Sister Mary Joy Benson attended the installation Mass for Archbishop Nelson J. Perez as the 10th Archbishop of Philadelphia on February 18. She was among the overflow crowd of about 1,500 people who filled the cathedral church. Hundreds more watched the Mass on screens in the adjacent chapel. Archbishop Perez greeted everyone in attendance at…
Many of us have been striving for years to be less wasteful, especially when it comes to using single-use plastic. Our efforts have collided head-on with the coronavirus pandemic. The crisis has brought about a resurgence of single-use plastics, and people worried about catching a deadly disease don’t care. States like California, Hawaii and Massachusetts…
The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation in Taiwan made masks for Good Shepherd Sisters in April. Buddhist Sisters and volunteers from the Tzu Chi Foundation shared their love and compassion by distributing masks to people around the world. Good Shepherd Sisters were among the recipients of the Buddhist goodwill. The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, founded by…
Maria Droste Contemplative Community closed its altar bread services on November 30, 2019. For nearly 150 years the Sisters at Maria Droste had provided altar bread hosts for many parishes in the Archdiocese of St. Louis and throughout the Midwest region. The Sisters stopped baking their own altar bread when they left the Marygrove convent…
COVID-19 became a household term around the world on March 11, 2020. This is when the World Health Organization declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus disease a pandemic, acknowledging that the virus will likely spread to all countries on the globe. The coronavirus disease (abbreviated “COVID-19”) began in Wuhan, China, and made news for the first…
COVID-19 health experts continue to emphasize the need for people the world over to shelter in place and avoid gatherings of more than 5-10 people. These recommendations have prompted Mid-North America Province leadership to postpone the Province Chapter until further notice. The Chapter was to have taken place in St. Louis from April 22 –…
