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Expedition with National Geographic inspires Sister Anne Kelley
Sister Anne Kelley took an eco expedition onboard the National Geographic Explorer while on sabbatical this fall. The Explorer is one of the ships of the Lindblad/National Geographic fleet that sail to the world’s most biologically diverse places. Sr. Anne traveled through the Panama Canal and on into remote places in South America. She took along…
Shepherding Images opens soon
Shepherding Images Studio opens soon! The Sisters of the Good Shepherd Province of Mid-North America’s newest ministry — Shepherding Images Studio and Good Shepherd Gallery — will open officially to the public on November 17. A ribbon cutting with the Greater North County Chamber of Commerce marks the official opening of the ministry in Ferguson,…
Good Shepherd immortalized in park courtyard
Good Shepherd Sisters are immortalized in a park courtyard in St. Paul, Minnesota, where the Sisters once served 8,000 girls in need. A large sign at the entrance to the park records the moment in time when Good Shepherd Sisters had a convent and school for girls on Blair Avenue. The sign and courtyard, located in Frogtown…
Personalizing the Pope’s call
At the recent Good Shepherd Province Assembly in Belleville, Illinois, a Sister mentioned that in personalizing the Pope’s call to conserve our natural resources she stopped letting the water faucet run when brushing her teeth. It was while still preoccupied with this notion that the National Public Radio (NPR) headline caught my eye: Born Wet, Human…
Death of Michael Brown brings truth to light
The death of Michael Brown in Ferguson on August 9, 2014, followed by a series of similar events in other areas of St. Louis and elsewhere in the U.S. brought to light an insidious truth: Too often, systemic racism remains a prevailing reality in many cities and communities throughout the U.S. Normandy, Missouri, the small…
Companions gather in St. Louis
The Companions of Jesus the Good Shepherd held their biennial three-day gathering at the Province Center last month, with 11 Companions and five Sisters attending. Sister Barbara Beasley facilitated their one-day spiritual retreat. The rest of the time was spent in mission discussions, business sessions, prayer and Mass. As part of their gathering, the Companions…
Chapter like no other
We were all advised that no matter how many Chapters we had attended previously this would be a Chapter like no other. “G’day! G’day!” our facilitators greeted us during the Saturday a.m. orientation. Jill McCorquodale and Patricia Fawkner, a Good Samaritan Sister, greeted us with Aussie accents and happy kangaroos hopped across the screen at…
Gospel space: a nun’s view of the United Nations
Gospel space. That’s what Winifred Doherty calls the United Nations, the place where she is engaged in ministry for Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Winifred says that every aspect of the brokenness of humanity and the brokenness of the world itself gets discussed at the UN, including how climate change is affecting the earth and the danger…
Energy saving efforts in Archdiocese
In an effort to step up energy saving efforts in the Province of Mid-North America, two Sisters and a Mission Partner attended an energy summit this summer which the Archdiocese of St. Louis hosted. Sister Sharon O’Grady talks about the experience. On July 31 I attended the St. Louis Archdiocesan Energy Summit with our Province…