Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd
The Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd ( lat. : Parvi Fratres Boni Pastoris , religious symbol : BGS ), or in German as "Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd", are a Catholic religious order for men.
On 19th January 1951 in Albuquerque ( USA ) by Brother Mathias Barrett founded the Community is now an institute of pontifical right. The members of the community are active in different directions of the Karitas and work in health and social institutions. They live in a monastic community and in 2010 had four monasteries in the USA, two in Canada and one each in Haiti , Great Britain and Ireland .
In the summer of 2012 the then 30 brothers of the Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd decided to merge with the Hospitaller Brothers to form the Brothers of Saint John of God community .
Web links
- Good Shepherd Centers in Canada (English)
Individual evidence
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^ Brother Mathias Barrett. Good Shepherd Centers, Canada, accessed October 23, 2018 . Archives Search: Brother Mathias Barrett, Camillus Founder. In: The Miami Herald . August 17, 1990, accessed on October 23, 2018 (English, beginning of article freely accessible).
- ↑ Where We Serve: Locations. Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd, archived from the original on August 22, 2010 ; accessed on October 23, 2018 (English).
- ^ Hospitaller Brothers and the Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd. Brothers of Saint John of God, accessed October 23, 2018 .