Call for royal commission into immigration detention policies
The Good Samaritan Refugee and Asylum Seeker Network held an online conference to mark Refugee Week, with presenter Julie Macken outlining the case for a royal commission into immigration detention.
Applications invited for women’s Study, Accompaniment and Mentoring Program
Applications are invited for the women’s Study and Mentoring Program in 2025. Core components include financial assistance for women undertaking tertiary studies, spiritual direction and mentoring. Applications close 30 August.
Governance in the spotlight for Good Samaritan Education
Each year, Good Samaritan Education conducts a Governance Day where we focus on corporate governance trends and specific issues of governance pertaining to the education sector and Public Juridic Persons.
My memory, my voice
Jennifer Tanti’s reflection ‘My memory, my voice’ was an entry in The Good Oil 2023 Writers’ Award, which has the dual purpose of supporting and encouraging emerging and published writers.
New book aims to recover the missing life and voice of St Scholastica
A new book by Good Samaritan Sister Carmel Posa uses the ancient method of hagiography to recover the missing life and voice of St Scholastica of Nursia, writes Debra Vermeer.
Life after death
The Christian view of life after death owes everything to the Christian view of God, writes Garry Everett. Our experiences of love are foretastes of God’s greater love for us.
Good Samaritan Sisters sign Open Letter to PM to end immigration detention
As a democratic society we cannot perpetuate the unjust and inhumane treatment of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia who remain stateless, writes Congregational Leader Sister Catherine McCahill.
Good Samaritan Sr Juniko Toaua makes her Perpetual Profession
There were joyful celebrations in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati earlier this month when Sister Juniko Toaua SGS made her Perpetual Profession as a Sister of the Good Samaritan.
Spiritual direction and mentoring are key elements of SAM Program
Participants in the Good Samaritan Study and Mentoring (SAM) Program said among the reasons they were drawn to apply was the opportunity to receive both spiritual direction and professional mentoring.
The Good Oil Writers’ Workshop encourages and inspires
A room full of readers, writers and word-lovers came together in Sydney last month for The Good Oil Writers’ Workshop, where they explored the theme, Words Matter, writes Debra Vermeer.
Writers Michael McGirr and Ann Rennie in Conversation
A workshop for writers hosted by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan in Sydney recently included a conversation between well-known author Michael McGirr and Melbourne-based writer and teacher Ann Rennie.
Pulling towards justice
An Inter-Congregation Yarning Circle led by proud Ngiyampaa artist Sarah Richards was a space that fostered a rich sharing with renewed, ongoing and burgeoning friendships, writes Sister Anne McGuire RSM.
