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, an 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.

Programme of Events

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