This year the Good Samaritan Sisters are celebrating 20 years of ministry in Kiribati. The first of the Good Samaritans to go there, in 1991, was Sister Veronica McCluskie. She went is response to Bishop Paul Mea’s request to the Good Samaritans for personnel to help with the education and pastoral needs of the people of his diocese.
“It was probably one of the most transformative experiences of my life.” says Sister Veronica. She says the simple lifestyle with limited access to resources challenged her to look at life anew and realise “how little you actually need to survive in this world”.
What began as a short-term ministry placement for Veronica, teaching theology at the Kiribati Pastoral Institute (KPI), quickly grew into something much more.
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