Advocacy
Discern your call to consecrated life by following these steps
Taking steps to discern your call to religious life takes thought and prayer. As you discern your call, you may find the following information helpful. Many books on discernment provide outlines for those who want or need a step-by-step process. Women religious are always engaging these steps at deeper levels, even after finding and following our…
Camino de Santiago calls Sister Mary Carol to pilgrimage
Camino de Santiago is a network of routes that pilgrims take when they journey to the shrine of the Apostle Saint James the Great (one of the 12 apostles of Jesus) in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. The remains of the saint are said to be buried in the cathedral. Many…
Six women graduate from DeNeuville Learning Center
DeNeuville Learning Center (DLC) is a Good Shepherd ministry that empowers women in Memphis. Most of the women who come here are recent immigrants. They come to DeNeuville to learn English and obtain a high school equivalency certificate. They also go to the learning center to understand the American way of life. This includes how to…
Learning life lessons through the power of cinema
Life lessons. We’re never too old to learn them. When elderly Sisters at Immaculate Heart Convent sit down to watch movies it’s not just for entertainment. They delve into the life lessons to be learned from them. The Sisters use film as a way to find meaning and to learn about virtues and character strengths….
Where Environmental Justice and Human Rights converge
Environmental Justice is a topic that is important to me. So is Human Rights. When I heard that this year’s theme for Webster University’s annual Human Rights Conference in St. Louis was Environmental Justice and Human Rights, I knew I had to attend. I have long wondered why people who are passionate about human rights are not equally fired…
2017 Assembly focuses on Good Shepherd mission
More than 70 Sisters attended the 2017 Assembly for the Province of Mid-North America. Good Shepherd Sisters gathered at King’s House Retreat Center in Belleville, Illinois, from October 16-20 to continue conversations that began last spring. Much work had been done since the six Spring Area Meetings took place throughout the Province in April and…
Good Shepherd Gallery exhibit features works of Catholic teachers
Good Shepherd Gallery has a new exhibit running through December 16. That old maxim, “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach,” is being challenged through an exhibit at Good Shepherd Gallery titled, “Those Who Teach CAN!” The art show opened on Saturday, November 25 at Good Shepherd Gallery in Ferguson, Missouri. It runs through…
Adding strength to the power of prayer
Prayer is the lifestyle of the Contemplative Sisters of the Good Shepherd. The Contemplative Sisters’ prayers are for the Catholic Church and for those who are served by the Good Shepherd Apostolic Sisters. The Contemplative Sisters are the complementary piece to the Apostolic Good Shepherd Sisters, who are involved in ministries primarily with women and…
Visio Divina invites us to be transformed by God
Visio Divina. I had never heard that term before, not before hearing it on a webinar. Sr. Glynis McManamon, RGS, and Fr. Mark Dean, OMI, conducted a seminar over the internet a few months ago about the spirituality of art. I listened to the webinar and was struck by the unfamiliar term Visio Divina. Visio…