 Wombat 1914 Leeton, 1917 Wallendbeen 1920

Barmedman 1922 Batlow 1923 Yanco 1924 Ardlethan 1924, Culcairn 1926, Marulan 1930, Bateman’s Bay 1937 Yenda 1937 Quandialla 1937 Neutral Bay 1945 Hanwood 1948 Yoogali 1949 Ungarie 1950 Barellan 1954 O’Connor ACT 1956

Vanimo PNG 1965 Lyneham ACT 1968 Page ACT 1972 Gundagai 1980 Wagga Wagga 1995 Burwood 1998

DISMISSAL: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.

ALL: Thanks be to God.

Recessional Hymn: WE ARE CALLED David Haas

1. Come! Live in the light! Shine with the joy and the love of our God! We are called to be light for the kingdom, to live in the freedom of the city of God!

REFRAIN: We are called to act with justice, We are called to love tenderly, We are called to serve one another, To walk humbly with God!

2. Come! Open your heart! Show your mercy to all those who fear! We are called to be hope for the hopeless so all hatred and blindness will be no more!

3. Sing! Sing a new song! Sing of that great day when all will be one! God will reign, and we’ll walk with each other as sisters and brothers united in love!

Guests are asked to proceed to the Kokoda Room in Goulburn Soldiers’ Club in Market Street where lunch will be served

at 1.15pm.

Second Reading: Romans 4 : 13, 16-18, 22 Peter McPhee

Gospel Acclamation: Glory and praise to our God Dan Schutte Who alone gives light to our days. Many are the blessings he bears to those who trust in his ways.

Gospel: Matthew 1: 16, 18-21, 24

HOMILY

Archbishop Francis Carroll

RITUAL

Introduction: Sr Laraine Crowe rsj We proceed now with a Ritual that proclaims Rome’s approval of our request to merge or fuse with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. The Decree will be read and the Goulburn Sisters will be asked by their new Congregational Leader, Sister Anne Derwin, to accept a new set of Constitutions as their way of vowed life. They will be presented with a new emblem and will renew their vows together with all Sisters of St Joseph present here and elsewhere via the web stream.

PROCLAMATION of DECREE: Monsignor John Woods Sr Anne Derwin rsj The Congregational Leader of the Sisters of St Joseph, Goulburn, a Religious Institute of Pontifical Right, whose Generalate house is in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, having obtained the favourable vote of the members, requests the Holy See to approve the fusion of this Institute with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, a Religious Institute of Pontifical Right, whose Generalate house is in the Archdiocese of Sydney, for the reasons given. The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, having carefully studied both the request and the letter with which the Congregational Leader of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart accepts this proposed fusion, and having obtained the consent of the Congresso of 28 September, 2012, with this present Decree, in accordance with canon 582, authorises the fusion of the Sisters of St Joseph, Goulburn, with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. All the members of the Sisters of St Joseph, Goulburn who pass to the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart remain in the same condition of religious profession in which they are at present. A new religious profession is not required. Furthermore, all goods, both movable and immovable, of the Sisters of St Joseph, Goulburn, shall be duly ascribed to the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Special funds or pious bequests, if there be any, must be used for the purpose intended by the donor or testator; likewise, the any rights of others, must be preserved intact insofar as the case demands. All things to the contrary notwithstanding.

Given at the Vatican, 4 October, 2012 Feast day of St Francis of Assisi Signed by the Cardinal Prefect, Joao Brãz de Aviz and Secretary, Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin. C.Ss.R

Prayer After Communion: Defend with unfailing protection O Lord, we pray, the family you have nourished with food from the altar, as they rejoice at the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, and graciously keep safe your gifts among them. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sister Anne Derwin missions the Goulburn Sisters to the Region of NSW/East Timor

Sister Mary Quinlan welcomes Sisters to the NSW/East Timor Region of the Congregation

Sister Anne Derwin missions Sister Kerrie Cusack to the

Regional Leadership Team

Concluding Rite

Solemn Blessing: Bow your heads and pray for God’s blessing:

Presider: God is the glory and joy of St Joseph. May God’s blessing be with you always.

