Having a voice
Our voice may seem insignificant, but it needs to be heard, respected and encouraged.
A world desperate for constructive, positive leadership
Does Pope Francis offer an alternative model of leadership in a troubled world, asks Sister Clare Condon.
Living in the age of “fake news”
We now live in an age of opinion – of assumption – where no one has to prove the veracity of their claims, writes Good Samaritan Sister Clare Condon.
“Shame on us!”
Protecting our borders overrides protecting the very few courageous people who manage to risk their all to come to Australia, writes Good Samaritan Sister Clare Condon.
Let’s be more supportive of our Kiribati neighbours
May small nations like Kiribati be supported to hold onto their precious traditional values as they find their way in a complex twenty-first century world, writes Good Samaritan Sister Clare...
Engaging in science-religion dialogue
Science and religion are separate and distinct disciplines, but surely we must learn from the engagement of one discipline with the other, says Good Samaritan Sister Clare Condon.
Integrity and its opposite – hypocrisy
Has longevity of an institution anything to do with integrity?
Hearts full of thankfulness and joy
If we are to be prophetic for our time, which is the fundamental calling of religious life in the Church, then changes beyond our contrivance are before us daily, says...
Christmas calls us to be peacemakers, reconcilers
If but one broken relationship could be mended, our Christmas, our God-with-us, might just be real for one other person, writes Good Samaritan Sister Clare Condon.
When does freedom of speech cross the line?
What speech should be free, and what speech has no place in a civilised democratic society, asks Good Samaritan Sister Clare Condon.
A vibrant cross-cultural endeavour
I am grateful for the decision of my sisters to venture to Japan in 1948 however “imprudent, untimely and injudicious” it was from a rational point of view, writes Good...
Love your enemies – within and beyond
Inner enemies such as jealousy, envy, revenge, obsessive guilt, pride, embittered anger can cripple my capacity to reach out to others in a spirit of reconciliation and pardon, writes Good...