Season of Creation is a month-long prayer for Earth

Season of Creation is a month-long prayer for Earth

Season of Creation is a month-long prayer for Earth. It began on September 1, which is known globally by most Christian churches as a day of prayer for Creation. The Orthodox Church started the tradition of setting aside this day of prayer for Creation. Members of the World Council of Churches have also engaged in this practice,…

Good Shepherd Ministry entrusted to Catholic Charities

Good Shepherd Ministry entrusted to Catholic Charities

The Good Shepherd ministry Chicago House of the Good Shepherd has been entrusted to Catholic Charities and is no longer a sponsored ministry of Sisters of the Good Shepherd Province of Mid-North America. The Province entrusted the women’s domestic violence shelter to Catholic Charities on July 1, 2015. Good Shepherd Apostolic Sister Sharon O’Grady served the…

Call: reflections on religious life as a Good Shepherd Sister

Call: reflections on religious life as a Good Shepherd Sister

My 25-year journey to a silver jubilee By Claudia Palacio, RGS It was the work and passion of Mary Euphrasia that drove me to the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in 1989. This past December, in 2016, I celebrated my silver jubilee as a Sister of the Good Shepherd with the Central American Province, where…