Good Shepherd Agencies

The Sisters run ministries across the United States, including sponsored, jointly sponsored and affiliated ministries. These ministries are domestic violence shelters, programs for troubled girls, residences for women in recovery, post abortion counseling and various other services for those on the margins of society.
The National Advocacy Center is the voice and lobbying arm of these Good Shepherd Agencies at the federal level empowering those on the margins and working to lessen their burdens through policies and laws.

The Sisters have long recognized that beyond working in solidarity with people living in poverty and on the margins, to effect long-term change, change must occur at the policy and legislative levels.

Agencies work downstream with individuals affected by poor policies, while NAC works upstream on those issues to affect policy changes.

How NAC Benefits Agencies & Their Clients

We seek changes to policies and laws for the benefit of the marginalized and to build a culture of justice.

We advocate for policy changes that will ease suffering, lift up individuals and communities, and support the work of the agencies by:
  • Lobbying Congress and their Staff
  • Working with Partner Advocacy Organizations to further reach Congress ranging from meetings to rallies
  • Issuing Statements and Press Releases
  • Writing Congress and the Executive Branch
  • Utilizing the Media and Social Media to advance and amplify our positions
At NAC, we amplify the Good Shepherd voice by linking the ministries and services of the Sisters, lay associates, and lay staff around the country to speak up and work for change in the structures of society.
Together, we hope to prevent more people from falling through the cracks, going hungry, suffering in silence from abuse, being unnoticed or unheard.

Change cannot happen without the actions of dedicated individuals and organizations who are committed not just to justice in the big picture but to the growth and flourishing of the individual.
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Good Shepherd Agencies

Sisters serve in dozens of outreach ministries in the communities where they live, such as serving homeless people in the marginalized Tenderloin district in San Francisco and also ministering to adults with disabilities and supporting long-term hospital patients in San Francisco.

Good Shepherd also has a presence in Oregon, for instance, working with families with mental illness and providing online therapy and Zoom-based spiritual direction.
Separately, the Sisters sponsor ministries across the country and in Canada including shelters, counseling, conflict resolution, educational programming.

Finally, Sisters maintain relationships with affiliated ministries that they no longer operate but that remain committed to the Sisters' core values of mercy, reconciliation, individual worth, and zeal.
On the Road to Justice

NAC is featuring our Good Shepherd Agency partners that are on the front lines making our world a better place. Check out our Road to Justice webpage.
Together, we address social justice issues for the transformation of society to the benefit of all people.
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