Open Days

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, pilgrimages to Eileen’s tomb in Coogee are currently limited to a monthly Open Day, with the next one to be held on Sunday 2 May.

Attendance is limited to 30 people under COVID-19 restrictions.

Introductory Talk: Dr Jocelyn Hedley

Dr Hedley currently works for the Historical Commission for the Archdiocese of Sydney and has written and researched extensively on the life of Eileen O’Connor. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame Australia on the history of the Catholic pro-life movement in Sydney. She has tutored in Performance Studies at Macquarie University and worked as a dramaturg, a historian and for many years, as a radio announcer and producer. Dr Hedley is the author of And Here Begin the Work of Heaven: The Spirituality of Eileen O’Connor, Co-Founder of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor, Hidden in the Shadow of Love: the story of Mother Theresa McLaughlin and Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor and of the young adult novel The Wish Kin.

Outline of Session:

10.45am Welcome and refreshments
11.00am Talk and Q & A with historian Dr Jocelyn Hedley
11.30am Visit to Chapel and Museum
12.30 pm Mass

Registrations will in time be available for further open days on these dates:

6 June
4 July
1 August
5 September
3 October