Winning entry in The Good Oil 2025 Writers' Award: 'Pilgrims of hope'
In a world fractured by displacement, fear and uncertainty, we are reminded that the human spirit can still flourish and that we have the power to be pilgrims of hope.
The Good Oil encouragement award: 'Holding on to hope'
Helen Bachmann’s entry ‘Holding on to hope’ received the Encouragement Award in The Good Oil 2025 Writers’ Award, which has the aim of supporting and encouraging emerging and published writers.
International Benedictine gathering an opportunity to share our experience
At a recent conference in Spain, my commitment to ‘being neighbour’ expanded as I listened to the reports from Benedictine women from across the world, writes Sister Catherine McCahill SGS.
NASA cybersecurity expert urges students to reach for the stars
NASA cybersecurity expert Dr Kymie Tan returned to her old school, Mater Christi College, recently, sharing with students how the Good Samaritan values she received there have guided her career.
Good Samaritan Sisters’ Blue Mountains ministry comes to an end
The Good Samaritan Sisters have been lovingly farewelled from the Blue Mountains, NSW, with people turning out in numbers to thank them for their decades of presence, faith and service.
Former convent to provide a place of healing and recovery
A redeveloped former convent will soon throw open its doors to women and children who are transitioning from crisis support to longer-term support to help them heal from family violence.
Bacolod community takes practical steps towards ecological sustainability
Good Samaritan Sisters in the Philippines are partnering with local and Australian groups on a raft of practical initiatives aimed at supporting ecological advances in their neighbourhood of squatter settlements.
Celebration of the Feast of St Phoebe highlights the need for women deacons
When St Paul sent Phoebe the deacon to Rome, he trusted in her capacity to deliver the good news and acknowledged her spiritual authority in the community, writes Joanna Thyer.
Season of Creation a time to act for and behalf of 'our common home'
As I contemplate the mighty tree that lives at the back of the Good Samaritan Convent, I find myself more aware of ‘our common home’, writes Sister Catherine McCahill SGS.
Words that matter
I wish I knew the words that could achieve world peace. Each day, I write about consequential matters, but the words that could solve the problems in Gaza escape me.
Breaking the silence: from archive to action
Archives are curated spaces, shaped by what institutions choose to preserve. They also contain letters, memos and petitions that speak to the struggles of those who challenged the status quo.
Sister Tokarerei Matiera SGS makes her First Profession of Vows
The Sisters of the Good Samaritan celebrated recently when Tokarerei Matiera made her First Profession of Vows in a joy-filled liturgy in her home country of Kiribati, writes Debra Vermeer.
