April 2025

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.

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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.

Tags: News

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.

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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.

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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.

Tags: Poetry

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.

Tags: Faith in the Ordinary

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.

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