A friend has recently completed her PhD on the expression of charism in a lay-led Jesuit social services organisation. She used the image of a tree, where the health of the roots directly affects the health of the branches and leaves, to illustrate how the understanding and expression of charism impacts the experience of the organisation,…
Read MoreThe International Health Commission: responding in compassion to the emerging needs
The quote “you don’t know what you have till it’s gone” is playing on my mind as I write this piece. I have recently left Cabrini Health in Australia where I had worked for more than 30 years and I now work in a secular healthcare environment. My new workplace functions as part of the…
Read MoreBuilding a Fairer, Healthier World: A Cabrinian Perspective
Equity and Equality, Why Our Health Ministry is Important in the World Today It is an unacceptable fact that some people in our world are able to live healthier lives and have better access to health services than others due entirely to the conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work and age. In…
Read MoreAn Update on the Cabrini International Health Commission
The Cabrini International Health Commission (IHC) was established by Sr Barbara Staley in late 2017. Its purpose is to support Cabrini Health missions in Australia, Argentina, Eswatini, Ethiopia and Guatemala by establishing standards for mission governance, reviewing mission performance against these standards, and working with local leadership to identify opportunities for growth and improvement. Since its establishment the…
Read More“The essence of love”, my first visit in Guatemala
It was my first visit to Guatemala, a reality I only knew thanks to some reading of history, economy and society of the Country I made while preparing for the task I was to undertake for the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mother Cabrini’s Sisters. The rainbow of colors visible in every…
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