The Cabrini Asylum Seeker and Refugee Hub Service won a Commonwealth award for their primary care team of doctors and refugee health nurses in the category of “Ensuring all Australians have access to quality healthcare, wherever they live”. This is an outstanding achievement given there were more than 140 submissions for this award, which was…
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Cabrini Women’s Mental Health at the Lisa Thurin Women’s Health Centre is breaking down barriers and setting new standards in mental health care. Australia’s first private mental health facility dedicated exclusively to women, the Centre opened in 2021 and has since treated more than 1000 patients, advancing its mission of helping women prioritise their mental health. The Centre offers specialised care for a range of conditions, including mood disorders, burnout, stress, addiction and complex trauma, and has treated many victims of domestic violence. At a time when rates of family and gendered violence are increasing it is crucial to offer a model of acute care where women feel safe to seek treatment. According…
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A few days ago at the memorial garden of Cabrini Hospital in Malvern, Australia, a plaque was dedicated to Sister Lina Colombini, who dedicated several years of her mission in this hospital. Margaret Stewart, Mission Director, Sue Williams, Director of Cabrini Health, and the entire family of Cabrini Australia wished to pay tribute to Sr….
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“The distance between us does not matter; we are always near each other, always enclosed in the small space of this very small world.” Mother Cabrini As part of Cabrini Weeks, on Monday, 20 November in the Memorial Garden at Cabrini Malvern, we held our annual Commemorative Service. Many gathered in a beautiful ceremony to…
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‘Labour with love: the power of your love will endow your actions with strength and courage’ Mother Cabrini For the first time in four years, we gathered in Cabrini Malvern Chapel to celebrate the very special Mother Cabrini Awards for 2023. This year was made even more special with the presence of our visiting Missionary…
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In the case of the Viera family – the connection to Cabrini runs deep. Between Antonio, Norma, and their sons Sandro and Robert, they’ve provided over 100 years of service to the hospital. “Dad looked after the gardens in the early days of the hospital, and he actually taught a few of the original Sisters…
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Melbourne artist and Cabrini Hospital volunteer, Jeffrey Kelson, is dedicating his latest exhibition to the wonderful compassion and care he receives at Cabrini. A long-time grateful patient and carer, Jeffrey has had his fair share of health challenges, receiving treatment for several heart attacks, blood clots and a number of surgeries at Cabrini. His wife,…
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Last March 20 a blessing ceremony took place at Cabrini Health Australia in the Malvern Chapel for all the new nurses who just graduated. Following an introduction by the director of the “Mission and Identity” group, Julie Fleming, a hymn was sung and a report by clinical teachers and the feedback from the candidates was…
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January 24, 1948 saw the birth of the first Cabrinian mission in Melbourne. In fact today, 75 years later, marks the anniversary of the arrival of the first Italian sisters in Australia. Happy celebrations to the entire Congregation and the Australian Cabrinian mission for the precious legacy carried on with love and courage to this…
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A recent client of Cabrini’s Women’s Mental Health Service at Cabrini Australia, an artist and owner of her own business (Clover & Co), drew upon her experience from her admission to design a new fabric. She states that art therapy has always been a massive part of her healing, and whatever she creates comes from…
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This is a little story about our Brazilian catering manager Patricia Campanella and her interaction with a Portuguese patient last week. Patricia always says she tries to walk in Mother Cabrini’s shoes but we believe that Mother Cabrini walks in Patricia‘s shoes and imbues her love in Patricia in all she brings to Cabrini. We…
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