Sisters made front page news in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on Christmas Eve when the paper reported on their move from Immaculate Heart to Mason Pointe Care Center. The move to Mason Pointe went off without a hitch. Sr. Josephine Fritz said, “I am so grateful it went smoothly. I had been praying for the…
Lizzie Cody becomes the new Director of the Office of Mission Effectiveness on January 1, 2019. She succeeds Melinda Stricklen, who will retire December 30, 2018, after 42 years of service with Good Shepherd. Lizzie has been working with Melinda and Sr. Barbara Beasley on the Mission Effectiveness team since 2009. Lizzie met Melinda at…
“I came to the wrong party. I didn’t know this was going to be a love-fest for Melinda,” said Melinda Stricklen’s brother Martin when he got up to speak about his sister at her retirement party at Maryhurst last month. It just goes to show how much little brothers know about their big sisters. To…
Mason Pointe Care Center will become the new home for Sisters when they move from their long-time home at Immaculate Heart Convent in Normandy to their new permanent home 18 miles away at Mason Pointe. The move is scheduled for next week — December 10th and 11th. Lutheran Senior Services (LSS), which operates Mason Pointe,…
“We are all children of Abraham. It’s how we’re united specifically, as a human family, and, particularly, as people of faith. Our faiths come from the same source: Abraham,” says Sr. Glynis McManamon, Director of Good Shepherd Arts Center.“ Children of Abraham for Peace and Justice, the title of the exhibit that ran at Good…
Gathering together as family is nothing new to Sisters and Mission Partners in North America. Each year Good Shepherd ministry staff and Sisters get together in Detroit to share their wisdom of the Good Shepherd mission and values. This year’s Gathering brought 75 people together from the ministries in North America to connect with and inspire one another about the…
