Category Archive: 2022

New ACRATH President calls for united action to stop slavery

As the president of Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans, Sister Clare Condon SGS hopes to see more lay people joining the religious in their fight to stop slavery....

Posted on: April 19, 2022

Banner highlights the call to ecological conversion

The need for urgent action on climate change will be a key focus in the lead-up to the Federal Election on May 21. Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC)...

Posted on: April 11, 2022

Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Refugees

The Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Refugees on April 10 this year is endorsed by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. The Good Samaritan Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support...

Posted on: April 5, 2022

Good Samaritan mural honours the past and inspires the community

The Sisters of the Good Samaritan will continue to be an integral part of the Saints Peter and Paul’s Catholic Primary School in Bulimba, Queensland, thanks to a new mural...

Posted on: March 16, 2022

Women's Study and Mentoring Program doubles in size this year

The Good Samaritan Study and Mentoring Program has doubled in size for its second year, meaning that eight women will receive support to undertake studies aimed at promoting women’s leadership...

Posted on: March 16, 2022

Banyule residential accommodation project a new collaboration

A new collaboration between the Good Samaritan Inn, a local parish and the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne will result in an expansion of residential services for women and their children....

Posted on: March 16, 2022

Employment Opportunities

Employment Opportunities

The Sisters of the Good Samaritan are currently offering the following employment opportunity: 1.  Receptionist The Sisters of the Good Samaritan are seeking to employ a Receptionist for our newly...

Posted on: March 14, 2022

Last Good Sam retires from education role in Canberra & Goulburn

It was the end of an era when Good Samaritan Sister Sue Hallams retired from her role in pastoral ministry at St Francis Xavier College in Canberra in December 2021,...

Posted on: February 14, 2022

Typhoon’s path of destruction results in loss of homes and livelihoods

More than a month after Typhoon Rai, or Odette as it is known locally in the Philippines, tore through the islands of Visayas and Mindanao, killing more than 400 people...

Posted on: February 14, 2022

Kiribati battles to contain COVID-19 outbreak

The tiny Pacific nation of Kiribati, which until January this year had survived the COVID-19 pandemic without recording a case of the virus, is now battling to contain an outbreak...

Posted on: February 14, 2022

Good Sams celebrate Foundation Day February 2, 2022

February 2 marks 165 years since the Foundation of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. A short video to mark the occasion has been produced, which acknowledges First Nations people...

Posted on: February 2, 2022