Called to act boldly and courageously.
Module 4: Good Samaritans Today

There are many ways of being Good Samaritan. Professed Sisters, oblates, partners in ministry and members of the wider community all share in the spirit of the Good Samaritan Benedictine tradition.

 

READ

Good Samaritans Today

 

WATCH

What does it mean to be a Good Samaritan?

 

 

LISTEN

Being Good Samaritan in the Philippines: Germia’s story

Germia Tocama SGS

 

 

REFLECT

Click for quiet reflective music and then click on Reflection: Good Samaritans Today

Reflection: Good Samaritans Today

Music by Chris Dutton

 

PRAY

Prayer: Thomas Merton

 

GOING DEEPER

Apology, Gratitude & Work Together

Spoken by Sr Hiro Kageyama SGS and written by Mr Takeo Yamagami

 

Accompanying Japan’s “triple disaster” survivors

The Good Oil, September 2017

 

Celebration of First Profession of two Good Samaritan Sisters

The Good Oil, October 2020

 

SUGGESTED FURTHER READING

Baseden, C. (1998). The path between: the story of the Good Samaritan Sisters in Japan 1948-1998. Sydney: Sisters of the Good Samaritan.

Heininger, J. (2007). Journey to the heart: Mater Dei, 50 years and 50 stories. Sydney: Sisters of the Good Samaritan.

 

GOOD SAMARITAN LIBRARY

https://sgslibrary.goodsams.org.au

Email: sgslibrary@goodsams.org.au

 

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