Volunteers
Jumping on the bandwagon of recycling
Everyone has gotten in on the act of recycling at Vista Maria. For a few years now they have been recycling electronic waste and no less than eight to ten tons of cardboard and paper each year. But recycling plastics is something new. For the first time, Vista Maria is now recycling seven types of…
Mission Effectiveness and the green door at Vista Maria
We talk about Mission Effectiveness. We train in Mission Effectiveness. But it’s in seeing Mission Effectiveness play out that everything about Good Shepherd crystalizes. Seeing Sisters and Mission Partners paint a door green on a crisp September morning caused me to take stock of how such a simple act can be so deeply meaningful. On…
Magdalen Bui welcomed as first international student from Vietnam
Magdalen Bui, RGS, is the first Good Shepherd Sister from Vietnam to come to St. Louis as an international student. Sr. Magdalen is living with the St. Louis Community while learning to speak and understand English better. She is also in St. Louis for an international experience as part of her ongoing formation. She arrived…
DeNeuville Learning Center gets help from its friends
DeNeuville Learning Center (DLC) got a little bit of help from its friends when 19 employees from ServiceMaster came to the center to stuff 170 backpacks for the women and children DeNeuville serves. Each year ServiceMaster pays employees to volunteer at local charities on “We Serve Day.” The Memphis-based corporation has designated the third Friday in…
Aguchita being considered for Beatification as holy martyr
Aguchita is regarded and remembered every September by Sisters wanting to keep her memory alive. This year in particular is cause for remembrance and celebration of her life. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints has approved Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd’s request to open the cause toward Beatification of Maria Agustina ‘Aguchita’ Rivas…
Companions of Jesus the Good Shepherd lead consecrated life
Companions of Jesus the Good Shepherd take vows and lead a consecrated life in our own homes and work environments. We are self-supporting. Committed to the Good Shepherd mission, we take private vow(s) and renew them each year. Companions have the option to either take the vow of Zeal alone or to also take any…
Art exhibit of Ferguson unrest provokes thought
The art exhibit “Change the Narrative” drew a large crowd to Good Shepherd Gallery on opening night August 4 and generated deep reflection and conversation among viewers. The photographic works of Henry Chaney depict the positive outcomes in St. Louis that have emerged from the 2014 Ferguson unrest over the police killing of Mike Brown. An…
At the dawn of your creation
At the dawn of your creation, God, you spoke, “Let there be light!” You divided earth from heaven, you created day and night. You made sunbeams dance with shadows, you created energy!
Mission Partners in Chicago reunite with Sisters in St. Louis
Three Mission Partners who worked at House of Good Shepherd Chicago (HGS) paid a summertime visit to Sisters at Immaculate Heart Convent in St. Louis, Missouri.. Jennifer Christy, Pat Meneghini and Sr. Mary Catherine Connolly, SLW, drove from Chicago to St. Louis to see the Sisters they had worked with. The two-day reunion was a charmed…