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.
May choosing kindness over contempt lead to forgiveness and love
Since visiting the Japanese War Cemetery at Cowra, which contains the graves of Japanese POWs, I have pondered deeply on the human capacity for reconciliation, writes Sister Catherine McCahill SGS.
‘Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbour in your land’
As the conflict in the Holy Land continues unabated, what is our responsibility and capacity to be neighbour, to get involved, to speak up, to give alms, asks Catherine McCahill.
We are called to accompany people made poor, marginalised and invisible
The witness of religious women and men impacted by war or civil violence gives me pause to wonder, are we ‘being neighbour’ on our own terms, asks Sister Catherine McCahill.
Pope Francis challenges us to embrace a revolution of tenderness
Although frail and sick, on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica on Easter Sunday Pope Francis delivered his final message of peace and hope, writes Congregational Leader Sister Catherine McCahill.
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.
‘We come with this place’ is a deeply personal tribute to family and country
As I read Debra Dank’s book ‘We come with this place’ I feel the dirt, I hear the birds, taste and smell the fruit of Garranjini, writes Catherine McCahill SGS.
Acts of racially motivated hatred have no place in Australia
Dismay, disappointment and surprise have swirled through my heart and mind these past months as we have heard, so often, of ‘racially focussed’ vandalism, writes Congregational Leader Sister Catherine McCahill.
Simple acts of kindness are the best gift
Amid the busyness of our Christmas preparations, I would like to propose two pivots, or touchstones, for our undertakings; namely neighbourliness and patience, writes Congregational Leader Sister Catherine McCahill SGS.
The call to be neighbour includes attention to those who are dying
This month, Catholics and many other Christians around the world celebrate all the unnamed saints of the church and pray for all those who have died, writes Catherine McCahill SGS.
In order to seek peace and pursue it, we need to listen to all sides
“Seek peace and pursue it,” the psalmist implores those who long for life. This ancient prayer echoes loudly and incessantly in many parts of our world today, writes Catherine McCahill.
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.