A woman’s recovery begins with Grace. Good Shepherd Gracenter helps women break free from drug and alcohol addiction by providing long-term transitional housing with an individualized 12-Step Recovery plan. Many women graduate from Gracenter and lead healthy and meaningful lives. Regina “Gina” Duncan, a graduate of Gracenter, was recently hired as the ministry’s Resident Assistant. This…
Maisha: A New Life Outside the Mines is a new short documentary that shows the fascinating work of three Good Shepherd Sisters. The Sisters used community-based participatory decision making models in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to create a sense of right, dignity and voice. Their efforts resulted in education, economic opportunity and food sovereignty for…
HandCrafting Justice is now winding down. It was with bittersweet emotion that HandCrafting Justice, Inc. (HCJ) Board of Directors announced that HCJ would be closing on January 31, 2016. The fair trade ministry of Sisters of the Good Shepherd in the USA announced the news on January 14. HandCrafting Justice began marketing women’s handmade crafts in…
Take a look at the snappy renovations in the Hunter Unit at Good Shepherd Services (GSS) Baltimore! The Hunter Unit is a 13-bedroom residential facility for boys ranging in age from 13-18 years old. GSS raised $255,500 to overhaul the unit. The design is state of the art to provide a therapeutic environment for teens…
NAC (the Good Shepherd National Advocacy Center) has expanded its online presence with a new mobile-based website, facebook page and twitter feed. Director Larry Couch said, “As Pope Francis has said, ‘We are not in an era of change but a change of era.’ As such, we need to communicate with young people and those…
Sister Anne Kelley took an eco expedition onboard the National Geographic Explorer while on sabbatical this fall. The Explorer is one of the ships of the Lindblad/National Geographic fleet that sail to the world’s most biologically diverse places. Sr. Anne traveled through the Panama Canal and on into remote places in South America. She took along…
