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Louise's Story

The last edition of Aurora featured Louise Campbell’s account of the Apology to the Stolen Generations in Canberra. Here is Louise’s story…

Louise was born on an Aboriginal mission at Bowraville on the NSW north coast. She identified with her mother’s Gumbaingirr people, and her father belonged to the Dhungutti tribe near Kempsey.

Louise aged 4, two younger sisters still in nappies, and two older brothers were taken away “by the welfare in a big black car, with a nursing sister and the police”.

Applications are now being accepted for the
2009 Young Catholic Women’s Interfaith Fellowship.
The fellowship is available to Catholic women aged mid 20’s to mid 30’s to:
- be skilled in leadership,
   theology and principles of interfaith dialogue
- work towards the building of religious and
   peaceful coexistence and
- provide models of encounter, dialogue and cooperation
   within and among religious and spiritual communities.

A Flyer is now available for you to download and give to anyone who may be interested.

Download Interfaith Fellowship Brochure | Application | Referee forms.

To discuss any aspect of the program contact Ruth Durick osu on 02 62019864 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Introducing Sr Jo Armour OP

I am a Dominican Sister of the Holy Cross Congregation in Adelaide. I joined the Dominicans in my late 30s after feeling drawn to consider the question of entering religious life. Brought up as an Anglican, I was in training for the priesthood in the Anglican church when I met the Dominican Sisters. I was attracted by their forward thinking, their scholarship, their love of life and their commitment to humanity.
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