National Advocacy Center
Letters lead to friendships
Letters defined Saint Mary Euphrasia. In her lifetime, St. Mary Euphrasia corresponded with thousands of Sisters, bishops, and friends. We, her Good Shepherd Mission Partners, are lucky to have seven volumes of her letters compiled and translated into English by the Spirituality Centre at the Motherhouse in Angers. Reading St. Mary Euphrasia’s letters provides a…
Transformation ceremony welcomes Sisters
Lutheran Senior Services held a transformation ceremony to officially welcome Sisters of the Immaculate Heart Community to Mason Pointe Care Center in west county St. Louis. The joyful event was held January 16, 2019. Sisters and Mission Partners from the Province Center attended the ceremony, along with senior staff from Mason Pointe and Lutheran Senior…
National Advocacy Center shows no slow-down in 2019
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…
Plastic, Sister Sharon’s eco passion
A first of year dialogue with Sr. Sharon O’Grady gives us plenty to think about as we head into 2019 with Planet Earth needing our attention and positive actions. Sr. Sharon is especially concerned about water and how our excessive use of plastic is destroying its quality. She is also deeply saddened that people’s continued…
Sisters’ move to Mason Pointe makes headline news
Sisters made front page news in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on Christmas Eve when the paper reported on their move from Immaculate Heart to Mason Pointe Care Center. The move to Mason Pointe went off without a hitch. Sr. Josephine Fritz said, “I am so grateful it went smoothly. I had been praying for the…
Gracenter receives half million dollar grant
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…
Lizzie Cody, heads Mission Effectiveness
Lizzie Cody becomes the new Director of the Office of Mission Effectiveness on January 1, 2019. She succeeds Melinda Stricklen, who will retire December 30, 2018, after 42 years of service with Good Shepherd. Lizzie has been working with Melinda and Sr. Barbara Beasley on the Mission Effectiveness team since 2009. Lizzie met Melinda at…
Melinda Stricklen retires after 42 years
“I came to the wrong party. I didn’t know this was going to be a love-fest for Melinda,” said Melinda Stricklen’s brother Martin when he got up to speak about his sister at her retirement party at Maryhurst last month. It just goes to show how much little brothers know about their big sisters. To…
Mason Pointe Care Center to become Sisters’ new home
Mason Pointe Care Center will become the new home for Sisters when they move from their long-time home at Immaculate Heart Convent in Normandy to their new permanent home 18 miles away at Mason Pointe. The move is scheduled for next week — December 10th and 11th. Lutheran Senior Services (LSS), which operates Mason Pointe,…