Drawn by Love, Passionate for Justice
In India, our sisters have been reaching out since 1854, especially to women, girls, and children who are most disadvantaged in society. Our community in South West India is energized by a vision of an inclusive world where every life is honored and protected.
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Since 1854
Merciful love in action across Karnataka, Kerala, and New Delhi.
We accompany marginalized communities through education, health care, residential care, and social action so that every person may “have life, and have it to the full.”
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The Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd (RGS) is an international apostolic religious institute serving in 72 countries. As women religious, we are called to be instruments of mercy and reconciliation in a world wounded by various forms of injustice.
Our patron is Jesus, the Good Shepherd, and we strive to reflect the compassionate love of the Good Shepherd through all our ministries. In the South West India Province (SWI), we carry forward this heritage, reaching out since 1854 especially to women, girls, and children who are most disadvantaged in society.
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We belong to a global spiritual family with apostolic and contemplative sisters, united by the charism of merciful love.
“ We are part of an international congregation of women religious, called to a mission of reconciliation and expressing the charism of merciful love in our service to the world. ”
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Drawn by Love, Passionate for Justice, we engage in diverse ministries – Education, Health Care, Residential Care, and Social Action – working to uphold the dignity and rights of each person.
Quality education and life skills, with special emphasis on girls and young women from underserved backgrounds.
Drawn by Love, Passionate for Justice, we accompany students so they “may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10).
Community health outreach, St. Martha’s Hospital, and healing ministries rooted in compassion.
Medical care prioritizes women, children, and families living on the margins.
Safe homes for girls and women in crisis, expressing our constant endeavor to promote security and shelter.
We reach out without counting the cost to restore dignity and rights.
Self-help groups, anti-human trafficking efforts, skill training, and rights-based development.
Our mission in Social Action: “to empower lives and restore rights.”
Missionary Success Story
Our mission in Social Action is “to empower lives and restore rights.” In Bellary, self-help groups helped women start micro enterprises; in Wayanad, tribal girls found a safe residence while completing higher secondary studies. Each story is a witness to merciful love in action.
“Our residential care ministries express our constant endeavor to promote security and shelter for those in desperate need of safety, love, and a home.”
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Pathways to Engage
Choose the path that suits your discernment today—learn, collaborate, or explore a life of consecration.
Collaboration is at the heart of how we work. Learn how our mission of reconciliation unfolds across South West India.
Visit Mission & VisionWe engage Partners-in-Mission (lay collaborators, volunteers, benefactors, and others of good will) in co-responsibility for the mission.
Partners-in-Mission“Come, follow me.” We welcome women who feel called to share in our mission of love and reconciliation.
Formation & VocationsCall to Action
We invite you to explore our mission, history, and the ways we strive to make a difference. Stay connected with our News & Events page and reach out if you feel called to collaborate.