All: Amen

May St Joseph’s example of holy living, turn your thoughts to service of God and neighbour.

All: Amen May the love of God unite you as St Joseph’s family praising his name until you reach your eternal home.

All: Amen. May almighty God the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, bless all who have taken part in these sacred celebrations. All: Amen

WE GIVE YOU THANKS David Haas

1. For the bread and wine we share here, For the friends that we embrace, For the peace we find in healing, For all who gather in this place, For the faith of those around us, For the dead and all those here, For the hope we find in memory, For the love that draws us near. Refrain: We give you thanks, we give you thanks, For the grace to receive, in you we believe, We give you thanks, we give you thanks With faith and hope and love, we give you thanks. 2. For the movement deep within us, For the stories that we bring, For the signs of God’s compassion, For the journey that we sing, For the word that holds our promise, For the gifts that we can claim, For the wonders that surround us, For the song that sings our name. 3. For the water bringing new life, For the fragrance of release, For the fire that blazes forward, For the call to bring forth peace, For the blindness now enlightened, For the bound that now are free, For the brightness of your new day, For the kingdom we will be.

Sister Anne Derwin invites all Goulburn Sisters to stand and pray together:

Loving God, we pray in thanksgiving for the gift of this moment. You have heard our deep desire for unity. May this step we take today be for all a sign of reconciliation and hope. May it deepen our commitment to you, as we continue to respond, with all Sisters of St Joseph to the needs of your poor, and work for justice and peace in our world, true to the example of our co-founders, St Mary of the Cross MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods.

SISTER ANNE DERWIN:

Sisters, receive the Constitutions of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. You have generously lived your religious life according to the way of life described in A Future and a Hope, the Constitutions of the Australian–New Zealand Federation of the Sisters of St Joseph. That same spirit, mission and charism are described in the Constitutions of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. I invite you, Sisters, to accept now these Constitutions as your way of consecrated life. May the Constitutions inspire, encourage and strengthen you in your Josephite life as you continue to share in the Mission of Jesus, and live generously with the spirit of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods. May these Constitutions come alive in you as ‘women who work in simple ordinary ways to bring to those who are poor the message of their human dignity.’ (Constitutions n. 4)

Sister Kerrie Cusack accepts the Book of Constitutions, on behalf of the Sisters.

GOULBURN SISTERS:

We accept these Constitutions as our way of vowed life as Sisters of St Joseph and pray that with God’s help we will continue to live faithfully in the spirit of our co-founders, Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods.

SISTER ANNE DERWIN:

Sisters, receive this emblem as a symbol of your membership of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, the sign of your way of life as a consecrated religious.

As her name is read, each Goulburn Sister comes forward to receive her emblem from Sister Anne and her Leadership Team.

WORDS OF WELCOME: Sister Anne Derwin rsj

Sister Anne Derwin invites ALL SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH to renew their vows:

As a Sister of St Joseph, and before all here present, I renew my vows of Chastity, Poverty and Obedience. Relying on the power of the Holy Spirit and encouraged by the example of Mary and Joseph, Mary MacKillop and Julian Tenison Woods, I commit myself wholeheartedly to my way of life as a Sister of St Joseph and pledge to express this commitment in generous service of God and of God’s people.

All stand:

JOSEPH HOLY Dom Stephen Moreno

1. Joseph holy, faithful guardian, Spouse of Mary, ever Virgin, Loving teacher of God’s word.

REFRAIN: JOSEPH HOLY, FAITHFUL GUARDIAN SPOUSE OF MARY, EVER VIRGIN. LOVING TEACHER OF GOD’S WORD.

2. You the model of obedience, You the poor and humble worker, You the patron of the Church.

3. Then we ask you, Joseph faithful, Help us always be attentive, Listening, hearing God’s own Word.

COMMUNION RITE Presider: Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the lamb.

