Global Sisters Report | A project of National Catholic Reporter

Jul 2, 2020

Directions and decisions: How do general chapters affect sisters' lives?

by The Life Panelists

Nigerian Air Force honors sister who sacrificed her life to rescue students

by Kelechukwu Iruoma

Supporters denounce 'red-tagging' of prominent Philippine nun

Updated

by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo

Columns

Seeking freedom: White privilege defines essential travel at the border

by Tracey Horan

Jul 3, 2020

Horizons - My experience living at the Mexico-U.S. border has added to the hypocrisy I see in our country's pledge to stand for "liberty and justice for all."

Taking the air in during the coronavirus pandemic

by Joan Sauro

Jul 2, 2020

Early morning the walkers appear. ... Unchanging in the upheaval of change. And if they should forget the upheaval, news bulletins puncture the air with dire warnings.

Consecrated persons see the suffering face of Jesus

by Mary Lilly Driciru

Jul 1, 2020

The concept of "building the kingdom of God" gets clearer when the values of consecrated persons, witnesses and promoters of the kingdom shine out in their apostolate in the service of the people who today represent the suffering face of Jesus.

Santa Teresa community keeps the faith in Australia

by Liz Wiemers

Jun 30, 2020

I am often asked, "How do you fit the Arrernte culture and spirituality with your Christian/ Catholic beliefs?"

Weavers of Hope: Austin, Texas, USA, and Villa García, Zacatecas, Mexico

by Frances Smith

Jun 29, 2020

Every student who is accepted into the Weavers of Hope grant program in Villa García, Zacatecas, Mexico, has a story.

Lament and hope go hand in hand

by Mumbi Kigutha

Jun 26, 2020

Horizons - The cry of lament is for every Black woman, past and present, who has been forgotten, sidelined and/or erased.

News

A booklet made in honor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Sr. Henrietta Alokha, who died rescuing students of the Bethlehem Girls College after a massive March 15 gas explosion in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria (Kelechukwu Iruoma)

Nigerian Air Force honors sister who sacrificed her life to rescue students

by Kelechukwu Iruoma

Jul 2, 2020

Bethlehem Girls College Principal Sr. Henrietta Alokha's quick action led to the rescue of many students from a gas explosion that left 17 people dead, including Alokha, in the Lagos suburb Abule Ado in March.

The importance of a place to call home during the pandemic

Jul 2, 2020

GSR Today - In February, months before the global spread of the coronavirus, Global Sisters Report launched a series focusing on Catholic sisters helping those who are homeless or lack adequate shelter worldwide.

Kenya to demolish Catholic hospital to reclaim forest land

by Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service

Jun 30, 2020

During pandemic, Nairobi nuns expand their reach

by Francis Njuguna, Catholic News Service

Jun 29, 2020

Supporters denounce 'red-tagging' of prominent Philippine nun

Updated

by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo

Jun 28, 2020

Project aims to give 1,000 sisters $1,000 each to help those hit by pandemic

Jun 23, 2020

Coronavirus

Migrants in the "Remain in Mexico" program line up at the Paso del Norte Mexico-U.S. border bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, April 21 to reschedule their United States immigration hearings during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS/Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez)

Seeking freedom: White privilege defines essential travel at the border

by Tracey Horan

Jul 3, 2020

Horizons - My experience living at the Mexico-U.S. border has added to the hypocrisy I see in our country's pledge to stand for "liberty and justice for all."

Taking the air in during the coronavirus pandemic

by Joan Sauro

Jul 2, 2020

Early morning the walkers appear. ... Unchanging in the upheaval of change. And if they should forget the upheaval, news bulletins puncture the air with dire warnings.

The importance of a place to call home during the pandemic

Jul 2, 2020

Santa Teresa community keeps the faith in Australia

by Liz Wiemers

Jun 30, 2020

During pandemic, Nairobi nuns expand their reach

by Francis Njuguna, Catholic News Service

Jun 29, 2020

Hilton Foundation webinar shares how COVID-19 has affected sisters globally

by Joyce Meyer

Jun 25, 2020

Ministry

Nigerian Air Force honors sister who sacrificed her life to rescue students

by Kelechukwu Iruoma

Jul 2, 2020

The importance of a place to call home during the pandemic

Jul 2, 2020

Consecrated persons see the suffering face of Jesus

by Mary Lilly Driciru

Jul 1, 2020

Q & A with Sr. Irene O'Neill, launching a platform for Sisters Rising Worldwide

Jun 30, 2020

Santa Teresa community keeps the faith in Australia

by Liz Wiemers

Jun 30, 2020

Sisters remain involved in drug harm-reduction efforts, despite moral concerns

by Georgia Perry

Jun 25, 2020

Religious Life

Members of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ participate in a retreat on community-building. (Courtesy of Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ)

Directions and decisions: How do general chapters affect sisters' lives?

by The Life Panelists

Jun 29, 2020

The Life - Panelists reflect on how community stances evolve in chapters and general assemblies and how practical applications flow from them, whether that's with vows, social justice, or spirituality and charism.

Sr. Lydia D'sa, a Franciscan Missionary Sister for Africa, helps an elderly man to eat, a daily routine at Cheshire Home for the Elderly in the Kariobangi slum outside of Nairobi, Kenya. (GSR file photo/Doreen Ajiambo)

Hilton Foundation webinar shares how COVID-19 has affected sisters globally

by Joyce Meyer

Jun 25, 2020

GSR Today - Executive leaders of four women religious organizations gave overviews of the heavy toll the pandemic has taken on their regions.

