The following is an excerpt from a letter written by a resilient young woman about her experience of coming into the foster care system. She read the letter recently in its entirety to the members of her Family Support Team. She happens to reside in one of our Treatment Foster […]
By Emma Vonder Haar Communications Coordinator Last week, we were blessed by a group of generous elementary and middle school students at Rossman School in Creve Coeur. Barb Giljum, a Rossman parent, got involved with Good Shepherd in November, when she visited our agency on a tour with her family. […]
by Emma Vonder Haar Communications Coordinator Even though it’s (almost) February, it seems like we are finally wrapping up the Christmas season here at Good Shepherd. Of course, the decorations are down, the trees are back in storage, and the day to day hustle and bustle has died down. […]
“Break my heart for what breaks yours…” Those are a few lyrics from the song Hosanna, by Hillsong United. It’s a song I hear (and sing) at Mass somewhat regularly, and those lyrics came to mind repeatedly today as I spent more than two hours with members of my […]
