The Gospel life was never meant to be lived enclosed, but on the edge of a new future in God. Francis of Assisi was a materialist in the best sense of the word, realizing that divine love incarnated all reality.
In this 21st century, as many ponder the future of religious life, the challenge to "be the change" encourages possibilities, such as a place where "be the change" becomes a daily conscious choice.
Horizons: I find it so hard to comprehend that we can treat children and families so inhumanely today. We know that it is happening in our name, and yet, collectively, we stand by.
I am outraged at our government's demonization and inhumane treatment of immigrants. So, to stand for pro-life values, I chose to get arrested during the Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant Children.
Over the years of my active life, I thought I was living the basics of Franciscan religious life. Now I am being taught by young people who practice what I only preach.
A weekslong e-course on community showed Katie Gordon that a hunger for authentic community transcended her millennial peers, affecting a spectrum of generations. Gordon and Benedictine Sr. Linda Romey led the course and spoke with GSR about what they learned.
The Lovers of the Holy Cross of Hue began their food ministry after they visited patients and found the relatives looking half-starved, thin and tired because of missed meals.
The Gospel life was never meant to be lived enclosed, but on the edge of a new future in God. Francis of Assisi was a materialist in the best sense of the word, realizing that divine love incarnated all reality.
In this 21st century, as many ponder the future of religious life, the challenge to "be the change" encourages possibilities, such as a place where "be the change" becomes a daily conscious choice.
A weekslong e-course on community showed Katie Gordon that a hunger for authentic community transcended her millennial peers, affecting a spectrum of generations. Gordon and Benedictine Sr. Linda Romey led the course and spoke with GSR about what they learned.
Nearly 10,000 people living in eight villages in northwestern India have found new meaning in their lives after the intervention of the Missionary Sisters, Servants of the Holy Spirit in 2012. Through water...
As a volunteer observer for the U.S. National Weather Service, Benedictine Sr. Marva Hoeckelman records temperatures each day at South Dakota's Mother of God Monastery. The work is simple but profound for...
The case of an Indian bishop charged with raping a nun recently took a major step forward. The case has rekindled coverage on sisters’ abuse at the hands of clergy; prompted women religious to decry abuse, and divided India’s Catholic Church.
Speaking to a packed house of more than 400 people, the longtime death penalty opponent said she sees hope despite today's injustices because she has experienced how change happens.
I am outraged at our government's demonization and inhumane treatment of immigrants. So, to stand for pro-life values, I chose to get arrested during the Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant Children.
Catholic sisters were among the over 400 participants — including priests, activists and laypeople — who protested the "inhumane treatment" and detention of children and families at U.S. immigration centers,...
Up to 80% of Nigerians who leave for Europe end up trafficked and in prostitution. In Edo, the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are working to fight the problem.
At a recent training workshop, religious from three continents were urged to collaborate in trafficking prevention, rescue, protection and prosecutions in partnership with the government, NGOs and the church....
