Good Shepherd’s Albanian mission is gift to many people. Our Sisters in Albania are a lifeline to people who are being trafficked and to Filipinos who need to escape from abusive employment situations. They are teacher and mother to persecuted Roma (gypsy) street children, and they are comforters to babies who have been abandoned. They bring hope to young…
World Day of Prayer for Vocations is April 17. In his message on the occasion of the 53rd World Day of Prayer for Vocations, his Holiness Pope Francis says, “It is my great hope that, during the course of this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, all the baptized may experience the joy of belonging to the…
Earth Day is April 22. The event was first organized in 1970 to promote ecology and respect for life on the planet. In honor of Earth Day, Shepherding Images & Good Shepherd Gallery will host an art exhibit titled An Earth Day Kaleidoscope: Art Show by Students of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne School. The show opens…
LCWR Region X set a new pace in March when it invited Communicators and Justice Promoters to attend its spring meeting. The purpose of the Region X meeting of the Leadership Conference for Women Religious (LCWR) was for Sisters, Communicators and Justice Promoters to find ways to collaborate in promoting and strengthening social, economic and…
Shadowing Winifred Doherty, RGS, at the United Nations was a fascinating endeavor. I spent the first two weeks of February shadowing Winifred at the United Nations. My goal was to document Winifred’s actions as the Congregation’s Main NGO representative to the UN so others might understand her role. The 54th Commission for Social Development (CSocD54)…
Damiana Hamhyeeun is our newest international Sister. Damiana “Dami” came to St. Louis on February 8, 2016 to begin classes at English Language School (ELS) on the campus of University of Missouri St. Louis. She expects to be here for a year. Dami, as she is called in her Province of North East Asia, is…
