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26 SMALL GRANTS FUNDED ACROSS AUSTRALIA IN 2017 – COMMUNITIES CREATING CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
In 2017 the Foundation has funded 26 Small grants to communities across Australia. Based on past experiences we know that organisations bring about inspiring changes in communities and powerful impacts with small amount of funds. You can read here of the wide range of...
FR FRANK BRENNAN SJ DELIVERS TOOWOOMBA JOHN WALLIS MEMORIAL LECTURE
Finding Meaning in a Chaotic Changing World. This was the title of the John Wallis Memorial Lecture given by Frank Brennan SJ in St Theresa's Parish Centre, Toowoomba on Sunday, 7th May 2017. Some 200 people attended this lecture in which Frank explored current trends...
JOHN WALLIS MEMORIAL LECTURES ARCHIVE
Not all John Wallis Memorial Lectures were recorded, but the texts of a number of earlier lectures are still available as follows: 2012: Max Vodola was the speaker for the 50th anniversary of the second Vatican Council. The title of Dr Vodola's Hobart lecture...
CAROL ZINN SSJ DELIVERS THE 2015 JOHN WALLIS MEMORIAL LECTURES IN THREE STATES
Our World View, the Environment and Social Justice. It is not often that the John Wallis Foundation can obtain an international speaker. But in 2015 Sister Carol Zinn a Sister of St Joseph from USA agreed to give an exciting series of lectures in three Australian...
APRIL 2017 HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS
Our Newsletter, Highways & Byways, April 2017, has a new look and lots of stories of the Foundation's activities and projects. In this issue: Liz McAloon, Executive Officer, writes about current developments and the response to the 2017 Small Grants Programme...
THE SILENT BOOK IS GOING OVERSEAS
The Silent Book: A Deaf Family and the Disappearing Australian Irish Sign Language, Bernadette T. Wallis, Missionary Sister Of Service, is the engrossing story, both deeply personal and historical, of the disappearing Australian-Irish sign language told through the...
YARCK TO YEA RIDE-RUN-WALK SATURDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2017
Each year, as winter turns to spring, the John Wallis Foundation, in partnership with the Catholic Community of Yea and Assumption College Kilmore, holds a community and fundraising event in the beautiful Goulburn Valley. The 2017 event is scheduled for Saturday 14...
OUR MISSION
Journeying with people in hope, love and support... that they may have life and have it to the full. The mission of the John Wallis Foundation is to go into the highways and byways, seeking initiatives that develop the human and spiritual potential of people and...
COUNTRY WOMEN STICK TOGETHER – PORT AUGUSTA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The eighty-year-old Port Augusta Country Women’s Association was on the brink last year. The few women left, including two life members, and the new single mums who had joined, had no way of getting to meetings. The group faced closure. But the members did what the...
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