Sister Gayle reached another milestone in her life last month. In May Sister Gayle Lwanga Crumbley completed her dissertation and received her doctorate of Education in Leadership, (Ed.D.) from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. For many years the College of St. Thomas was an all-male college seminary. Good Shepherd Sisters in…
St. Louis artists interpret Laudato Si at an art exhibit that is on display at Good Shepherd Gallery in Ferguson, Missouri. Laudato Si (Medieval Central Italian for Praise Be to You) is the second encyclical of Pope Francis. It has the subtitle On Care For Our Common Home. In it, the Pope critiques consumerism and irresponsible development, laments environmental degradation and global warming, and calls all people of the…
Eight St. Louis artists interpret Laudato Si at an art exhibit that is on display at Good Shepherd Gallery in Ferguson, Missouri. The collection of art includes oils, watercolors, sculptures and other mediums. Eight St. Louis artists The featured artists — seven Catholic Sisters and one diocesan priest — flesh out each piece of their artwork with…
Let us lift every voice for justice was the rallying cry at Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice (EAD). The annual gathering in Washington, DC, took place from April 15-19. The event theme centered around racism, class and power. Larry Couch, Director of Good Shepherd National Advocacy Center (NAC), plays a vital role…
Good Shepherd’s Albanian mission is gift to many people. Our Sisters in Albania are a lifeline to people who are being trafficked and to Filipinos who need to escape from abusive employment situations. They are teacher and mother to persecuted Roma (gypsy) street children, and they are comforters to babies who have been abandoned. They bring hope to young…
World Day of Prayer for Vocations is April 17. In his message on the occasion of the 53rd World Day of Prayer for Vocations, his Holiness Pope Francis says, “It is my great hope that, during the course of this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, all the baptized may experience the joy of belonging to the…