All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed. Communion Hymns:

Eat This Bread

REFRAIN: Eat this bread, drink this cup, Jacques Berthier Come to me and never be hungry. Eat this bread , drink this cup, Trust in Christ and you will not thirst. 1. I am the bread of life, the true bread sent from the Father. R. 2. Your ancestors ate manna in the desert but this is the bread come down from heaven. R. 3. Eat my flesh and drink my blood, and I will raise you up on the last day. R. 4. Anyone who eats this bread, will live for ever. R. 5. If you believe and eat this bread, you will have eternal life. R.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

Paul Taylor

Amen

Lord’s Prayer

Sign of Peace

Lamb of God Paul Taylor

PROFESSION of FAITH: I believe in God,

the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ , his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day He arose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen.

PRAYERS of INTERCESSION Sr Therese McGarry rsj, President, Australian New Zealand Federation of Sisters of St Joseph Presider: As we gather to celebrate the Solemnity of St Joseph we place

our prayers into the hands of You, our loving God.

Reader: 1. For the Church, its leaders and all who minister within it. PAUSE We pray:

All: God of love, hear us.

2. For Sisters of St Joseph throughout the world. PAUSE We pray:

All: God of love hear us. 3. For unity and justice for all people. PAUSE We pray:

All: God of love hear us. 4: For all those who have been part of our journey contributing to who we are today. PAUSE We pray:

All: God of love hear us. 5. For all who have gathered for this joyful celebration. PAUSE We pray:

All: God of love hear us. 6. For those suffering in body, mind or spirit. PAUSE We pray:

All: God of love hear us. 7. For all deceased Sisters of St Joseph, our relatives and friends. PAUSE We pray:

All: God of love hear us. 8. For our needs. PAUSE We pray:

All: God of love hear us. Presider: Gracious God, we are confident of your love for us and give thanks for the many gifts we have been given in our lives. Be with us as we continue our commitment as Sisters of St Joseph supported by many people. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Presentation of the Gifts: Instrumental Music

Tommy Bell and Meg Divall — Captains of St Joseph’s Primary, North Goulburn Ruth Read (Goulburn) and Malcolm Mackenzie (Tumbarumba)

Prayer over the Gifts: We pray, O Lord, that, just as Saint Joseph served with loving care your Only Begotten Son, born of the Virgin Mary, so we may be worthy to minister with a pure heart at your altar. Through Christ our Lord. Amen

Presider: Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.

All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.

Holy, Holy: Paul Taylor

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

Paul Taylor

Amen

Lord’s Prayer

Sign of Peace

Lamb of God Paul Taylor

PROFESSION of FAITH: I believe in God,

the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ , his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day He arose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen.

PRAYERS of INTERCESSION Sr Therese McGarry rsj, President, Australian New Zealand Federation of Sisters of St Joseph Presider: As we gather to celebrate the Solemnity of St Joseph we place

our prayers into the hands of You, our loving God.

Reader: 1. For the Church, its leaders and all who minister within it. PAUSE We pray:

All: God of love, hear us.

As her name is read, each Goulburn Sister comes forward to receive her emblem from Sister Anne and her Leadership Team.

WORDS OF WELCOME: Sister Anne Derwin rsj

Sister Anne Derwin invites ALL SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH to renew their vows:

As a Sister of St Joseph, and before all here present, I renew my vows of Chastity, Poverty and Obedience. Relying on the power of the Holy Spirit and encouraged by the example of Mary and Joseph, Mary MacKillop and Julian Tenison Woods, I commit myself wholeheartedly to my way of life as a Sister of St Joseph and pledge to express this commitment in generous service of God and of God’s people.

All stand:

JOSEPH HOLY Dom Stephen Moreno

1. Joseph holy, faithful guardian, Spouse of Mary, ever Virgin, Loving teacher of God’s word.

REFRAIN: JOSEPH HOLY, FAITHFUL GUARDIAN SPOUSE OF MARY, EVER VIRGIN. LOVING TEACHER OF GOD’S WORD.

