Japanese Sisters' life stories are being captured for posterity
The life stories of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan from Japan are being filmed for posterity as a means of sharing and preserving their accounts of their spiritual journeys.
Initiatives in Kiribati to focus on community outreach and early childhood education
This year, the Good Sams Foundation’s focus in Kiribati is on two transformative initiatives: a new outreach centre at Temaiku; and playground equipment and learning aids for the Abaokoro Kindergarten.
St Patrick’s College Gala Ball marks 185th anniversary of Catholic education
The annual St Patrick’s College Gala Ball, which took place last month, has concluded its most successful event to date, raising funds to support scholarships for more than 20 girls.
How can I be a good neighbour to water, the gift of the Creator?
Water: essential for life, refreshing, energising, destructive and dangerous. As humans, our experiences and memories of water are multi-faceted, determined by place and context, writes Congregational Leader Sister Catherine McCahill.
Easter Icons
You are invited to read this reflection slowly, allowing it to imprint on you, a true image. Let it icon on your heart, Jesus, alive in the soul of all.
A new Church for a new era, pulsing with the breath of the Spirit
The writer, Cassandra Clare, notes that we are all pieces of the things we remember. My memories of growing up are tinged with all those loosening fragments swirling around me.
Bonds of friendship nurtured by a shared love of icons
A friendship formed through a shared love of iconography has been a source of ongoing encouragement for artists Sue Orchison and Geraldine Kearney SGS as they worked on significant commissions.
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.
‘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.
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.
