Sisters join forces to strengthen ATSI ministries
A new partnership is being forged between the Sisters of St Joseph, the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, the Sisters of Mercy and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) peoples...
Good summer reads for the mind and spirit
In this our last edition for 2011, “The Good Oil” invited ten people – some of our readers and some who have written for us this year – to nominate...
“Schoolies week” takes a new direction
“Schoolies Week” is rarely seen in a positive light by those looking on. But some “schoolies”, including 12 students from Good Samaritan Schools in NSW, have chosen an alternate way...
New oblates to be welcomed
During a liturgy on November 12 in Sydney, six women and one man will be received as Oblates of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan.
Good Sam Foundation Christmas Appeal launched
Over 130 people attended a Melbourne Cup fundraising event in Brisbane recently to kick-start the 2011 Christmas Appeal for the Sisters of the Good Samaritan Foundation.
Remembering families on the land
It was about two years ago while visiting a friend in Melbourne that Good Samaritan Sister Margaret Mithen stumbled upon a community outreach initiative she felt compelled to support.
Japanese sisters recount the road of conversion
The “National Catholic Reporter’s” Joshua McElwee recently spoke to two Japanese Good Samaritan Sisters about their journeys from Buddhism to Catholicism.
Sisters set directions and elect new leadership
Gathered in Sydney recently for their twenty-fifth general chapter, the Sisters of the Good Samaritan elected a new leadership team and discerned a new vision statement for the next six...
Good Samaritan Education: a new Church entity
The Sisters of the Good Samaritan have received approval to establish Good Samaritan Education, a new entity within the Australian Catholic Church to oversee the canonical governance of the congregation’s...
Indigenous immersion for Brisbane students
Cultural immersion programs in South Africa have been a regular part of life for students at Brisbane’s Lourdes Hill College since 2007. But for the first time in September, a...
Unforgettable experience of universal Church
Students from a number of Good Samaritan Colleges in New South Wales and Victoria recently returned from a three-week pilgrimage to Spain which included World Youth Day activities and the...
Cameroon experience confronting but heartening
For Good Samaritan Sister Anne Dixon, attending an international prison chaplains’ conference in Cameroon last month proved to be a confronting and heartening experience.