‘We come with this place’ is a deeply personal tribute to family and country
As I read Debra Dank’s book ‘We come with this place’ I feel the dirt, I hear the birds, taste and smell the fruit of Garranjini, writes Catherine McCahill SGS.
Students raise funds and awareness in solidarity with women across the world
Mount St Benedict College has launched into the Lenten season with gusto, raising money for Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion appeal and building solidarity with women in need across the globe.
Community Kitchen is helping to build sustainable income and skills
Families in Bacolod, the Philippines, came together recently to celebrate the launch of a new social enterprise, a Community Kitchen operating under the umbrella of the Good Samaritan Outreach Center.
Mentoring, collaboration and fellowship support women in leadership program
This year’s Good Samaritan Study, Accompaniment and Mentoring Program for Catholic women is providing six participants with scholarships to complete studies in theology, in addition to mentoring and spiritual direction.
God, disturb me!
Listening to the story of another person’s painful experience can bring us out of ourselves and remind us that we are alive and of what drives us, writes Catherine McAleer.
Is there a place on earth for honest, respectful dialogue?
At a time when lying has become accepted, even respectable, who among the world’s religious leaders will call us to a new place of honest dialogue, asks Clare Condon SGS.
What is to be done?
Indignities, atrocities and acts devaluing human life cannot be ignored or forgotten, but the roads to justice, hope and reconciliation are paved by beginning conversations of respect, writes John Haren.
