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God's Word on Sunday: The Good Shepherd will not let us down

fr_scott@catholicregister.org (Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J) — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:00:00 -0400

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) July 18 (Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23; Ephesians 2:13-18; Mark 6:30-34)

Shepherds appear countless times in the Bible but often in an ambiguous or negative way.

Helping hands in time of crisis

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:00:00 -0400

B. and Toby have been camping in a green tent on a strip of muddy ground between an on-ramp to the Don Valley Parkway and a fence near St. Paul��Ƶapp Basilica in downtown Toronto for a couple of weeks.

God's word on Sunday: We can always count on Good Shepherd

fr_scott@catholicregister.org (Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J) — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:21:32 -0400

Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 22 (Year B) Acts 4:7-12; Psalm 118; 1 John 3:1-2; John 10:11-18

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd inspires the young in 37 countries

ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) — Sun, 24 Dec 2017 01:49:37 -0500

OTTAWA – Children participating in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program across Canada are taught to use all their senses in order to enter deeply into the Christmas story.

Pope's homily: Need for power and money is path of clericalism, Pope says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:52:41 -0400

VATICAN – Clericalism is a path taken by those who, unlike the good shepherd, concern themselves with money and power and not with people who are suffering and neglected, Pope Francis said.

Battle for a living wage is a key to Church��Ƶapp drive for social justice

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Tue, 30 May 2017 12:39:00 -0400

Even as the Ontario government moved to enact new labour laws and increase the minimum wage to $15, experts agree there is no quick fix to protecting workers from the threat of poverty.

Good Shepherd tackles gambling addiction among homeless

evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:47:00 -0400

The Good Shepherd Ministries is finding yet one more way it can help the homeless and vulnerable.

A good shepherd shuns power and money and is never embittered

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:22:57 -0400

Pope Francis said a good shepherd is one who follows Jesus rather than power, money or cliques and even if deserted by everybody may be sad but is never embittered. He was speaking at his morning Mass on Tuesday celebrated in the chapel of the Santa Marta Residence.

Good Shepherd makes leap to social media for fundraising

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:00:00 -0400

TORONTO – Come Thanksgiving Day, everybody eats — including the homeless. This year Toronto��Ƶapp Good Shepherd Centre is asking you to skip lunch for one day and donate what you would have spent so the poor and homeless of Toronto can eat a Thanksgiving Day feast.

Good priests don't own gloves, they get their hands dirty, says Pope Francis

Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:43:43 -0400

VATICAN CITY – Like the Good Shepherd, good priests do not privatize their time and demand to be left alone, but rather are always willing to risk everything in search of the lost sheep, Pope Francis said at the closing Mass of the Jubilee for Priests and Seminarians.