Category Archive: Latest News

Called to ‘Be The Voice’ for vulnerable women, men and children

“You wake up at 4am with a flashlight shining in your face and the voice of a guard telling you to pack a bag and get moving. There’s no warning,...

Posted on: August 17, 2021

New podcast aims to nurture and share story, faith, and life

Good Samaritan Education is launching a new initiative, Communio Calling, a formation resource in podcast style. The first episode will be available on July 22 to mark the 10th anniversary...

Posted on: July 20, 2021

Native fish restocking program a lifeline for the environment

The old farm dams in the Wivenhoe Conservation Area on the Sisters of the Good Samaritan’s Mater Dei property at Camden have had a new burst of native fish life,...

Posted on: July 20, 2021

Discussion provides an insight into the treatment of refugees

Students from Rosebank College and St Scholastica’s College participated in a discussion on the issue of refugees and asylum seekers, which was hosted by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan...

Posted on: July 20, 2021

Enlightening presentations help to establish Kiribati Connections

A presentation on the life and culture of the tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati by two I-Kiribati Sisters of the Good Samaritan has had a big impact on those...

Posted on: June 15, 2021

St Brendan’s community is hands-on in caring for the environment

Coragulac in south-western Victoria is a small town serving the local dairy farming district, but for a tiny place, the students at St Brendan’s Catholic School are getting plenty of...

Posted on: June 15, 2021

St Monica’s College forms deep bond with Bacolod community

By Lynton Martin, St Monica’s College, Epping, Alumnae 2020 In November 2019, St Monica’s College, Epping sent the first group to the school’s Philippines Immersion Experience in Bacolod. Little did...

Posted on: June 15, 2021

Sister Mary's award 'an honour for the whole of the chaplaincy team'

Good Samaritan Sister Mary O’Shannassy OAM received an Honorary Doctorate from Australian Catholic University in recognition of her service as Director of CatholicCare Victoria’s Prison Ministry and in prison chaplaincy....

Posted on: May 18, 2021

Ivy ‘feels blessed’ to be joining the Good Sams as an Oblate

It’s been a long and prayerful journey for Ivy Dalgety, but after many years of association with the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, she became a Good Samaritan Oblate recently,...

Posted on: May 18, 2021

To Thine Own Self Be True: Sr Mary's Occasional Address

Good Samaritan Sister Mary O’Shannassy OAM received an Honorary Doctorate from Australian Catholic University on April 29, 2021 in recognition of her service as Director of CatholicCare Victoria’s Prison Ministry...

Posted on: May 10, 2021

Funding for medication supports refugees and asylum seekers

Refugees and asylum seekers who do not receive government medical or income support are being supplied with crucial medicines thanks to a collaboration between The Sisters of the Good Samaritan...

Posted on: April 20, 2021

Myanmar Catholics pray for peace as hundreds killed in protests

Religious Sisters have joined their voice to that of the Archbishop of Yangon, Cardinal Charles Bo SDB, in pointing to the resurrection as a reminder of hope and praying that...

Posted on: April 20, 2021