Vocations
SOAR grant pays for wheelchair van for elderly Sisters
SOAR to the rescue! When Sr. Mary Carol McClenon uttered those words, she wasn’t kidding. Upsetting circumstances prompted Sr. Mary Carol McClenon to seek a wheelchair van for Sisters at St. Joseph Residence. It started when cancer returned to Sr. Patricia Touissaint and wracked her body with pain. Unable to walk, she needed a wheelchair…
Art exhibit at Good Shepherd Gallery sheds different light on Ferguson unrest
Good Shepherd Gallery opens a new art exhibit on August 4, 2017, with the photographic works of Henry Chaney. Henry looks through his camera lens onto the events that unfolded in Ferguson, Missouri, in August of 2014 over the police shooting of Mike Brown. The killing sparked media attention that held St. Louis, the nation…
Fiat Retreat 2017 draws young women in journey to find will of God
Fiat Retreat 2017 took place in the Diocese of Baltimore and Harrisburg this summer. Sister Carmen Flores and Elizabeth Garciano attended the first group of the Fiat Retreat in Baltimore. Sr. Patricia Marie Barnette joined them in the second group from the Diocese of Harrisburg. The retreat took place at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg,…
Contemplative Sisters in St. Louis receive Congregational visit
Contemplative Sisters in St. Louis met with their link Sister to the Congregation, Sr. Mirian Colala, at Immaculate Heart Convent on July 11, 2017. Sr. Mirian spoke with the Sisters about having the courage to go forth as missionaries. “We are missionaries here, right where we are. You can be in different countries as a missionary…
Saint John Eudes: His Great Heart
Saint John Eudes is a topic of interest to Sisters of the Good Shepherd. The history of our order begins with him, so we were excited to be a part of a workshop in June that was titled Saint John Eudes: Love with His Great Heart. The Saint John Eudes workshop with Sr. Marie-Françoise Le…
Green Door symbolizes Good Shepherd heritage of apostolic ministries
The Green Door at the Good Shepherd Motherhouse in Angers, France, has been a symbol of the order’s apostolic ministries since the early 19th century. The Green Door was the portal for those who came to the Motherhouse, whether they were coming in or going out. Sisters, residents and Mission Partners all passed through the…
Intercultural journey in religious communal life imperative in our times
Living as an intergenerational and intercultural community makes life colorful for us Sisters in the Maria Droste Contemplative Community. We range in age from our thirties to eighties. We represent four cultures: United States, South Korea, Japan and the Philippines. Province Leader Sr. Madeleine Munday invited Sr. Gayle Lwanga Crumbley, RGS, and each of us…
Being a Good Shepherd to others
A Nun’s Life Ministry produces live-streamed podcasts about prayer, faith, community, spirituality, and many other topics. Sister Maxine Kollasch, IHM, co-founder of A Nun’s Life Ministry, interviewed Sr. Jean Marie Fernandez in June 2017. Sr. Jean Marie was attending the Vocations Ambassador Program with a vocations team from the Province of Mid-North America when A…
Ecumenical Advocacy Days focuses on confronting chaos, forging community
Every year Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) draws a large gathering of people who want to be a force for change for the betterment of all. In April more than 1,000 people of faith attended EAD to challenge what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called the giant triplets of chaos: racism, materialism and militarism. Throughout the…