2. You the model of obedience, You the poor and humble worker, You the patron of the Church.

3. Then we ask you, Joseph faithful, Help us always be attentive, Listening, hearing God’s own Word.

COMMUNION RITE Presider: Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the lamb.

All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed. Communion Hymns:

Eat This Bread

REFRAIN: Eat this bread, drink this cup, Jacques Berthier Come to me and never be hungry. Eat this bread , drink this cup, Trust in Christ and you will not thirst. 1. I am the bread of life, the true bread sent from the Father. R. 2. Your ancestors ate manna in the desert but this is the bread come down from heaven. R. 3. Eat my flesh and drink my blood, and I will raise you up on the last day. R. 4. Anyone who eats this bread, will live for ever. R. 5. If you believe and eat this bread, you will have eternal life. R.

WE GIVE YOU THANKS David Haas

1. For the bread and wine we share here, For the friends that we embrace, For the peace we find in healing, For all who gather in this place, For the faith of those around us, For the dead and all those here, For the hope we find in memory, For the love that draws us near. Refrain: We give you thanks, we give you thanks, For the grace to receive, in you we believe, We give you thanks, we give you thanks With faith and hope and love, we give you thanks. 2. For the movement deep within us, For the stories that we bring, For the signs of God’s compassion, For the journey that we sing, For the word that holds our promise, For the gifts that we can claim, For the wonders that surround us, For the song that sings our name. 3. For the water bringing new life, For the fragrance of release, For the fire that blazes forward, For the call to bring forth peace, For the blindness now enlightened, For the bound that now are free, For the brightness of your new day, For the kingdom we will be.

Sister Anne Derwin invites all Goulburn Sisters to stand and pray together:

Loving God, we pray in thanksgiving for the gift of this moment. You have heard our deep desire for unity. May this step we take today be for all a sign of reconciliation and hope. May it deepen our commitment to you, as we continue to respond, with all Sisters of St Joseph to the needs of your poor, and work for justice and peace in our world, true to the example of our co-founders, St Mary of the Cross MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods.

SISTER ANNE DERWIN:

Sisters, receive the Constitutions of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. You have generously lived your religious life according to the way of life described in A Future and a Hope, the Constitutions of the Australian–New Zealand Federation of the Sisters of St Joseph. That same spirit, mission and charism are described in the Constitutions of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. I invite you, Sisters, to accept now these Constitutions as your way of consecrated life. May the Constitutions inspire, encourage and strengthen you in your Josephite life as you continue to share in the Mission of Jesus, and live generously with the spirit of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods. May these Constitutions come alive in you as ‘women who work in simple ordinary ways to bring to those who are poor the message of their human dignity.’ (Constitutions n. 4)

Sister Kerrie Cusack accepts the Book of Constitutions, on behalf of the Sisters.

GOULBURN SISTERS:

We accept these Constitutions as our way of vowed life as Sisters of St Joseph and pray that with God’s help we will continue to live faithfully in the spirit of our co-founders, Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods.

SISTER ANNE DERWIN:

Sisters, receive this emblem as a symbol of your membership of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, the sign of your way of life as a consecrated religious.

PROCLAMATION of DECREE: Monsignor John Woods Sr Anne Derwin rsj The Congregational Leader of the Sisters of St Joseph, Goulburn, a Religious Institute of Pontifical Right, whose Generalate house is in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, having obtained the favourable vote of the members, requests the Holy See to approve the fusion of this Institute with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, a Religious Institute of Pontifical Right, whose Generalate house is in the Archdiocese of Sydney, for the reasons given. The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, having carefully studied both the request and the letter with which the Congregational Leader of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart accepts this proposed fusion, and having obtained the consent of the Congresso of 28 September, 2012, with this present Decree, in accordance with canon 582, authorises the fusion of the Sisters of St Joseph, Goulburn, with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. All the members of the Sisters of St Joseph, Goulburn who pass to the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart remain in the same condition of religious profession in which they are at present. A new religious profession is not required. Furthermore, all goods, both movable and immovable, of the Sisters of St Joseph, Goulburn, shall be duly ascribed to the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Special funds or pious bequests, if there be any, must be used for the purpose intended by the donor or testator; likewise, the any rights of others, must be preserved intact insofar as the case demands. All things to the contrary notwithstanding.

