Sisters of St John of God
Heritage Centre—Broome
Issue 10: — October 2016 Sisters of St John of God Heritage Centre 1
9 Barker St, PO Box 7442, Broome WA 6725
Tel: 9192 3950
Website: heritage.ssjg.org.au Email: [email protected]
Notre Dame to the rescue!!! The SSJG Heritage Centre has several
relics and certificates of authenticity as
part of the archival collection. The
challenge is to match them as all
certificates are entirely in Latin, some
dating back to 1890. Enter Matthew Hill - Campus Minister at
the University of Notre Dame, Broome
Campus. He put the Heritage Centre in
contact with Paolo Sala, a lecturer in
Latin at Notre Dame University
Fremantle Campus. Paolo had soon
completed translations and the
certificates were able to be accurately
matched with relics.
In religious context, a relic
refers to the physical
remains or personal effects
of a saint, kept by the
devoted for veneration as a
tangible memorial.
Matthew Hill with a certificate.
The visit to the Sisters of St John of God
Heritage Centre in Broome has helped in
showing us a part of our family’s past that
we have never seen before.
The work that is being done at this centre
has a value that can’t be measured. So
many family from the Kimberleys have
been touched by the sisters and the work
done, to see photos of my grandmother,
other family members and most
importantly my mother, this experience
was very moving for me and then being
able to share this with my wife and
children has even made it so special.
Thank you for the care and keeping of this
history.
The above was sent by email after this
family visited to gain information about
their family’s links with Bungarun.
The Value of Story & Photographs
L to R: Philip and Maureen Newton nee Andrews/
Ishiguchi, Abigail Andrews, Cordelia Andrews, Nigel
and Sandra Andrews. R front: Danika Newton
This relic relates to Sts Francis
Xavier and Ignatius Loyola.
The relevance to SSJG is that St
Francis Xavier was the Province
name of the Kimberley Sisters prior
to amalgamation in 1969.
Issue 10: — October 2016 Sisters of St John of God Heritage Centre 2
Relationships Exhibition An historical exhibition reflecting relationships between Sisters of St John of God and people in the Kimberley
REEP in Action (Relationships Exhibition Education Package)
St Mary’s School took advantage of the REEP package when students from Years 3 and 5 visited the
Relationships Exhibition. Teachers used the REEP resources to prepare students for their visit and
staff at the Heritage Centre made sure the activities were ready to go with the REEP Student Booklets.
YEAR 5 Students work on the topic School Days
YEAR 3 Students work on the topic
Children & Play
Yr 5 Student Book-
Yr 3 Student Book-
