Good Shepherd Sisters in Normandy left Immaculate Heart Convent in December to move into Mason Pointe Care Center. The move nine months ago seems to have been a match made in heaven. “I love it here,” said Sister Michael Maguire. Sisters Patricia O’Sullivan and Rosalinda Sobremisana are beguiled by the tiny exotic birds in the aviary…
Orientation for the 2020 Good Shepherd Volunteers (GSV) took place in August. This year’s volunteers attended orientation from August 19-24 at Loyola Jesuit Center in Morristown, New Jersey. Sister Barbara Beasley welcomed the GSVs and spent the first day of orientation with them. She shared the founding story of Good Shepherd and spoke about the…
Cheryl Cutrona started with the Good Shepherd Mediation Program (GSMP) 32 years ago as a volunteer. She became Executive Director four years later. It is with deep gratitude and a great deal of sadness that we say goodbye to Cheryl. She began her new life as a private consultant in Philadelphia on August 30. Cheryl…
Good Shepherd Arts Center often showcases new artists to help them find an audience. In August the center featured eight young black artists.
Sisters who attended the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in August took a stand against gun laws. They implored all elected officials to pass legislation that effectively prevents gun violence. Sisters call for new laws in light of increased gun violence “We call for the passage of laws that ban assault weapons, require universal…
The annual Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) is always robust and friendly. Sister Jean Marie Fernandez said the 2019 LCWR conference was especially energetic. She said, “We celebrated the increasing diversity of religious life. This is our reality – sisters living in intercultural as well as intergenerational communities. We are a “Global Sisterhood.” LCWR ran from…