Given at the Vatican, 4 October, 2012 Feast day of St Francis of Assisi Signed by the Cardinal Prefect, Joao Brãz de Aviz and Secretary, Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin. C.Ss.R

Prayer After Communion: Defend with unfailing protection O Lord, we pray, the family you have nourished with food from the altar, as they rejoice at the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, and graciously keep safe your gifts among them. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sister Anne Derwin missions the Goulburn Sisters to the Region of NSW/East Timor

Sister Mary Quinlan welcomes Sisters to the NSW/East Timor Region of the Congregation

Sister Anne Derwin missions Sister Kerrie Cusack to the

Regional Leadership Team

Concluding Rite

Solemn Blessing: Bow your heads and pray for God’s blessing:

Presider: God is the glory and joy of St Joseph. May God’s blessing be with you always.

All: Amen

May St Joseph’s example of holy living, turn your thoughts to service of God and neighbour.

All: Amen May the love of God unite you as St Joseph’s family praising his name until you reach your eternal home.

All: Amen. May almighty God the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, bless all who have taken part in these sacred celebrations. All: Amen

DISMISSAL: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.

ALL: Thanks be to God.

Recessional Hymn: WE ARE CALLED David Haas

1. Come! Live in the light! Shine with the joy and the love of our God! We are called to be light for the kingdom, to live in the freedom of the city of God!

REFRAIN: We are called to act with justice, We are called to love tenderly, We are called to serve one another, To walk humbly with God!

2. Come! Open your heart! Show your mercy to all those who fear! We are called to be hope for the hopeless so all hatred and blindness will be no more!

3. Sing! Sing a new song! Sing of that great day when all will be one! God will reign, and we’ll walk with each other as sisters and brothers united in love!

Guests are asked to proceed to the Kokoda Room in Goulburn Soldiers’ Club in Market Street where lunch will be served

at 1.15pm.

Second Reading: Romans 4 : 13, 16-18, 22 Peter McPhee

Gospel Acclamation: Glory and praise to our God Dan Schutte Who alone gives light to our days. Many are the blessings he bears to those who trust in his ways.

Gospel: Matthew 1: 16, 18-21, 24

HOMILY

Archbishop Francis Carroll

RITUAL

Introduction: Sr Laraine Crowe rsj We proceed now with a Ritual that proclaims Rome’s approval of our request to merge or fuse with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. The Decree will be read and the Goulburn Sisters will be asked by their new Congregational Leader, Sister Anne Derwin, to accept a new set of Constitutions as their way of vowed life. They will be presented with a new emblem and will renew their vows together with all Sisters of St Joseph present here and elsewhere via the web stream.


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The Goulburn Congregation’s work has been carried out, for the most part, in smaller isolated towns and has provided these areas with a flexible group of religious women ideally suited for rural outback towns, being as they were, prepared to live and work in groups of two or three, in remote areas often with-out a resident priest, and thus with limited opportunities for Mass and the sacraments. In 1917, the Diocese of Wagga Wagga was established out of the south west portion of the Diocese of Goulburn. The Sisters’ houses in Tumbarumba, Narrandera, Holbrook, Coolamon and Leeton would be in the new diocese, and under the arrangements for Diocesan Institutes, would then form a new Institute. This prospect was not welcomed by the Sisters, and the Bishops of the time, Barry of Goulburn and Dwyer of Wagga Wagga, stating they did not wish to see the ‘further fragmentation of the Order’ supported the application of the Congregation for Papal Approbation, so that the houses of the Congregation in any diocese would remain under the governance of the Mother House in Goulburn. The application to Rome for Papal Approbation was initiated in 1932, and in April 1935, the Congregation received its Decree of Praise approving the Constitutions of the Institute for a period of seven years. After interruptions during war time, and other delays, the Constitutions received definitive approval by the Sacred Congregation for Religious on 6th October, 1963. Currently, Sisters of the Congregation live in 21 Houses situated in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, the Archdiocese of Sydney and the Diocese of Wagga Wagga. The women who have been counted as members of the Sisters of St Joseph of Goulburn number 313. Currently the Congregation has 52 members, with an average age of 77. When, in the 1960s, following the directive of the Second Vatican Council, discussions began about forming a Federation among the five Josephite Congregations that were formed in the 1880s from Queen Charlotte’s Vale/Perthville, a remarkably similar spirit among the Congregations was found. The Australian New Zealand Federation of the Sisters of St Joseph was formed in 1967.

