Celebrating many cultures at St Pat’s
Over 600 people are expected to attend POLYNITE next month, St Patrick’s College Campbelltown’s biennial celebration of the many cultures represented in the school community.
My alleluia gum tree
In the spot where a front fence would be if we had one, stands a towering ghost gum. This beautiful tree, written in God’s sign language, has been my Lenten...
A simple ministry of presence and hospitality
A year in ministry at Santa Teresa, near Alice Springs, has been a steep learning curve for Good Samaritan Sister Anita Brennan.
If only...
Garry Everett offers a fictitious and imaginary account of the new pope’s first speech to the cardinals, in the conclave, immediately after his election.
A ‘fair go’, inclusion and dignity for all
To our shame, racial and ethnic discrimination occur on a daily basis here in Australia. Such racism and intolerance take many forms, writes Good Samaritan Sister Clare Condon.
Who are you looking for?
Where is God in the mess and madness of my family, our Church and the world? There are many times when I’ve stood beside the tomb weeping; looking for God,...
Difference: No barrier to harmony
Outside a lepers’ colony in Navi Mumbai, India, is a small chapel. The diversity that exists amongst its visitors is what makes the chapel such a special place, writes Ashleigh...
Louisa Lawson tribute concert benefits The Inn
A group of Melbourne-based musicians joined forces recently for a ‘gig’ to honour the life and work of Louisa Lawson and to support the Good Samaritan Inn.
Schools celebrating significant milestones
Four secondary schools for girls, all established by the Good Samaritan Sisters, are celebrating significant milestones in 2013.
Lent: Why I won’t be giving up this year
Resilience is needed to enter into Lent, to dive in deeper than the immediate, chocolatey surface and live the 40 days of commitment, writes Alice Priest.
Sisters bid fond farewell to Queanbeyan
After 134 years of service, particularly in education and pastoral care, the Good Samaritan Sisters have said a fond farewell to the community of Queanbeyan in NSW.
A life devoted to deep listening
Good Samaritan Sister Carmel Posa is rejoicing that a cochlear implant is restoring her hearing which was damaged by Meniere’s Disease – a development which is of no small significance...
