Jesuit Novices Visit GSS

Twelve Jesuit Novices toured The Good Shepherd School in order to learn about one of the various missions founded by Jesuit, Fr. Harry Tompson, S.J.  These first year Jesuits just completed their 30-day retreat based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola and visited with several of our classrooms where they engaged in student-led dialogue.  The topics ranged from priesthood to purgatory and the young men just may have benefited more from the visit then the kids as we find is often the case when we have visitors.  They even dabbed with the 1st graders! Thank you, to Mary Baudoin, Provincial Assistant for Social Ministries, for helping to coordinate the visit!
The Good Shepherd School
1839 Agriculture St
New Orleans, LA 70119
Tel: (504) 598-9399
GSS Mission Statement
The Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School, Inc., seeks to help low-income, urban youth in order to realize their fullest potential as productive members of society by providing them with an extended-day, year-round, quality education, integrated with personal, moral and spiritual development, and continued guidance during the students' further education.

The Judeo-Christian values which have inspired the Nativity model include a respect for the dignity and potential of each person, a responsibility to assist the poor and those in need, a strong sense of community within the one family of God, and the obligation to promote a society characterized by social justice. In this Nativity model, students are enrolled without regard to race, color, religion, or ethnicity.