I studied classical Latin for ten years beginning at high school and finishing at Melbourne University.
Later on I was a registered midwife for thirty years.
Today I was deeply moved to see an image of Mary as Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowful Mother) in the Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart church in the lovely village of Ross in Tasmania.
I think that such simple human places can teach the rest of the modern world cursed by unaffordable housing and rising postnatal depression something about meeting the real needs of mothers.
An African proverb (made more famous by Hillary Clinton) teaches us that “It takes a village to raise a child.”
I have found Ross to be a village where the people stop to say hello and love to be helpful. And my own accomodation here at the Stone Cottage Guesthouse is very affordable.
This village sings to me of good mothering and fathering.
Geoff Fox, October 27, 2025, Stone Cottage Guesthouse, Ross, Tasmania
William Montgomery created the stained glass window shown in this micro-movie.
MOTHERHOODS MATTER 