Sisters of the Good Shepherd (RGS)
60th First Profession
Sister Mary Therese Hillary
Birth name: Mary Therese Hillary
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Entrance: May 5, 1942
First profession: April 16, 1963
Education: Bachelor’s in consumer science and secondary education certificate, Edgecliff College, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1976
Service in the archdiocese: Driver, volunteer, sewing department, Immaculate Heart Convent, Normandy, 2007-18
Missioned to Mason Pointe Care Centre, Town and Country, 2018-present
Service outside the archdiocese: Assistant novice director, teacher, social service aide, housekeeper and housemother, daycare supervisor and other assignments in Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and Kentucky
About Sister Mary Therese Hillary: Sister Mary Therese enjoys reading, watching movies and documentaries, shopping at thrift stores, playing computer games, jigsaw puzzles, cards and Rummikub.
Sister Sharon O’Grady
Birth name: Sharon O’Grady
Birthplace: Greeley, Colorado
Entrance: 1961
First profession: 1963
Service in the archdiocese: Work with troubled girls for eight years, Marygrove, St Louis. She was then missioned to multiple locations throughout Good Shepherd and returned to St. Louis in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina.
Assisted in a program for women recovering from addictions, St. Louis
Missioned to Mason Pointe Care Centre, Town and Country
Service outside the archdiocese: Work with women and girls in need in Milwaukee and Chicago
Member of a diocesan team ministering at the Arizona State Prison outside of Phoenix
Work on a a spirituality project and also helped in rewriting the Good Shepherd Constitutions in Rome
Pastoral counselor and helped create a program for addicted women in San Francisco
Local leader in San Francisco and New Orleans
Province leadership team for nine years
Spiritual director in Denver and later in New Orleans
Part of the pastoral team at the Chateau de Notre Dame, a combined independent living, assisted living and nursing home facility
About Sister Sharon O’Grady: Sister Sharon is an advocate of environmental stewardship and has led discussions with sisters on Laudato Si’. She stays informed of current events and encourages others to make a difference in the world.
70th First Profession
Sister Patricia Marie Thomas
Birth name: Patricia Marie
Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota
Service in the archdiocese: Missioned to Mason Pointe Care Center, Town and Country, 2018
Service outside the archdiocese: Parish ministries in St. Paul, Minnesota; Seattle, Washington; and Canada
Missioned to San Paulo, Brazil, and traveled to Angers, France, Rome, the Balkans, and the Holy Land
Marketing for Handcrafting Justice, a program for women’s handmade crafts that helped at-risk women served by Good Shepherd programs in the Global South lift themselves out of poverty
About Sister Patricia Marie Thomas: Sister Patricia Marie is an avid reader and especially enjoys picturesque books about foreign lands.