Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, born Rose Virginie Pelletier, was a French Roman Catholic nun, best known as the foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd.
19th century image of Mary Euphrasia Pelletier by an unknown artist
Mary Euphrasia Pelletier in her youth.
Mary Euphrasia Pelletier as Mother Superior of the Good Shepherd Sisters
The Abbey of Saint Nicholas in Angers is the Mother-House of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
The Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, also known as the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, is a Catholic religious order that was founded in 1835 by Mary Euphrasia Pelletier in Angers, France. The religious sisters belong to a Catholic international congregation of religious women dedicated to promoting the welfare of women and girls.
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
Mother Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, the foundress of the Congregation
Mary of the Divine Heart Droste zu Vischering was a mystical nun of the Congregation of the Good Shepherd, beatified by the Catholic Church
Thirteen Irish nuns who had been interned in the Rangoon City Jail by the Japanese, Burma, May 28, 1945.
