SISTER JANET MEADE TRIBUTE - ABC News (January 26, 2022) - video Dailymotion

Sister Janet Meade Tribute - ABC News (January 26, 2022)

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00:00In 1974, Janet Mead shot into the charts with her international hit, The Lord's Prayer.

00:12The single was distributed to 31 countries and sold more than 2 million copies worldwide.

00:18She was the first Australian artist to have a gold record in the US and was even nominated

00:23for a Grammy Award, but lost out to Elvis Presley.

00:33She pioneered the concept of the rock mass in South Australia and held them regularly

00:37in the St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Adelaide.

00:40And through it all, Sister Mead continued to teach at St Aloysius College.

00:57Despite the fame and fortune, Sister Mead shunned the spotlight and donated all her

01:01royalties to charity.

01:03She turned down offers to tour the US.

01:07She spoke out against war, against welfare cuts and raised money to support the St Patrick

01:12Stevedore's workers in a waterfront dispute in 1998.

01:33Sister Mead was named the South Australian of the Year in 2004 for decades of caring

01:38for the homeless.

01:40Leah McLennan, ABC News, Adelaide.