ORDERS

SISTERS OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN
OF THE ORDER OF ST BENEDICT

FOUNDATION 1857 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA		FOUNDER JOHN BEDE POLDING OSB ARCHBISHOP OF SYDNEY
HISTORY	ARCHBISHOP POLDING	FOUNDATIONS

HISTORY

IN 1857 ARCHBISHOP OF SYDNEY JOHN BEDE POLDING FORMED A SMALL GROUP OF WOMEN TO TAKE OVER THE GOOD SHEPHERD REFUGE IN PITT STREET BEGUN BY THE SISTERS OF CHARITY. ARCHBISHOP POLDING, HIMSELF A BENEDICTINE MONK, REALISED THE NEED FOR AN ORDER WITH SIMPLE VOWS TO CARRY OUT A MORE FLEXIBLE APOSTOLATE THAN THE TRADITIONAL ENCLOSED BENEDICTINE NUNS AND ASKED SR SCHOLASTICA, A SISTER OF CHARITY, TO HELP TRAIN THIS FIRST LOCALLY FOUNDED ORDER. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY NAMED THE SISTERS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD BUT LATER CHANGED THEIR NAME TO THE SISTERS OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN TO AVOID CONFUSION WITH THE FRENCH ORDER OF THE SAME NAME. THE ORDER'S ORIGINAL CALLING WAS IN THE WELFARE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS ESPECIALLY OF THE POORER CLASSES MANY OF WHOM WERE REFERRED TO THE SISTERS BY THE COURTS. WITH THE PASSING OF NEW EDUCATION ACTS IN THE 1880's THE SISTERS WERE DRAWN INTO EDUCATION AS WELL AND EVENTUALLY THIS BECAME THEIR PRINCIPAL WORK ALTHOUGH THEY NEVER ABANDONED THEIR WELFARE MISSION. BY 1900 THEY WERE ESTABLISHED IN QUEENSLAND AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA AS WELL AS NEW SOUTH WALES. A DECADE LATER THEY WERE ESTABLISHED IN VICTORIA AND IN 1948 THE FIRST FOUNDATION OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA WAS MADE IN JAPAN. THE ORDER STILL HAS A FORMAL CONNECTION TO THE BENEDICTINE ORDER AND IS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF ST BENEDICT. TODAY THE 'GOOD SAMS' AS THEY ARE GENERALLY KNOWN CONTINUE THEIR APOSTOLATE FAITHFUL TO THE VISION OF THEIR FOUNDER.

OTHER BENEDICTINE CONGREGATIONS

FOR INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING BENEDICTINE CONGREGATIONS SEE THEIR INDIVIDUAL PAGES

ORDER OF CISTERCIANS

ORDER OF ST BENEDICT

SYLVESTRINE CONGREGATION

TYBURN NUNS

TUTZING SISTERS

FOUNDATIONS

THE SISTERS OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN ARE A CENTRALLY ADMINISTERED ORDER WITH THE MOTHER HOUSE AT GLEBE POINT. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATIONS. FOUNDATIONS OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LISTING.

ABERGOWRIE 1999	ARCADIA 1987	ARNCLIFFE / TEMPE 1885	ASPLEY 1994	AVALON 1959
AYR 1919	BALGOWLAH 1930	BALMAIN 1864	BALMORAL 1983	BALWYN NORTH 1974
BELGRAVE 1962	BELROSE 1998	BEVERLEY HILLS 2001	BLACKTOWN 1994	BRAIDWOOD 1877
BRANDON 1912	BROOME 2003	BUNDOORA 2004	BURWOOD / GLEN IRIS 1999	CALWELL 1988
CAMP HILL 1951	CAMPBELLTOWN 1887	CARLINGFORD 1996	CARSELDINE 1991	CHARTERS TOWERS 1900
CHIPPENDALE 1883	CLAYMORE 1996	CLIFTON 1917	COFFS HARBOUR 1913	COHUNA 1926
COLLIE 1993	COLLINGWOOD NORTH 1999	CONCORD 1867	COORPAROO 1916	CORAGULAC 1919
CRAIGIEBURN 1985	CRYSTAL BROOK 1926	DALY RIVER 1995	DEE WHY 1935	EAGLE VALE 1985
EAST BENTLEIGH 1988	EAST BRISBANE 1928	EAST PRESTON 1995	ENOGGERA 1918	EPPING 1961
EVERTON PARK 1987	FAIRFIELD 1999	FAIRY MEADOW 1957	FERNY GROVE 1983	FIVE DOCK 1868
FOREST LODGE 1896	FORTITUDE VALLEY 1995	GAWLER 1902	GAYNDAH 1919	GERALDTON 1996
GLEBE POINT 1901	GWYNNEVILLE 1960	HAMILTON 1924	HARLAXTON 1962	HAWTHORNE 1916
HUGHENDEN 1900	INGLEBURN 2002	INNISFAIL 1903	KANDOS 1923	KELSO 1985
KERANG 1912	KINGAROY 1934	KINGSTON 1988	KIRWAN / ANNANDALE 1988	KOROIT 1907
KORUMBURRA 1914	LAWSON 1929	LOGANLEA 1988	LOTA 1998	LUTWYCHE 1996
MACKSVILLE 1918	MACQUARIE FIELDS 1983	MANLY 1881	MANUKA 1928	MARRICKVILLE 1892
MARSFIELD 1994	MEADOWBROOK 1994	MITCHELTON 1952	MORPHET VALE 1986	MORUYA 1883
MOUNT MAGNET 1986	MULGRAVE 1991	NAJARA 1983	NAMBOUR 1925	NARELLAN/CAMDEN 1911
NARRABEEN 1952	NELSON BAY 1995	NEW NORCIA 1986	NEWMARKET 1936	NEWTOWN 1883
NORTH FITZROY 1914	NORTH WOLLONGONG 1997	NORTHCOTE 1904	NOWRA 1893	OAKEY 1921
OAKLEIGH EAST 1994	PAKENHAM 1997	PALM ISLAND 1992	PARRAMATTA 1859	PENNANT HILLS 1925
PETRIE 1994	PORT FAIRY 1914	PORT PIRIE 1890	PRESTON 1938	QUEANBEYAN 1879
RANDWICK 1911	RED HILL 1967	RESERVOIR 1930	RICHMOND 1883	ROSEMEADOW 1991
ROZELLE 1880	RYDE 1996	SCARBOROUGH 1991	SEACOMBE GARDENS 1956	SEAFORD RISE 1993
SOUTH HURSTVILLE 1987	SOUTH JOHNSTONE 1932	SOUTH MELBOURNE 2001	SOUTH YARRA 1905	SPRINGWOOD 1911
SYDNEY - PITT ST 1857	SYDNEY - ALBION ST 1901	SYDNEY-BUCKINGHAM ST 1903	TECOMA 1995	THORNBURY 1953
TIN CAN BAY / GYMPIE 1995	TOOWOOMBA 1918	TOWNSVILLE 1936	TULLY 1928	ULTIMO 1910
VIEWBANK 1988	WARREN 1934	WARRIEWOOD 1964	WEMBLEY / KARDINYA 1988	WENTWORTH FALLS 1988
WEST MAITLAND 1864	WEST WOLLONGONG 1962	WESTGARTH 1996	WHYALLA 1941	WHYALLA STUART 1966
WILSTON 1917	WILUNA 1991	WINDSOR 1875	WOLLONGONG 1873	WOODRIDGE 1991
WYNNUM WEST 1993				YEOVAL 1929