Good Samaritan Congregation

f06 - GoodSams - sisters

foundation date1857
website http://www.goodsams.org.au
email address mary-lynne@goodsams.org.au

The Sisters of the Good Samaritan hold a unique place in history. They were the first women's religious congregation to be founded in Australia.

Established in 1857 by the Archbishop of Sydney, John Bede Polding, the Good Samaritan Sisters began to care for the poor and destitute of the early colony.

Later they set up orphanages and schools and today there are more than 100 Good Samaritan communities throughout Australia as well as in Japan, the Philippines and Kiribati.

They are involved in social work, nursing, respite and residential care, education, parish work, centres of spirituality and administration.

Good Samaritan Sisters are women who have committed themselves to work for justice in the world. They stand with the indigenous people of Australia, the women of Japan and Kiribati and the women and children of the Philippines.

As women of faith and guided by the Gospel they value communal and individual prayer, peace, compassion and living in community.


Currently, there are more than 100 Good Samaritan communities throughout Australia, Japan, the Philippines and Kiribati.

The Good Samaritan Offices are located at:
1a Harris Road
Five Dock Sydney NSW 2046.
Telephone (61 2) 8752 5300
Fax: (61 2) 8752 5333

Good Samaritan communities can be found in:

AUSTRALIA -NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney and suburbs
Arcadia, Balmain, Blacktown, Carlingford, Centennial Park, Five Dock, Glebe Point, Marrickville, Marsfield, Pennant Hills, Penshurst, Polding Villa-Glebe Point, Rozelle, Ryde.

Northern Beaches
Balgowlah, Belrose, Dee Why.

Macarthur District
Camden, Campbelltown, Claymore, Eagle Vale, Ingleburn, Macquarie Fields.

Blue Mountains
Lawson, Wentworth Falls

Illawarra - Shoalhaven
Nowra, Wollongong.

Windsor, Nelson Bay, Queanbeyan

AUSTRALIA - ACT
Melba, Red Hill

AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA
North East
Bundoora, Burwood, East Preston, Pakenham, Tecoma, Thornbury, Preston.

Yarra Loddon
Balwyn North, Cohuna, Collingwood, Craigieburn, Kerang, Marian House, Northcote, Reservoir.

Western District
Coragulac, Cororooke, Hamilton, Port Fairy, Warrnabool.


AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND
Brisbane and suburbs
Coorparoo, Wynnum West, Yeronga.

Brisbane Valley
Camp Hill, Hawthorne, Lutwyche, Mitchelton.

Brisbane North
Aspley, Carseldine, Najara, Scarborough, Toowoomba, Wilston.

South Queensland
Gayndah, Gympie.

North Queensland
Abergowrie, Charters Towers, Hughenden, Mt Louisa and Townsville.

AUSTRALIA - NORTHERN TERRITORY
Daly River.

AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Gawler, Port Pirie, Seacombe Heights, Seaford Rise, Whyalla Stuart.

AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Broom, Geraldton, Kardinya, Mt Magnet, New Norcia.

JAPAN
Nara, Sasebo, Tomigaoka.

KIRIBATI
Abaokoro / North Tarawa, Teaoraereke / South Tarawa

PHILIPPINES
City Heights, Bacolod