Sisters call on PM to sign UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons
The Sisters of the Good Samaritan have written to Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, urging him to fulfil his pledge to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Season of Creation calls us to respond to the cries of the Earth
As the Season of Creation approaches, I ponder my own responsibility and that of my Congregation to respond to the crisis of climate change and environmental degradation, writes Catherine McCahill.
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.
To end domestic violence attitudes and behaviours must change
Domestic and family violence will continue if we ignore and tolerate violence and aggression, especially gendered aggression, in our homes, schools, workplaces and public places, writes Congregational Leader Catherine McCahill.
True ecumenism calls us to ongoing commitment and dialogue
While occasions of community grief bring us to together in prayer, I believe they fall far short of the Gospel imperative to bring us into deep dialogue and ecumenical practice.
The call to Galilee is an invitation to live the life of Jesus
In witnessing a random act of kindness, I caught a glimpse of the resurrection, a glimpse of the presence of God’s reign in our human reality, writes Sister Catherine McCahill.
We must walk with Indigenous people on the journey towards justice
Although the Indigenous Voice to Parliament might have been silenced, I believe we need to listen to the many and varied voices of our Indigenous neighbours, writes Sister Catherine McCahill.
We are called to be neighbour to asylum seekers and refugees
Australians are good at responding to national emergencies with neighbourly deeds, but where is our compassionate response to the asylum seekers and refugees living on our shores, asks Catherine McCahill.
Let us continue to pursue peace in our hearts
“The LORD will bless (his) people with peace” (Psalm 29:11). This was the response to the Psalm on Tuesday 13 February 2001. Even now, the memory is still with me.
The cries of the most vulnerable call us to conversion
As I pen this reflection, my neighbours are the people of Kiribati, where I am visiting my Good Samaritan Sisters who minister on Tarawa and Abaoroko, writes Sister Catherine McCahill.
Being Neighbour – one leader’s perspective
The first Good Samaritan Sisters arrived in Japan in 1948. As I pray in St Mary’s Cathedral in Osaka, a kaleidoscope of images and memories floods my senses and spirit.
Being Neighbour – one leader’s perspective
Like the Samaritan in the parable, we are called to look, to see, and to respond to the neighbour on the way, especially the neighbour left abandoned, writes Catherine McCahill.