During the final days of the Vietnam War 47 years ago, a young nun in the Vietnam Mekong Delta helped a toddler escape to safety as the city of Saigon began to collapse. Jason was a mixed-race baby born to a Vietnamese-French mother. As communist North Vietnamese forces advanced through South Vietnam, the people grew…
Elise Ann Kramer found a pamphlet about contemplative nuns in a drawer in her home while growing up. That pamphlet would plant a seed in the young girl’s mind and eventually spur her to inquire about religious life. As an adolescent, Elise made a few initial inquiries with different religious communities. She even visited some…
The Good Shepherd Spirituality Center in Angers, France, is producing a video about Sister Antonia Luzmila Rivas Lopez (Aguchita) in English, Spanish, and French. Sister Virginia Gordon, RGS, is the voice of Aguchita in the English version of the video, and Jeanette McDermott, Communications Coordinator for the Province of Mid-North America, serves as narrator. Nancy Pereyra,…
The Kolwezi program that Good Shepherd Sisters run in the Democratic Republic of Congo drew the attention last month of Pope Francis and the Vatican. Catherine Mutindi, RGS, is one of three founders of the Good Shepherd program in Kolwezi. The program is unique for being the only child labor intervention in a mining compound….
The DeNeuville Learning Center for Women, formerly DeNeuville Learning Center, has had a branding makeover. The center has a new modified name, new logo, new signage, new floor, and a new website. The bulk of the rebranding was accomplished through in-kind donations valued at $100,000. The new website has interactive digital tools to handle events…
A prayerful moment at the Congregational Assembly of Contemplative Sisters paid tribute on November 11th to the 196th anniversary of the foundation of the Contemplative Sisters. The assembly recalled the Sisters’ history through photographs. The presentation began with the Magdalen Sisters, as they were first known. They moved on to being named the Sisters of…
