Parable of the Good Samaritan the Good Samaritan. In the Gospel of Luke, the parable is introduced by a question, known as the Great Commandment: Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live." But
Sisters of the Good Samaritan Samaritan parable to be a good neighbour to those in need. This article incorporates text from a publication by Marilyn Kelleher SGS, "Annals of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict", published 2010, Volume II - 1938-1949, pp.11-12. Sisters of the Good Samaritan Thee Congregation of the Sisters of the Good Saman, colloquially known as the "Good Sams", is a Roman Catholic congregation of religious women commenced by Bede Polding, OSB, Australia’s first Catholic bishop, in Sydney in 1857. The congregation was the first religious congregation to be founded in Australia. The sisters form an