Everyone has gotten in on the act of recycling at Vista Maria. For a few years now they have been recycling electronic waste and no less than eight to ten tons of cardboard and paper each year. But recycling plastics is something new. For the first time, Vista Maria is now recycling seven types of…
We talk about Mission Effectiveness. We train in Mission Effectiveness. But it’s in seeing Mission Effectiveness play out that everything about Good Shepherd crystalizes. Seeing Sisters and Mission Partners paint a door green on a crisp September morning caused me to take stock of how such a simple act can be so deeply meaningful. On…
Magdalen Bui, RGS, is the first Good Shepherd Sister from Vietnam to come to St. Louis as an international student. Sr. Magdalen is living with the St. Louis Community while learning to speak and understand English better. She is also in St. Louis for an international experience as part of her ongoing formation. She arrived…
DeNeuville Learning Center (DLC) got a little bit of help from its friends when 19 employees from ServiceMaster came to the center to stuff 170 backpacks for the women and children DeNeuville serves. Each year ServiceMaster pays employees to volunteer at local charities on “We Serve Day.” The Memphis-based corporation has designated the third Friday in…
Aguchita is regarded and remembered every September by Sisters wanting to keep her memory alive. This year in particular is cause for remembrance and celebration of her life. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints has approved Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd’s request to open the cause toward Beatification of Maria Agustina ‘Aguchita’ Rivas…
The art exhibit “Change the Narrative” drew a large crowd to Good Shepherd Gallery on opening night August 4 and generated deep reflection and conversation among viewers. The photographic works of Henry Chaney depict the positive outcomes in St. Louis that have emerged from the 2014 Ferguson unrest over the police killing of Mike Brown. An…
