Remembering families on the land
It was about two years ago while visiting a friend in Melbourne that Good Samaritan Sister Margaret Mithen stumbled upon a community outreach initiative she felt compelled to support.
Sisters set directions and elect new leadership
Gathered in Sydney recently for their twenty-fifth general chapter, the Sisters of the Good Samaritan elected a new leadership team and discerned a new vision statement for the next six...
Good Samaritan Education: a new Church entity
The Sisters of the Good Samaritan have received approval to establish Good Samaritan Education, a new entity within the Australian Catholic Church to oversee the canonical governance of the congregation’s...
Indigenous immersion for Brisbane students
Cultural immersion programs in South Africa have been a regular part of life for students at Brisbane’s Lourdes Hill College since 2007. But for the first time in September, a...
Unforgettable experience of universal Church
Students from a number of Good Samaritan Colleges in New South Wales and Victoria recently returned from a three-week pilgrimage to Spain which included World Youth Day activities and the...
Cameroon experience confronting but heartening
For Good Samaritan Sister Anne Dixon, attending an international prison chaplains’ conference in Cameroon last month proved to be a confronting and heartening experience.
Good Sams gather to discern future directions
From September 25 until October 2, 190 Sisters of the Good Samaritan from various parts of Australia, Kiribati, the Philippines, Japan and Timor Leste will converge on Sydney for their...
Helping to solve critical water needs in Kiribati
There aren’t too many nuns who are also water engineers. In a report from Sean Dorney, the ABC’s Pacific Correspondent, find out how Good Samaritan Sister Marella Rebgetz is helping...
Leonora enriched by asylum seekers
While the issue of asylum seekers in Australia continues to dominate our media mostly in negative terms, for Good Samaritan Sister Annette Dever, there is a good news story to...
Honouring a long-time ministry colleague
Father Arthur Hackett, a priest of the Port Pirie Diocese, was the guest of honour at a special celebration last month hosted by the Good Samaritan Sisters.
Students walk in the shoes of others
A group of students from six Good Samaritan Colleges spent five days of their holidays last week (July 3-8) getting a glimpse of what life is like for people who...
New Book of Hours for Good Sam community
The Sisters of the Good Samaritan have this week published a new communal prayer book, known as the Book of Hours, which uses inclusive language and reflects the cross-cultural membership...