Fourth Sunday of Lent - Luke 15: 1-3.11-32 - Coming Home
Sr Mel Dwyer FdCC made her Religious Profession as a Canossian Daughter of Charity on the 23rd of April 2005. Prior to entering religious life, she was a national level javelin thrower with a dream of representing Australia at the Olympics. A volunteer mission experience in Africa helped her to discover that God’s dream for her was to leave the sporting arena and serve Him radically as a consecrated woman. Having finished her degree in Secondary Physical Education, Sr Melissa returned to Malawi, Africa where she completed 7 years as Principal of a Secondary School. She returned to Brisbane in 2016 and is currently the Delegation Leader for the Canossian Daughters of Charity in Australia as well as well as working for the Brisbane Archdiocesan Vocations Office and as both the St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland and Ozcare Queensland State Spiritual Advisor. In 2022 she has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Australian Catholic University for her contribution to promoting access to education during her time in East Africa.
