A green door adorns Good Shepherd Services (GSS) New York. GSS holds a Founders Day celebration each year to honor the memory of St. Mary Euphrasia. This year’s Founders Day theme was the Green Door, a project that grew out of the 2017 Pilgrimage to the Motherhouse at Angers, France. Monte Abbott, Director of Operations for…
Sunflowers captivated Saint Mary Euphrasia. What do you suppose it is about sunflowers that cast such a magical spell over the founder of Sisters of the Good Shepherd? I like to think that there was more to the story than recognizing the sunflower’s compass-like instinct to turn toward the sun. Rather, I like to imagine…
Migrants weigh heavy on the minds of the Good Shepherd family. Most notably the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the U.S. border. Hundreds of “freedom warriors” from border states began rallying at the detention camps in Tornillo, Texas, in late June. Their aim has been to show the nation that people will not…
Rose Haven holds a unique Reigning Roses Walk every Mother’s Day. The fundraiser allows the agency to conduct programs at its day center for women and their children. This year Rose Haven held its Annual Reigning Roses Walk in Portland, Oregon, on May 13. The event is like no other. Each Mother’s Day, Rose Haven and its many sponsors throw a…
“Fantastic conference on human trafficking!” “This was a really awesome day.” “Great advocacy. Great learning. Great leadership modeling.” These are just a few of the comments I heard from people who attended the National Advocacy Center (NAC) of Sisters of the Good Shepherd conference on human trafficking. I had a pretty good idea of what…
175 years ago five Good Sisters landed on the shores of New York. The Sisters had sailed from France to found Good Shepherd in Louisville, at the bequest of Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget. The five Sisters ranged in ages from 23-27 and spoke five languages among them. They landed at the southern tip of Manhattan in…
