Two former international students who came to the Mid-North America Province Center while learning English as a second language made final vows recently in their home countries. Magdalen Bui pronounced her vows on December 16, 2020, in East Asia Province, Vietnam Sector. She came to St. Louis from the East Asia, Vietnam Sector on July…
Let me share about my ministry and our Good Shepherd convent in Vietnam. It is difficult to introduce the convent because we don’t yet have a place to call our convent home. We are in the process of asking permission of the government to register the name Good Shepherd. It is a political process and…
Spiritual healing is Sister Cathie Boerboom’s call to vocations. She is a Reiki Master, certified grief recovery specialist, and certified spiritual director. She offers spiritual direction and retreats, grief recovery services, and Reiki in a private practice in Portland, Oregon. When did you open your spiritual healing practice? I began offering Reiki and grief recovery…
The first ever Gracenter online fundraiser took place throughout the full month of September, in tribute to National Recovery Month. Good Shepherd Sisters thank all of the generous supporters who gave sponsorships, bought raffle tickets, bid on silent auction items and made donations to help the brave women of Good Shepherd Gracenter as they break…
A new card ministry sprang up this fall when COVID forced our elderly Sisters to stay locked behind closed doors. Mason Pointe Care Center in St. Louis is home to 22 Good Shepherd Sisters and two lay women who are elderly. The facility is on renewed lockdown due to an outbreak of positive tests for…
Sisters in the Province of Mid-North America felt a sense of urgency to move the province forward four years ago when they gathered for Assembly in Belleville, Illinois. They met in November 2016 to plan for the future of the province. Sister Caridad Tamayo remarked during that Assembly, “What a gift to know the heart of…
