Chennai is home to 11 Good Shepherd Sisters in Tamil Nadu, India. The Sisters are members of the Province of Central East India/Nepal, which consists of 14 communities in six states of India: The communities in India are in Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, and one community in Nepal. Province of Mid-North…
A new storage system will preserve the many one-of-a-kind textiles that the Province of Mid-North America keeps in its archival vault in St. Louis. Monte Abbott, Province Operations Director and archivist, has begun creating a storage system for embroidered banners, needlework and other textiles that are part of the Province’s history. “We have several banners that are 3-feet, 4-feet and even…
Good Shepherd Mediation Program (GSMP) celebrated two highlights in December. The program dedicated its training room to Kay and Paul McClenon, the parents of Good Shepherd Sister Mary Carol McClenon. Sr. Mary Carol and her niece Lee (Kay and Paul’s granddaughter) attended the dedication ceremony. The event took place at GSMP’s Open House on December 12, 2016. Kay…
Province Christmas parties abounded across the U.S. as Good Shepherd ushered in the holiday season. Province Christmas in Atlanta Dressed in their finest garb on a cold wintry day, 86 elderly immigrants and refugees from the Metro Atlanta region joined Good Shepherd Services (GSS) for a Christmas party on December 17. Guests who had come recently to the…
60th Jubilees give Sisters cause for celebration. Sr. Caridad Tamayo made retreat on November 21 to renew her vows in quiet solitude. Sr. Mary Regina Long will celebrate her 60th Jubilee with Sisters in the Baltimore Community tomorrow, on Thursday, December 8th. Both Sisters are 60 years professed in the Good Shepherd Congregation. Fidelity to God “I wanted…
Training youth for social justice advocacy is all in a day’s work for Good Shepherd National Advocacy Center (NAC). Director of NAC Larry Couch recently trained a group of students on techniques for meeting with legislators on Capitol Hill. The young men were from Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Maryland. Earlier this year Larry trained a group of young…
