DURING 2002 FOUR PASSIONIST SISTERS FROM INDONESIA ARRIVED IN ALLAMBIE HEIGHTS TO WORK IN THE SCALABRINI VILLAGE AGED CARE FACILITY OPENED IN 1994. IN SO DOING THEY WERE RESPONDING TO THE DESIRE OF THE SCALABRINIAN FATHERS TO PROVIDE RELIGIOUS TO WORK WITH AND AMONG THE AGED RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE, A VITAL APOSTOLATE THAT THE SISTERS CONTINUE TO THE PRESENT DAY.

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WHEN THE PASSIONIST SISTERS ARRIVED AT THE SCALABRINI VILLAGE THEY WERE ACCOMMODATED IN ONE OF THE HOSTEL UNITS FOR SPACE WAS AT A PREMIUM AND THE INTENTION HAD ALWAYS BEEN THAT THEY SHOULD RESIDE ON-SITE. LATER WHEN TWO GROUND-FLOOR UNITS IN THE SELF-CARE HOSTEL BECAME AVAILABLE THEY WERE PROVIDED FOR THE SISTERS USE AS THEIR PERMANENT RESIDENTIAL CONVENT (LEFT).

THIS SMALL CONVENT RESPONDS TO THE MODERN IDEAL OF RELIGIOUS WHO ARE YET IN THE WORLD WHILE RETAINING THE TRADITIONAL SENSE OF COMMUNITY SO IMPORTANT TO RELIGIOUS LIFE. THE CONVENT MOST LOVINGLY CARED FOR BY THE SISTERS, AFFORDS A VERY COMFORTABLE HOME FOR THE PASSIONIST COMMUNITY CURRENTLY WORKING AT THIS VILLAGE AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT THE SISTERS ARE CONVENIENTLY PLACED TO MINISTER TO THE VILLAGE RESIDENTS. ALTHOUGH A SMALL COMMUNITY, THE CONVENT SERVES THEIR FOUNDRESS' INTENTION FOR A GROUP OF SISTERS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE WORLD TO THE FULL.

THE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE OF THE PASSIONIST SISTERS IN PREPARING THIS PAGE IS HERE ACKNOWLEDGED WITH GRATITUDE.