WHO WE ARE

Sisters of the Good Shepherd in the Province of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand number approximately 120. Sisters are currently located in Vic, NSW, Qld, WA, SA, Tas and the north island of Aotearoa/New Zealand. A community of six Contemplative Sisters is at Boronia, on the outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria.

MISSION STATEMENT

Compelled by compassionate love
and acknowledging our frailty and limitations,
we pledge ourselves to continue our
Good Shepherd journey together.

Through prophetic witness,
expressed in ministries of direct service and action for justice,
we remind society of the dignity of each person.

We seek right relationships in all we do,
with and for those whom society rejects and oppresses.

We live this mission in an evolving partnership
with many others who share the Good Shepherd spirit.

Our love reaches out to all creation
and all peoples.

Through our lives, our choices and our resources,
we contribute to global healing and fullness of life for all.

Provincial Chapter 20th October 1999

HISTORY

Our History in Australia

Pitch Your Tents on Distant Shores

A History of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Tahiti

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Shepherding references...

...in the scriptures

Hebrew Scriptures
Christian Scriptures

St Mary Euphrasia Pelletier (1796 - 1868)

St John Eudes (1601 - 1680)