Domestic abuse is a national concern. In Los Angeles there is a sanctuary where women and their children go to heal from the ravages of domestic abuse and violence. The haven is called Good Shepherd Shelter. I toured the shelter and met with its staff recently. I sat in on a session where the women…
The United Nations captivated me early on in my life. When I was a young man, my dream was to work for the United Nations. The white and blue flag with the world map surrounded by olive branches captured my imagination. As is often the case with youth, my life took many different twists and…
Marie Maurer, RGS August 13, 1940 – December 7, 2016 How do we tell a story about a woman like Sr. Marie Maurer? Words are inadequate. We can only make a feeble attempt to capture the aspects of her life. Others can keep adding their own bits to the story of Sr. Marie, who was…
Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico were this year’s location for SOA Watch. I arrived in Nogales, Arizona, early Friday afternoon on October 7. I went there for a protest march that School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch) had organized. Fr. Roy Bourgeois, a laicized Roman Catholic priest, founded the human rights group in 1990 to…
Mother Teresa often said, “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” Five Good Shepherd Sisters attended the canonization of Mother Teresa at the Vatican on September 4, 2016. I took a flight from Tirana, Albania, to attend. Mother Teresa was born into an ethnic Albanian family in…
Lalani Ekanayaka is a Contemplative Sister with the Province of Sri Lanka. She has been missioned to the Province of Mid-North America with the Maria Droste Contemplative Community in St. Louis for three years. She will return to her Community in Sri Lanka on December 6, 2016. Earlier this year Sr. Lalani took a class…
