Firm friendships formed when country and city connect
Boarding students and staff from St Scholastica’s College in Glebe recently hosted a visit from 10 students and their families from the remote Indigenous Kimberley community of Ringer Soak, WA.
Haven for healing, refuge and recovery opens in Melbourne
Melbourne has a new place of healing, refuge and recovery for those escaping family violence with the blessing and opening of the Good Samaritan Haven, following six years of planning.
Reflecting on a year of challenges and celebrations
The Good Samaritan Foundation brings together people and resources to support the ministry of the Good Samaritan Sisters to assist those in need in communities across Australia and the Pacific.
The celebration of Christmas reminds us that God’s promises are always kept
As I prepare for the celebration of Christmas, I have come to realise that the most important gift I can give my neighbour is the peace of reconciliation and kindness.
Read, watch, listen: top picks to bring in the New Year
In this edition, ‘The Good Oil’ has gathered recommendations from some of our readers and writers on what to read, watch and listen to over Christmas and the New Year.
God has brought me here: a pilgrim of hope
Life’s challenges have not broken me; they have shaped me as a pilgrim of hope – someone who keeps walking, step by step, towards God’s promises, writes Sonia Elizabeth Gomez.
Poem: A clustering plea?
Good Samaritan Sister Marie Casamento’s poem A clustering plea? is her response to the theme of ‘Belonging’ in the 2025 ACU Prize for Poetry, an initiative of Australian Catholic University.
Good Samaritan Sister Meg Kahler elected to key Benedictine role
Good Samaritan Sister Meg Kahler said her election as President of the Benedictine Union of East Asia and Oceania offers opportunities to build connections and mutual support among Benedictine communities.
Good Sams Foundation launches Philippines Emergency Appeal
The Sisters of the Good Samaritan Foundation has launched an appeal following the destruction caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi, which has battered communities on the island of Negros in the Philippines.
Pilgrims of hope: International Benedictine Youth Congress
Beneath the Roman sun, surrounded by walls that have sheltered centuries of faith and learning, students and staff from around the world came together for the International Benedictine Youth Congress.
Action at COP30 is critical to addressing the threat of climate change
It is ten years since world leaders signed the COP21 Paris Agreement, pledging to reduce the use of fossil fuels so that global warming might be maintained at 1.5 degrees.
Rediscovering patience
Drawing on the history of our early Christian church, perhaps a formation in patience is the first step towards the countercultural conversion that underpins all radical change, writes Patricia Gemmell.
