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Celebration of Life – Sr. Evelyn Colette Sauers

By Sister Gayle Lwanga Crumbley

Sister Evelyn Colette Sauers passed into the arms of Jesus on November 13, 2023. She was preceded in death by her dear mother, Emma Hegstrom, and her father Charles Sauers. Evelyn (Sr. Colette) was 18 months old when her mother died giving birth to her brother Charles. Helen was the oldest, Ida two years younger,…

crop rows in rich verdant farmland in Calhoun County, IL

Template for Farm Bill letter to legislators

By Jeanette McDermott

Draft of letter to legislators “We cannot solve the climate crisis.  We must stand up to it.”   (Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change)  Dear (Name),  Thank you–deep, sincere thanks for the work you have done and the efforts you are now making to assure better living conditions for…

Riding the Wind Interprovince Gathering

By SpencerWeb

What: Riding the Wind Interprovince Gathering When: Fri. Nov. 3 through Sun., Nov. 5 (Optional Travel Day: Thurs, Nov. 2) Where: St. Louis, Missouri, at the Renaissance Hotel For Whom: Sisters and Invited Partners in Mission (only) Dear Sisters and Partners-in-Mission: The Circle Implementation Team (CIT) invites you to join us for an in-person, inter-province…

Sustainable Development Goals

NGO Committee for Social Development Call for Videos & Comments

By Jeanette McDermott

NGO COMMITTEE FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS PROJECT : Call for Videos & Comments In September 2023, governments will meet at the United Nations to assess progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These are a set of big commitments to end poverty and hunger, ensure access to education, health, water and sanitation, and achieve equality…

Sister Anita expresses herself through art

By Jeanette McDermott

“I never know how a painting will turn out. I don’t anticipate the end result and just go with the flow.”

Obituary Thomas More Fahey, RGS

By Jeanette McDermott

Thomas More Fahey, February 14, 1936 – February 10, 2023 Thomas More Fahey, a Sister of the Good Shepherd in the New York/ Toronto Province, returned to her Shepherd God early Friday morning, February 10, 2023, at the Ozanam Hall Rehabilitation facility in Bayside, New York. Sister Thomas experienced failing health since early December, 2022….

Sister Christine with the surviving Vietnamese "single men"

Touched by an angel

By Jeanette McDermott

More than 200 South Vietnamese men were imprisoned in Hong Kong for no crime other than being single 40 years ago, when stigmatized sentiments of “boat people” from Vietnam dominated the public conscience. The British government hoped to prevent social problems in Hong Kong by confining these men, ages 15-84. The men had no chairs…

Obituary Mary Carmen Flores

By Sr. Mary Carol

Mary Carmen Flores, RGS October 16, 1942 – December 3, 2022 Sister Mary Carmen Flores passed over into the arms of our Good Shepherd late in the evening of Saturday, December 3, 2022, after a two-week struggle following a major stroke. She was 80 years old and had lived as a vowed Religious of the…

Obituary Mary Joy Benson

By Sr. Mary Carol

Mary Joy Benson, RGS March 13, 1933-December 13, 2022 Sister Mary Joy Benson, RGS., 89, of Danville, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on Tuesday December 13, 2022, at Nazareth Memory Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. She was born to Paul D. Benson and Mary Catherine Murphy Benson on March 13, 1933, in Baltimore, Maryland. Her birth name…