Section Archive: Feature

Country town rolls out the welcome mat for refugee family

Sister Gerri Boylan SGS has joined a refugee support group in regional Victoria which is helping to resettle a family from Burundi in a country-town collaboration of hospitality and compassion.

Posted on: September 18, 2024

Scholarship Program provides a pathway to lifelong learning

The Good Samaritan Foundation is helping senior high school students who are doing it tough to continue their education and receive hope and empowerment through a High School Scholarship Program.

Posted on: September 18, 2024

Santa Maria College celebrates 120 years of excellence

Founded by the Good Samaritan Sisters in 1904, this year Santa Maria College in Northcote, Victoria is proudly marking a significant milestone; 120 years of empowering and educating young women.

Posted on: September 18, 2024

Governance in the spotlight for Good Samaritan Education

Each year, Good Samaritan Education conducts a Governance Day where we focus on corporate governance trends and specific issues of governance pertaining to the education sector and Public Juridic Persons.

Posted on: July 17, 2024

New book aims to recover the missing life and voice of St Scholastica

A new book by Good Samaritan Sister Carmel Posa uses the ancient method of hagiography to recover the missing life and voice of St Scholastica of Nursia, writes Debra Vermeer.

Posted on: July 15, 2024

Spiritual direction and mentoring are key elements of SAM Program

Participants in the Good Samaritan Study and Mentoring (SAM) Program said among the reasons they were drawn to apply was the opportunity to receive both spiritual direction and professional mentoring.

Posted on: June 19, 2024

The ageing journey offers opportunities for our spiritual growth

As I am in the last quarter of my lifecycle, I participated recently in a couple of workshops that explored the Spirituality of Ageing, writes Good Samaritan Sister Clare Condon.

Posted on: May 13, 2024

Good Samaritan Sisters’ ministries are flourishing in Kiribati

When Sister Michelle Reid visited Kiribati, she was struck by two things: the vulnerability of the land due to rising sea levels and the ministry of the Good Samaritan Sisters.

Posted on: April 17, 2024

We can be the change we want to see in the world

On World Water Day last month, members of the Faith and Ecology Network came together for an online workshop on connecting faith with ecological awareness and care, writes Sue Martin.

Posted on: April 15, 2024

Holy Audacity calls us to be a voice for justice and peace

In 2022, the Good Samaritan Education’s Governing Council discerned to take up Holy Audacity as one of its core values and which is at the heart of our community formation.

Posted on: March 20, 2024

Women deacons: will the Synod on Synodality be the catalyst for change?

The question of whether women can be ordained as deacons in the Catholic Church is expected to be discussed further at this year’s Second Session of the Synod on Synodality.

Posted on: March 17, 2024

Ministries aim to make the festive season a time of faith and hope

The Good Samaritan Foundation brings together people and resources to support the works and initiatives of the Good Samaritan Sisters to assist those in need in communities across Australia and...

Posted on: December 13, 2023