General news

An Organic Agriculture Training using (Likasaka) Natural Farming Technology was conducted last September 17-18 at the Rosary Hall of Good Shepherd Community, 1043 Aurora Blvd. in Quezon City.

Photo: Carmen Cabling and the participants

Sr. M. Immaculata Antigua RGS was laid to rest in Cebu City on September 29, feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.

Sr. Immaculata passed on to eternal life on September 26, she was 85 years old.

Catholics, especially Filipinos, celebrate today, September 28, the feast of St. Lorenzo Ruiz and Companion Martyrs.

At the Good Shepherd Convent in Quezon City, a morning Mass was celebrated to mark this feast of the Filipino saint and his companions. 

The Manuela Q. Pastor Auditorium of St. Bridget College in Batangas City was inaugurated last September 14.

His Eminence Gaudencio B. Rosales, archbishop of Manila, and His Excellency Ramon Arguelles, archbishop of Lipa, led the list of priests and alumni of St. Bridget College who graced the occasion. 

Representatives of various provinces joined the Good Shepherd Asia Pacific Partnership meeting held in YWCA Fort Canning Road, Singapore from  August 12 – 14, 2010.  

(Sr. Mercy Ang RGS, an apostolic Good Shepherd Sister, stayed with the contemplative sisters in Virac, Catanduanes from February 15 to May 20, 2010, while studying the possibilities of Good Shepherd mission in the area. The apostolic and contemplative sisters, led by Sr. Goretti Bool CGS, share here their experiences.)

The Institute of Formation and
Religious Studies (IFRS) has been at the service of religious women for decades
and the Religious of the Good Shepherd has been part of this effort as one of
the founding members of the institute.

Eighteen
(18) Good Shepherd Sisters working in Mindanao are gathered in Cagayan de Oro City for the echo of the 2010 Local Leaders’
Meeting. The July 29-30 activity is the 30^th Mindanao Cluster
Meeting.