Ongoing formation a priority at every stage of Good Sams' journey
One of the great challenges in modern religious life is how we best support one another as we grow into community and ministry life. In January this year, Sisters of...
WA communities turn out to celebrate Good Samaritans
The population of the West Australian gold-mine towns of Mt Magnet, Meekatharra and Cue might be small, but there was a strong turnout from across the community recently to celebrate...
Sisters of the Good Samaritan join the National Redress Scheme
The Sisters of the Good Samaritan have now been declared as having joined the National Redress Scheme – a scheme run by the Australian Government to support people who have...
Good Samaritan novitiate welcomes new candidate
Sisters of the Good Samaritan have welcomed and received Dianne Mai into the Novitiate community where she will continue the ongoing discernment of God’s call. The Rite of Reception...
155 year tradition ends
After 155 years of benefiting from the presence of Good Samaritan Sisters, the people of St Augustine parish in Balmain sadly wished the last remaining sister, Sr Mary Constable sgs,...
Kinship with Nature – Gateway to the Core of Being
Today we celebrate International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (August 9, 2019). In honour of this significant day Ellie Garvey and Good Samaritan Sister Diana Law have prepared the...
Exploring religious life during National Vocations Awareness Week
“Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is conquered by the fire of His gaze, no...
Final report captures the voices of 222,000 people
The National Centre for Pastoral Research has published the final report of the Listening and Dialogue phase of the Plenary Council, capturing the voices of more than 222,000 people. The...
Good Samaritan Congregational Leader, Patty Fawkner elected CRA Vice President
A key moment at the first Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) National Council meeting after the National Assembly was the election of the new Executive: Patty Fawkner SGS as Vice President...
Vale Sister Helen Maund SGS
Sister Helen Maund’s death came quickly and quietly; she died peacefully at Concord Hospital on January 17, 2019, just three days short of her 103rd birthday.
Vale Sister Mary Gregory SGS
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile,” observed Albert Einstein. Sister Mary Gregory, a truly good woman, lived fully for others. She lived a most worthwhile life.