Denise has been in Cambodia since 1990. Moving there was a natural progression for her after working in the refugee camps in Thailand where thousands of Cambodians fled during the Khmer Rouge era. With a number of Cambodian staff, Providence Sisters and Jesuit priests from around the world, Denise coordinates education, health, rural development and assistance for people with disabilities programs in several provinces throughout the country.

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Giving refuge

It was a truly happy moment for Sister Denise Coghlan when the number of countries to ratify the international cluster munitions treaty reached thirty, ensuring that the ban on these invidious weapons would pass into force later this year. Read more...

Border camps, Buddhism and building a mission

"I started off working in the refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border. We had this discernment process, to see if by staying in the camps were we just looking after one particular political faction and not really involved with the development of the whole country]. [Read more...

A life more just

Sister Mary Denise Coghlan AM, the long-standing director of Jesuit Service and JRS in Cambodia, has been officially presented with the Order of Australia at the Australian Ambassador's residence in Phnom Penh. Read more...

Jesuit Service Cambodia leader on honours list

The director of Jesuit Service Cambodia, Sr Denise Coghlan, has been made a Member of the Order of Australia in Monday's Queen's Birthday Honours List, for her service to international humanitarian aid. A Sister of Mercy from Brisbane, Sr Coghlan has spent more than a decade working with Cambodians, both in refugee camps and inside the country itself. Read more...