Glory to God: Paul Taylor

Water of Life: Water of Life Jesus our Light David Haas

Journey from death to new life

ENTRANCE PROCESSION

The Goulburn Sisters are accompanied by the Congregational Leader, Sister Anne Derwin and her Leadership Team, the Presider, Archbishop Francis Carroll, Bishops Pat Power, Gerard Hanna, Monsignor John Woods, Clergy and Ministers of the Word.

Introductory Rites Entrance Hymn: City of God Dan Schutte

1. Awake from your slumber! Arise from your sleep! A new day is dawning for all those who weep. The people in darkness have seen a great light. The Lord of our longing has conquered the night. REFRAIN: Let us build the city of God. May our tears be turned into dancing! For the Lord, our light and our love, Has turned the night into day! 2. We are sons of the morning: we are daughters of day. The one who has loved us has brightened our way. The Lord of all kindness has called us to be A light to his people to set their hearts free. 3. God is light: in him there is no darkness. Let us walk in his light, his children, one and all. O comfort my people; make gentle your words. Proclaim to my city the day of her birth. 4. O City of Gladness, now lift up your voice! Proclaim the good tidings that all may rejoice!

WELCOME and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of COUNTRY

Sister Kerrie Cusack rsj

Blessing of Water:

SPRINKLING RITE: Water from Goulburn carried by Sister Kerrie Cusack and from the Mary MacKillop Well at North Sydney, carried by Sister Anne Derwin, will be poured into a common bowl, blessed and sprinkled on the Congregation as a reminder of our Baptismal commitment.

Sisters Marion Gambin (SA), Jill Dance (Tas), Josephine Dubiel (Vic), Catherine Shelton (NZ)

In the closer connections in more recent years with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart we have found a similar closeness of spirit and approach to mission. Today, inspired by our charism to be one with the poor, our mission is expressed through lives characterised by simplicity, poverty, humility, compassion, hospitality and joy. We remain open to present and emerging needs in the Church and society through our witness to the presence of God in our time, and proclaiming the message and values of the Gospel in the everyday circumstances of our lives. In the spirit of Julian Tenison Woods and St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, ministries we undertake are ones which further the Reign of God, serve the poor, support the rights of the oppressed and marginalised and are consistent with emerging needs in the local Church. In keeping with our tradition, we have a particular concern for people in rural communities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

City of God Dan Schutte, New Dawn Music 1981

Water of Life David Haas, GIA Publications 1988

Psalm 89 Words and Music by Karen Barrie 1973

Glory and Praise to Our God Dan Schutte, New Dawn Music 1976

Joseph Holy Dom Stephen Moreno

Eat This Bread Jacques Berthier, Ateliers et Presses de Taize, 71250 Taize Community, France

