Sr Connie Mamo ~ Golden Jubilee Celebration
The question isn't WHY DID YOU JOIN? The question, after 50 years of religious life is WHY DID YOU STAY? The Eucharistic Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated all the reasons why Sr Connie Mamo chose to live her life amongst the Augustinian Sisters, Servants of Jesus and Mary. Of the 50 years 41 were lived in Australia.
In the presence of the parish priests she worked with, her Australian community members and the visiting General councillor from Rome some 500 people gathered around her in the parish church of St Martin De Porres, Avondale Heights to celebrate and remember all the God who has graced her so much over all these years.
As teacher, school principal, pastoral worker, community worker, Sr Connie has travelled many a mile giving witness to all that wonders God has worked for her. 50 years of religious life cannot be achieved without the fidelity she showed to God who, at times, asked much of her. Yet, through all the joys and struggles, living very far from the only brother she has, she voiced the reasons for 'staying': God's fidelity to her, the love and the ongoing trust and support of all those who have been part of her 50 year journey.
In the presence of the parish priests she worked with, her Australian community members and the visiting General councillor from Rome some 500 people gathered around her in the parish church of St Martin De Porres, Avondale Heights to celebrate and remember all the God who has graced her so much over all these years.
As teacher, school principal, pastoral worker, community worker, Sr Connie has travelled many a mile giving witness to all that wonders God has worked for her. 50 years of religious life cannot be achieved without the fidelity she showed to God who, at times, asked much of her. Yet, through all the joys and struggles, living very far from the only brother she has, she voiced the reasons for 'staying': God's fidelity to her, the love and the ongoing trust and support of all those who have been part of her 50 year journey.