The National Advocacy Center (NAC) has been working in overdrive the last couple of years. The year 2019 gives no indication that NAC will take its foot off the pedal. “Three issues currently dominate NAC’s work: immigration, human trafficking and people living in the margin of society. These are the issues behind the faces of…
There is good news for Good Shepherd Gracenter. The San Francisco Women’s Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc. also known as Stepping Stone, awarded us with a half-million dollar capital campaign grant in November. We will use the money to build an additional four bedrooms, add another bathroom and widen our narrow driveway. Terry Hennessy, the Board…
Maryhurst celebrated the installation of an historical marker recognizing Good Shepherd work in North America since 1843. Several public officials, foundation leaders, donors, board members, Maryhurst staff, and Good Shepherd Sisters joined in the celebration on September 14, 2018. It was an honor to have Sisters travel here for the event from St. Louis, Cincinnati, and…
Free to Fly was the theme of this year’s annual fundraiser for Good Shepherd Gracenter. The theme celebrated and affirmed the women at Gracenter who have broken free of drug and alcohol addiction and are now free to fly to futures filled with possibilities. The room was filled with everything from kites to flying pigs…
I had the recent pleasure of visiting DeNeuville Learning Center (DLC) in Memphis, Tennessee, and meeting with its Executive Director Lori Bramlett. Lori and her staff provide an amazing range of services to girls and women who are on the margin of our society. They operate the high quality center and its top notch programs…
The 2018 St. Louis Climate Summit in April brought together some of the most authoritative minds in climate science, ecology, sustainable development, and related disciplines for three days of discussion on climate change. The purpose of the summit was to fulfill Pope Francis’ call to unite in defense of our common home. Many of the…
