Three Mission Partners who worked at House of Good Shepherd Chicago (HGS) paid a summertime visit to Sisters at Immaculate Heart Convent in St. Louis, Missouri.. Jennifer Christy, Pat Meneghini and Sr. Mary Catherine Connolly, SLW, drove from Chicago to St. Louis to see the Sisters they had worked with. The two-day reunion was a charmed…
SOAR to the rescue! When Sr. Mary Carol McClenon uttered those words, she wasn’t kidding. Upsetting circumstances prompted Sr. Mary Carol McClenon to seek a wheelchair van for Sisters at St. Joseph Residence. It started when cancer returned to Sr. Patricia Touissaint and wracked her body with pain. Unable to walk, she needed a wheelchair…
Good Shepherd Gallery opens a new art exhibit on August 4, 2017, with the photographic works of Henry Chaney. Henry looks through his camera lens onto the events that unfolded in Ferguson, Missouri, in August of 2014 over the police shooting of Mike Brown. The killing sparked media attention that held St. Louis, the nation…
Fiat Retreat 2017 took place in the Diocese of Baltimore and Harrisburg this summer. Sister Carmen Flores and Elizabeth Garciano attended the first group of the Fiat Retreat in Baltimore. Sr. Patricia Marie Barnette joined them in the second group from the Diocese of Harrisburg. The retreat took place at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg,…
Contemplative Sisters in St. Louis met with their link Sister to the Congregation, Sr. Mirian Colala, at Immaculate Heart Convent on July 11, 2017. Sr. Mirian spoke with the Sisters about having the courage to go forth as missionaries. “We are missionaries here, right where we are. You can be in different countries as a missionary…
The Green Door at the Good Shepherd Motherhouse in Angers, France, has been a symbol of the order’s apostolic ministries since the early 19th century. The Green Door was the portal for those who came to the Motherhouse, whether they were coming in or going out. Sisters, residents and Mission Partners all passed through the…
