Mater Dei Fresh Food provides a hands-on learning experience
A fully functioning mini Woolworths store at Mater Dei School aims to mimic the operations of a supermarket with baskets for fresh food, signage, shelves for groceries, uniforms and registers.
Ties of friendship bind Port Pirie to Kiribati and the Good Sams
The long-standing warm relationship between the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, Port Pirie Diocese and the Pacific nation of Kiribati was reaffirmed when two I-Kiribati Sisters visited the Diocese recently.
On the brink of everything
Parker Palmer’s book ‘On the Brink of Everything’ on ‘grace, gravity, and growing old’ was the inspiration for bringing together my thinking about a recent retreat experience, writes Alice Priest.
Interfaith dialogue: iftar and the healing of hospitality
When my Muslim sisters host iftar, the meal taken by Muslims at sundown to break their daily fast during Ramadan, it’s a lively event with food, games, conversation and laughter.
And the band played on
A visit to the small Pacific island nation of Kiribati was a rare opportunity for Judith Holt, who experienced a place of learning where inclusivity is intrinsic to the culture.
HOPE … four letters that carry the aliveness of God in our midst
Everyone hopes for something. It’s an inherent part of being a human being, defining our desires and shaping the self-narrative about the future we all have running inside our minds.
Set new places at the table
This portrayal of the Parable of the Good Samaritan by Carmel Lillis offers a profound insight into the reality of life for refugees through the chance meeting of two strangers.
Synodality demands that we have eyes wide open and hearts and minds attuned
Launching the consultation for the synod on synodality, Pope Francis calls us to “look others in the eye and listen to what they have to say”, writes Clare Condon SGS.
‘Street Angel of Sydney’ comforted the disturbed and disturbed the comfortable
Good Samaritan Sister Catherine McCahill reflects on the life of Sister Pauline Elizabeth Fitz-Walter, Christ’s messenger who was a witness to the Christian message of hope, joy, love and peace. ...
Vale Sister Pauline Fitz-Walter SGS – a saint and a prophet
Good Samaritan Sister Pauline Fitz-Walter OAM, described by her friend Bishop David Cremin as “our Mother Teresa” for her service to people at the margins, died on December 16, 2021.
Typhoon’s path of destruction results in loss of homes and livelihoods
More than a month after Typhoon Rai, or Odette as it is known locally in the Philippines, tore through the islands of Visayas and Mindanao, killing more than 400 people
Last Good Sam retires from education role in Canberra & Goulburn
It was the end of an era when Good Samaritan Sister Sue Hallams retired from her role in pastoral ministry at St Francis Xavier College in Canberra in December 2021.