On having a ‘fallow’ year
After many years in church leadership, 2018 has been a ‘fallow’ year for Sister Clare Condon, an experience she says has enriched her spiritual journey in ways unexpected.
70 years since six Good Samaritans set sail for Nagasaki
Seventy years ago this month, six Good Samaritan Sisters set sail for Nagasaki, Japan, to respond to the need of the people there in the wake of the atomic bomb...
My journey with Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s people need others. If you know a person with Parkinson’s remember to encourage, to extend them with your support, and to invite them out for coffee, writes Sister Eileen...
The state of the nation starts in your street
The health of a society can best be gauged by the health of its local neighbourhoods, since that’s where we must learn to get along with people we didn’t choose...
From strangers to cousins
It shouldn’t be a shock to see a Catholic school girl from Pymble share a meal with Muslim school girls from Prestons. But it is, writes Ashleigh Green.
On coming home
My recent experience of moving back to Victoria after a long absence has been an experience of coming home in several ways, writes Sister Margaret Malone.
Is there life before death? On living fully
In a reflection adapted from her new book, “How to Live”, Judith Valente considers a well-known line from “The Rule of St Benedict” which underscores a question Benedictine Sister Joan...
How a walnut tree became my teacher
It may sound surprising, but a walnut tree I discovered four years ago is among my greatest teachers, and like all wise teachers, it has given rise to a new...
Standing on the edge
Lent is an opportunity and a challenge to look again at my fears, at what holds me back, at what is keeping me unreceptive, says Sister Catherine Slattery.
Listening to the wisdom of the desert
Lent can be a profound time to go within ourselves to experience our own personal deserts and be still with God, writes Joanna Thyer.
TGO’s big and small screen picks for summer
Some of “The Good Oil’s” writers and readers offer their big and small screen picks for the summer season – viewing they think will engage your mind and nourish your...
Hidden figures in Bethlehem
A recent trip to the cinema saw me quite by accident stumble across one of the most uplifting movies of 2017, and strangely, it got me thinking about Advent, writes...