Support for Oceania delegates' voices to be heard at COP27
At the recent COP27 United Nations Climate Conference, the voices of Pacific Islanders and Indigenous peoples were heard more loudly than ever before, but while some important gains were made,...
Good Samaritan Sister Elizabeth Delaney receives papal honour
Good Samaritan Sister Elizabeth Delaney, whose ministries have included education, canon law, ecumenical relations, national Church life and support of religious and clergy, has been presented with the pontifical honour...
Online experience connects students with ministries in Bacolod
Student groups from across Good Samaritan Education schools gathered recently for an ‘online immersion’ experience with Sisters and staff of Good Samaritan ministries in Bacolod, the Philippines. The online immersion...
Lourdes Hill College honours Sister Leonie D’Arcy
At Lourdes Hill College, Hawthorne, the contribution of the school’s first official Archivist, Good Samaritan Sister Leonie D’Arcy, was honoured with the naming of the Sister Leonie D’Arcy Archives Room...
NATSICC Assembly a chance to share stories, experiences and knowledge
Four members of the Good Samaritan community who attended the recent National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council Assembly in Townsville, say it was an enriching and humbling experience...
Crisis refuge for women and children receives funding boost
The Good Samaritan Inn’s vision for the expansion of its residential services for women and children who have experienced family violence and/or homelessness is edging closer to reality, thanks to...
Good Samaritan Education launches new statement
Finding just the right words to name and claim one’s identity and articulate who one professes to be, while simultaneously on the path of becoming, requires a process of deep...
Award recognises Sr Catherine Slattery's contribution to Catholic education
Good Samaritan Sister and educator, Catherine Slattery, has been awarded the Brother Kelvin Canavan Catholic School Leadership Award for 2022 in recognition of her “prophetic leadership” across Good Samaritan Education...
Good Samaritan community in Bacolod launches eco-restoration project
The Good Samaritan community in Bacolod, the Philippines, has come together to launch an eco-restoration project at a public park in a bid to foster the local ecology and create...
ACU names lecture theatre after Aunty Joan Hendriks
One of Queensland’s most respected advocates for the rights of Indigenous Australians, the late Aunty Joan Hendriks, has had a lecture theatre named in her honour two years after her...
Return visit to Timor Leste sees scholarship students shine
Seventeen more young people who are part of the Good Samaritan Railaco Scholarship Program have graduated from tertiary studies in Timor Leste over the past two years, despite practical challenges...
The Good Oil recognised for online publishing excellence
The annual conference of the Australasian Catholic Press Association (ACPA) took place last month when more than 60 Catholic editors and people working in church communications came together in Melbourne....