Category Archive: 2023

Winner of The Good Oil 2023 Writers’ Award announced

The Good Oil 2023 Writers’ Award was launched by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan with the dual purpose of supporting and encouraging the development of emerging and published writers....

Posted on: September 19, 2023

Vice-Regal reception honours Good Sams’ ‘rich and proud history’

Sisters of the Good Samaritan, together with staff, partners in mission, friends and supporters were honoured guests at Admiralty House in Sydney recently for a reception hosted by the Governor-General...

Posted on: September 19, 2023

The Good Oil wins ACPA Award for Best Content – Climate and Environment

The annual conference of the Australasian Catholic Press Association (ACPA) took place this month when more than 50 Catholic editors and people working in Church communications came together in Perth....

Posted on: September 19, 2023

Good Sams Foundation looks to the future with confidence

The Good Samaritan Foundation is building on its legacy and looking to the future with confidence with the recent appointment of a new Executive Director and Chair of the Board....

Posted on: August 14, 2023

Nourishing breakfast gives students a good start to the day

As Chaplain of the Mount Magnet District High School in a remote pastoral and mining region of Western Australia, Good Samaritan Oblate Cathy Jones is on deck to help out...

Posted on: August 14, 2023

McKee family’s 80 years of connection to Lourdes Hill College

Sister Mary Camelann (Veronica) McKee was a proud Lourdanian who dedicated her life to helping those around her. In 1947, Veronica McKee joined the Order of the Holy Spirit Sisters...

Posted on: August 13, 2023

Mater Christi College celebrates 60th Anniversary

Sixty years ago, the Sisters of the Good Samaritan responded to the needs of the Belgrave community in Victoria, building a school for girls on the hill. Over the past...

Posted on: July 13, 2023

The Good Oil 2023 Writers’ Award – Finding My Voice

Entries are invited for The Good Oil 2023 Writers’ Award, an initiative of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. Entry is free and open to both emerging and published writers....

Posted on: June 19, 2023

Sister Taabeia Ibouri’s new role in supporting seasonal workers from Kiribati

When Good Samaritan Sister Taabeia Ibouri was living in Australia she got to know some seasonal workers from her home country Kiribati and learnt of the challenges they faced. Now,...

Posted on: June 19, 2023

New era of lay governance has begun for Good Samaritan Oblates

A new era of lay governance has begun for Good Samaritan Oblates, with the recent commissioning of the inaugural Oblate Leadership Team and Oblate Council. Oblates Marie Milne, Marie Mohr...

Posted on: June 18, 2023

Tokarerei Matiera begins a new chapter in her vocation journey

When Tokarerei Matiera arrived in Australia from Kiribati recently to begin her Novitiate with the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, it was both the culmination of a long journey and...

Posted on: May 16, 2023

St Veronica Medical Centre in Uganda opens its doors

A newly built medical centre has opened its doors in Ttomi Buloba, Uganda and is already making a difference in the life of the local community in the spirit of...

Posted on: May 16, 2023