Mother’s Day
The Church in Her wisdom celebrates May as the month of Mary the Mother of God.
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, Catholic Voice provides a number of articles to celebrate women in the Archdiocese who are living their vocation caring for others.
In this May edition, we meet Lisa, a 22-year-old single mother, as well as Nell Toscan – a mother of six, grandmother of 12 and great-grandmother of seven and Indigenous woman Selina Walker tells her story as a full-time foster parent.
Mother’s Day is on this Sunday, May 13. Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers!
Selina’s really ‘just a big kid’ herself
She admits her life is “not all rainbows every day” but she has no regrets about the direction it has taken.
She might have been the ACT Barnardos Mother of the Year last year but nobody calls Selina Walker Mum. >> Read more
Lisa seeks strength amid the lows
“Even the happiest of days can feel sad when you don’t have a companion to share those moments with.”
Lonely is how Lisa best describes her current situation in Canberra ahead of Mother’s Day this year. >> Read more
Faith gets Nell through tough times
“I became a single mother to four young children aged between nine and 14 years.”
Hailing from Griffith in the Riverina, Mrs Toscan’s life was ‘turned upside down’ when she lost husband Frank on November 23, 1975.
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Invisible Mother
No one can see if I’m on the phone, or cooking, or sweeping the floor, or even standing on my head in the corner, because no one can see me at all. I’m invisible. The invisible Mum. Some days I am only a pair of hands, nothing more: Can you fix this? Can you tie this? Can you open this?
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