Volunteer days essential to Good Shepherd ministries

Volunteer days essential to Good Shepherd ministries

Volunteer efforts at Good Shepherd Gracenter The newly created San Francisco Chapter of Mayfield Senior School Alumna Association carries on the Mayfield tradition of providing volunteer service to Good Shepherd. Mayfield has been providing the service days to Good Shepherd Shelter in Los Angeles for nearly 20 years. Now, with the formation of the San…

Library exhibit honors St. Louis Catholic Sisters for 200 years of service

Library exhibit honors St. Louis Catholic Sisters for 200 years of service

The library exhibit that we announced in last month’s issue of Items of Interest is proving to be a blockbuster hit in St. Louis. The museum-quality exhibit at Central Library in downtown St. Louis celebrates the immense impact Roman Catholic Sisters have had in the St. Louis area since their arrival 200 years ago. The…

Sister Droste Kim brings Good Shepherd presence to winter Olympics

Good Shepherd Sister Droste Kim describes her ministry within the context of the Me Too Movement that is thundering throughout the world. #MeToo spread virally in October 2017 when the hashtag was used on social media to help demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment, especially in the workplace. The movement has since…

Shine the Light – NAC holds conference on human trafficking
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Shine the Light – NAC holds conference on human trafficking

Shine the Light on perpetrators of human trafficking. Shine the Light on survivors and their hopes. Let’s all do our part to shine the light on survivors who have broken the chains of bondage. Let’s link together to end trafficking. The National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd is preparing to host…

Sisters make hand-crafted Easter cards at Immaculate Heart Convent

Sisters make hand-crafted Easter cards at Immaculate Heart Convent

Making hand-crafted Easter cards with braided palm leaves is par for the course at Immaculate Heart Convent. Sisters there make colorful ribbon and repurposed greeting cards every year for Easter. Sr. Pauline Bilbrough, Local Leader for Immaculate Heart, began the process this year in March. Sr. Pauline Bilbrough has been making the braided palm Easter…

Lingering Syrian refugee crisis affects Good Shepherd Sisters

Lingering Syrian refugee crisis affects Good Shepherd Sisters

The following article about the Syrian refugee crisis is extracted from a story that appeared in the National Catholic Register on January 30, 2018. As Lebanon enters its seventh year of hosting Syrian refugees, it is slipping further into an economic and social crisis. Lebanon has absorbed 1.5 million registered refugees from neighboring Syria, which…