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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.
The Good Oil 2021 Writers’ Award
The Good Oil 2021 Writers’ Award is an initiative of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. The award aims to support and encourage the development of emerging and published writers....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Bennies carries the can to help improve access to clean water
On the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ – on care for our common home, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announced an Anniversary Year, which finishes...