Blog: Performance to Support the Victims of Family Violence

The Guild of the Good Shepherd Shelter for Battered Women with Children will be hosting an evening at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena to benefit the Shelter THIS Saturday evening, April 20th, and they would love it if you'd consider joining them!

"The Innocence of Father Brown," by Patrick Rieger, is a new adaptation for the stage of the famous detective stories by G.K. Chesterton.  It tells the tale of a simple, unassuming Catholic priest who has a knack for solving mysteries in his English village. Unlike the more famous English detective, Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown’s methods tend to be intuitive rather than deductive.  His apparent naivete and crumpled appearance disguise a playful wit and a razor-sharp intellect. But his greatest strength - both as a priest and as a detective of crime - is his love and understanding of other people. He’s not there to judge, but to save souls.

The play is receiving rave reviews!  Here's one that appeared in the Daily Trojan last week:   http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/10/father-brown-creates-dynamic-who-done-it-mystery/

A hosted cocktail reception will follow the performance, with a chance to socialize with other Shelter supporters and to "meet and greet" the show's cast and crew.

The following is a link to purchase tickets for Saturday’s event.  The link also contains additional event information - and the option to make a donation in the event you are unable to attend the performance, but would still like to help the families who call the Shelter “home”.

http://goodshepherdshelter-fatherbrown.eventbrite.com/ 

Good Shepherd was the first domestic violence shelter in the city of Los Angeles, it continues to be unique in that it is the only shelter that provides an on-site school for the children; an Adult Learning Center for the mothers; full therapeutic services including individual, group and family therapy; separate apartments for each family unit; legal assistance; medical screening and referrals; and relocation and aftercare support.  The average stay for each family is approximately one year. 

Unique in its status of being 100% privately funded, the Shelter enjoys a solid history of welcoming with love and compassion women and their children of every race, color and creed who have been affected by family violence.

To learn more about the Shelter, please visit their website: http://www.goodshepherdshelter.org/