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11 November @ 9:00 am
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11 November @ 4:00 pm
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Aspiring and published writers are invited to take part in this in-person workshop, held under the theme “The Word Made Fresh: being Inspired, making Connections, building Community”.
The keynote presenter is American author, poet and Benedictine oblate Judith Valente. Judith has an extensive background in journalism, including as a staff writer for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, and was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. She is a lay associate of the Benedictine monastery Mount St Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas — the subject of her award-winning 2013 memoir, Atchison Blue: A Search for Silence, a Spiritual Home and a Living Faith, which the Religion Newswriters’ Association named one of the three best spirituality books of the year. Her later books are How to Be: A Monk & a Journalist Reflect on Living & Dying, Purpose & Prayer, Forgiveness & Friendship (with Brother Paul Quenon, a Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani) and The Italian Soul.
The workshop facilitator is Ann Rennie, a Melbourne writer who focuses on things of the spirit and the small wonders of daily life. Ann is the author of several books, writes a regular column for Australian Catholics, and has been published in The Age, The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald. Her latest book is The Daily Mystic.
The workshop is hosted by The Sisters of the Good Samaritan in partnership with Garratt Publishing, and aims to encourage creative discovery and inspiration and to help participants develop their writing skills. The Good Oil is the Good Samaritan Sisters’ free monthly e-journal, a ministry begun in 2008.
When: Wednesday 11 November 2026, 9.00am to 4.00pm. A light lunch, morning tea and afternoon tea are included.
Where: The Sisters of the Good Samaritan Congregational Centre, 2 Avenue Road, Glebe, Sydney.
Cost: Free, but places are strictly limited. Participants must be aged over 18.
Registrations close at 5.00pm AEDT on Friday 30 October 2026. Register at The Good Oil registration form.
Inquiries: communications@goodsams.org.au. Media inquiries: Jane Favotto, Editor – The Good Oil, thegoodoil@goodsams.org.au.
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Aspiring and published writers are invited to take part in this in-person workshop, held under the theme “The Word Made Fresh: being Inspired, making Connections, building Community”.
The keynote presenter is American author, poet and Benedictine oblate Judith Valente. Judith has an extensive background in journalism, including as a staff writer for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, and was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. She is a lay associate of the Benedictine monastery Mount St Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas — the subject of her award-winning 2013 memoir, Atchison Blue: A Search for Silence, a Spiritual Home and a Living Faith, which the Religion Newswriters’ Association named one of the three best spirituality books of the year. Her later books are How to Be: A Monk & a Journalist Reflect on Living & Dying, Purpose & Prayer, Forgiveness & Friendship (with Brother Paul Quenon, a Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani) and The Italian Soul.
The workshop facilitator is Ann Rennie, a Melbourne writer who focuses on things of the spirit and the small wonders of daily life. Ann is the author of several books, writes a regular column for Australian Catholics, and has been published in The Age, The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald. Her latest book is The Daily Mystic.
The workshop is hosted by The Sisters of the Good Samaritan in partnership with Garratt Publishing, and aims to encourage creative discovery and inspiration and to help participants develop their writing skills. The Good Oil is the Good Samaritan Sisters’ free monthly e-journal, a ministry begun in 2008.
When: Wednesday 11 November 2026, 9.00am to 4.00pm. A light lunch, morning tea and afternoon tea are included.
Where: The Sisters of the Good Samaritan Congregational Centre, 2 Avenue Road, Glebe, Sydney.
Cost: Free, but places are strictly limited. Participants must be aged over 18.
Registrations close at 5.00pm AEDT on Friday 30 October 2026. Register at The Good Oil registration form.
Inquiries: communications@goodsams.org.au. Media inquiries: Jane Favotto, Editor – The Good Oil, thegoodoil@goodsams.org.au.
Source: The Sisters of The Good Samaritan — Workshop for Writers: The Word Made Fresh