We Give You Thanks David Haas, GIA Australian Agent 1998

We Are Called David Haas, GIA Publications 1988

Mass Setting: Mass of St Francis - Paul Taylor. Used with permission

DECEASED

SISTERS

OF

ST JOSEPH

OF

GOULBURN

1882 - 2013

M Joseph Cahill M Julian Ryan M Marcellus Morand M Agnes Leslie M Andrea O’Dwyer M Hyacinth McDonald M De Sales Jones M Lucy Curran M Alphonsus Ryan M Rose Kreckler M Damien Maguire M Clare Gorman M Sebastian Hart M Philip Brooker M Liguori Galvin M Bernadine Logue M Gertrude Lennon M Elizabeth Trefle M Hilary O’Connor M Luigi Boys M Lawrence Cooney M Angela Meagher M Berchmans Woodlock M Clement Mullaley M Columba Maher M Brigid Maher M Ignatius Gould M Claver Schafer M Bernard Corbett M Andrew Ryan M Veronica Bodel M Augustine Doyle M John Gallagher M Joan Dominish M Imelda Malone

M Benedict Seymour

M Aloysius Marlan M Evangelist Duggan M Magdalene O’Mara M Madeleine Downey M Leo Cusack M Gonzaga Cuffe M Gabriel Nash M Theresa Ryan Margaret Mary Gaffney M Aquin Cartwright M Augustine Joseph Strettles M Stanislaus McAlister M Concepta Gallagher M Baptist Donovan M Joseph Flood M Anthony Brown M Xavier Mooney M Kevin Goode M Alacoque Quinlan M Ephrem Ryan M Pius Kelly M Agatha Hayes M De Sales Gallagher M Dominic Trefle M Casimir Sykes M Agnes Wood Joseph Mary Maloney M Helen McRae M Regis Marlan M Brendan McNamara M Rosarii Lane Maria Joseph Lloyd M Monica Kennedy M Gerard Idstein

GERARDINE AGNEW BEATRICE BOLLER ANDREW BROWNE GEMMA BUSH DAWN CAREY CARMEL CLEAR COLLEEN CLEAR JULIE CONNOLLY DORIS CORBETT RITA CORBETT VALERIAN CORBETT ELIZABETH COUCH PAULINUS CROKER LARAINE CROWE PATRICIA CUNNINGHAM KERRIE CUSACK ELIZABETH DENSON BERYL DREW CARMEL DREW MARIETTA DREW BARBARA FOGARTY ROSALIE GANNON ELIZABETH GLASS JANET GLASS MARIE DE PORRES GOODE MARIE JEANNE GRAHAM

ANDRE GUTHRIE MARY HEREWARD KATHLEEN HOUGHTON COLLEEN HOWE JULIAN HUNTER LAWRENCE KEIR CHRISTINA KEOGH MARGARET KNAGGE PATRICIA LENANE LOUIS LICKLEY EILEEN MALONEY MARIE McALISTER FRANCES McALEER MAUREEN McPHILLIPS MARIE MILLER JUDITH MILLS KAREN MUIR MARY MURPHY MARY O’DEA MARIA GORETTI PEARSON CARMEL PIFFERO ANNE PLAYER NOELENE QUINANE PATRICIA RYAN ANN STEENBERGEN BERNADETTE MARY WALSH










M Damien Sullivan



M St Jude Donnelly




M Paul Flemming











M Damien Sullivan



M St Jude Donnelly




M Paul Flemming


CELEBRATIng FUSIOn

of the Sisters of Saint Joseph

of Goulburn

with

The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart

FEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH

19th March 2013

‘We were founded with vision and courageprecisely to undertake a new experimentto live as religious had not lived before,

and to work under conditionsthat had not been experienced before.

The first Sisters of St Joseph sensed the spirit of a new world

in a way that has left its mark on the history of Australia and New Zealand.

We who have taken up the task of the first Sisters of St Joseph

must press on into each age as it unfoldsin a like spirit of daring,

strong in our commitment to love.

Drawing on the past, we will never take refuge in the past,

but together, in partnership with the Holy Spirit,we will confront the world of the future fearlessly

to bend that future to the dynamic purpose of the Creator.’

Dominic Morris cp First Draft of the Constitutions of the Australian - New Zealand Federation of Sisters of St Joseph 1969

OUR LADY OF FATIMA CHURCH, NORTH GOULBURN

celebrating fusion - sosj.org.au

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