News & Stories
Hail to the Grad
Hail to the grad! Good Shepherd Sister Anna Tram Nguyen received her Master’s Degree on Saturday, May 23, 2015, from the University of San Francisco with her major in Organizational Development. Sr. Tram went to college in Louisville, Kentucky, before transferring to the University of San Francisco to finish her Bachelor of Arts degree in…
Rose Haven reigns
Rose Haven reigns every year on Mother’s Day when it hosts the Reigning Roses Walk in Portland, Oregon. This year was an especially spectacular day for Rose Haven to host its 2nd annual Reigning Roses Walk. The weather was perfect, helping to lure more than 350 participants and volunteers to gather to celebrate special women in their lives. Rebekah Albers, Executive…
Meet GSV Grace Dietrich
Grace Dietrich is from Conklin, Michigan, where she grew up on an apple farm that her father and uncles own. She comes from a large close-knit Catholic family and is the middle child among six. Grace graduated with a Sociology degree from DePaul University, the largest Catholic university in the nation and largest private institution…
CORA kids win at science fair
Ask CORA kids in the 4th grade what a gizmo is and they’ll tell you it’s generating an interest in the scientific method via outreach (GISMO). What? Let’s take it from the top. GISMO is a program that started in September 2014, when Griselle Morales, Director of Licensed Pre-School and After-School Programs, reached out to…
Prophetic voice for justice
Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) shapes a prophetic voice for justice. EAD brings together faith-based people from across the U.S. each year to affect change through the legislative process. More than 1,000 people came to EAD April 17-20 to deepen awareness about systems of exploitation and to help one another light fires within themselves to take action…
Rally for better pay
Good Shepherd National Advocacy Center marched in solidarity yesterday with federal contract workers striking for better pay and a union. Under the leadership of Good Jobs Nation, people rallied for President Obama to direct future service contracts to model employers by executive order. The workers also want $15 an hour and a union. Larry Couch,…
End mountaintop removal
Sister Mary Joy Benson participated in a Quaker-led action to end Mountaintop Removal (MTR) and came away from the experience enlightened and inspired. After reading Sr. Sharon O’Grady’s book review of Father Thomas Berry’s Selected Writings on The Earth Community in the February issue of the Province newsletter Items of Interest, Sr. Mary Joy felt…
Heart overflowed with appreciation as I renewed my vows
My heart overflowed with appreciation for the Province of Mid-North America as I renewed my vows in St. Louis on February 24, 2015. My life was filled this day with delight because of the gratitude I felt to God who called me by His love and for the Sisters who prayed with me and for…
Mission of her life
Reprinted in part from the newspaper El Pregonero At 79 years of age, Sister Caridad Tamayo is following with heart on the mission of her life: to serve the sick and vulnerable of the community. Joyful and helpful, she arrives daily at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring to offer her services as a volunteer…