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.
Kiribati battles to contain COVID-19 outbreak
The tiny Pacific nation of Kiribati, which until January this year had survived the COVID-19 pandemic without recording a case of the virus, is now battling to contain an outbreak.
A letter to my nine-month-old daughter
Using stories of marginalised people as future life-lessons for her daughter, Ashleigh Donnelly urges us all to look behind the masks we wear to appreciate the person behind the covering.
Good Sams committed to education in the Benedictine tradition
This year marks 200 years of Catholic education in Australia. Moira Najdecki reflects on how the Sisters of the Good Samaritan have been a very significant part of the story.
Peace-building mission of Japanese Sisters lives on in Bacolod
The decades-long ‘peace-building’ mission between the Japanese Sisters of the Good Samaritan and the Bacolod community has come to an end with the last of the Sisters returning to Japan.
Pondering 30 years of Good Samaritan life in Kiribati
It is 30 years since the Good Sams were invited to Kiribati. Sister Meg Kahler reflects on the gifts and challenges of being Good Samaritan in this small Pacific nation.
Listening and responding to the cry of the earth
The granting of personhood to the Whanganui River in New Zealand provides a distinctive lens through which to view our perspective on our connectedness to all creation, writes Monica Dutton.
The rescue mission that captivated the world
The Good Samaritan theme of ‘being neighbour’ runs strongly throughout a new film about the largest international cave rescue mission in history. The director, Tom Waller, spoke to Debra Vermeer.