100 years of service to education acknowledged
The Good Samaritan Sisters’ 100 years of service to Catholic education in the Brisbane Archdiocese was celebrated recently with an acknowledgement of the gift the Sisters have been to the...
Sisters continue their focus on care for creation
It’s National Science Week here in Australia and it’s often suggested that science and religion don’t mix. Not so for the Good Samaritan SIsters who last month hosted an educational...
National award for Japanese sister’s overseas service
Sister Hiro Kageyama, who, in 1957 became the first Japanese woman to be professed as a Sister of the Good Samaritan, has been honoured by her home country with an...
26th chapter gathering set for September 2017
The Sisters of the Good Samaritan have formally commenced a 15-month discernment process which will culminate in their 26th chapter gathering in September 2017.
Iran experience “an opportunity of a lifetime”
Many women might feel a little daunted by the prospect of travelling solo to Iran to participate in an international, inter-religious dialogue among mostly male Muslim scholars and Benedictine monks;...
Celebrating 25 "Spirit-driven" years in Kiribati
The Sisters of the Good Samaritan marked 25 years of presence and ministry in Kiribati recently, with a joy-filled Mass and traditional community celebration, a Botaki, at South Tarawa in...
Sister Annette’s outback ministry honoured
Sister Annette Dever has been honoured for her service to the remote WA communities of Leonora, Leinster and Laverton.
Jasmine's "very big heart for the poor"
Thanks to the efforts of a Year 8 student from Mount St Benedict College in Sydney, the Good Samaritan Kinder School, which supports children from one of the poorest areas...
Good Samaritan Education invited to host BENET 2019
Good Samaritan Education has been invited to host the next international conference of the Benedictine Educators Network (BeNet) in Sydney in 2019.
Tributes flow in for former Good Sam leader
The death last month of Sister Mary Ronayne, former Superior-General of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, elicited an outpouring of tributes from people far and wide who remembered Mary...
Boulevard environmental project off to strong start
“Clean-up Boulevard”, a community-based environmental project initiated by the Good Samaritan Sisters in the Philippines, was officially launched last month with a community clean-up day at Boulevard involving some 400...
Elaine Walley: first Aboriginal Good Samaritan Oblate
Elaine Walley, a Yamatji Elder from the Western Australian community of Three Springs near Geraldton, is the first Aboriginal woman to become a Good Samaritan Oblate.