Sr. Carolyn Farrell, first woman mayor of Dubuque, Iowa, dies at age 85

Jun 22, 2020

Connection, compassion and care in a Bronx COVID-19 ward

Jun 18, 2020

COVID-19: Time to strengthen faith in God

by Jennibeth Sabay

Jun 18, 2020

History where women's achievements are the norm, not the exception

by Linda Romey

Jun 15, 2020

Community News

Ursuline Sisters of the Eastern Province Transition Leadership

Ursuline Sisters of the Eastern Province

New Peace & Justice Ministry Newsletter - "The Channel"

St. Cletus Parish, St. Charles MO

Marianist Sisters - First Vows

Marianist Sisters

Sisters of St. Mary of Namur at Home Peace Sharing

Sisters of St. Mary of Namur

Q&As

Sr. Irene O'Neill, president of Sisters Rising Worldwide (Courtesy of Sisters Rising Worldwide)

Q & A with Sr. Irene O'Neill, launching a platform for Sisters Rising Worldwide

Jun 30, 2020

Sisters Rising Worldwide focuses on connecting sisters "to each other and to resources for their ministry needs." In July, the group's work will take a big step toward that goal when it unveils its online platform.

Q & A with Dr. Valérie Julie Brousseau, helping Canadian religious communities prevent COVID-19

by Dana Wachter

Jun 23, 2020

"People need to take this seriously, and they need to realize that they could be next because this is going to last for another year, year and a half, before we have a vaccine."

Q & A with Sr. Judy Zielinski, producer of new documentary on Nicholas Black Elk

Jun 16, 2020

Q & A with Sr. Maria Do Thi Quyen, supporting ethnic families affected by Vietnam's COVID-19 lockdown

by Joachim Pham

Jun 9, 2020

Q & A with Julie McElmurry, zooming in on monastic life with documentaries

by Soli Salgado

Jun 2, 2020

Q & A with Sr. Winnie Mutuku, feeding street children in a pandemic

by Doreen Ajiambo

May 26, 2020

Spirituality

Taking the air in during the coronavirus pandemic

by Joan Sauro

Jul 2, 2020

Early morning the walkers appear. ... Unchanging in the upheaval of change. And if they should forget the upheaval, news bulletins puncture the air with dire warnings.

In community, I saw that we are all crepuscular beings

by Maria Longo

Jul 1, 2020

Notes from the Field: My favorite word is "crepuscular," something between light and dark, in a twilight. We as human beings are crepuscular. Our free will sets us at a crossroads while we dwell here within time and space.

Directions and decisions: How do general chapters affect sisters' lives?

by The Life Panelists

Jun 29, 2020

'Dar a luz': childbirth during the pandemic

by Mary Kathryn Kramer

Jun 24, 2020

Pope brings murdered Italian nun, four others closer to sainthood

by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

Jun 22, 2020

The need to 'make reparation'

by Virginia Herbers

Jun 19, 2020

Environment

Kenya to demolish Catholic hospital to reclaim forest land

by Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service

Jun 30, 2020

St. Mary's Mission Hospital is one of the structures marked for demolition in a Kenyan government move to repossess illegally acquired Ngong forest land.

'I can't breathe' — the words that haunt us

by Joan Brown

Jun 4, 2020

"I can't breathe" is the most desperate plea for life. "I can't breathe" is a plea for another human to come to aid, to be compassionate, to stand with and act in a desperate moment.

East Africa flooding displaces thousands, sisters offer some relief

by Doreen Ajiambo

Jun 1, 2020

Acting in the midst of grief: how to be during this time

by Nancy Sylvester

Jun 1, 2020

Instead of a 'return to normal,' let's pursue a profound transformation

by Elise D. García

May 29, 2020

Nun leads young Kenyans to make 'little contributions' to Laudato Si'

by Catholic News Service

May 22, 2020

Social Justice

Seeking freedom: White privilege defines essential travel at the border

by Tracey Horan

Jul 3, 2020

Horizons - My experience living at the Mexico-U.S. border has added to the hypocrisy I see in our country's pledge to stand for "liberty and justice for all."

Joel, a Weavers of Hope grant student, with his parents, who are from the indigenous Huichol community in Jalisco, Mexico. His father, Armando, makes bead handicrafts. (Courtesy of Sr. Frances Smith)

Weavers of Hope: Austin, Texas, USA, and Villa García, Zacatecas, Mexico

by Frances Smith

Jun 29, 2020

Every student who is accepted into the Weavers of Hope grant program in Villa García, Zacatecas, Mexico, has a story.

Supporters denounce 'red-tagging' of prominent Philippine nun

Updated

by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo

Jun 28, 2020

Lament and hope go hand in hand

by Mumbi Kigutha

Jun 26, 2020

From Troost to trust on Juneteenth

by Michele Morek

Jun 25, 2020

Resistance woman: Do I qualify?

by Judith Best

Jun 25, 2020

Arts and Media

Q & A with Sr. Irene O'Neill, launching a platform for Sisters Rising Worldwide

Jun 30, 2020

Q & A with Sr. Judy Zielinski, producer of new documentary on Nicholas Black Elk

Jun 16, 2020

Sr. Judy Zielinski speaks about writing and producing an hourlong documentary that tells the little-known story of the second half of Black Elk's life, the decades that prompted his cause for sainthood.

Poland's nuns join rap video challenge to help health care workers

by Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service

Jun 10, 2020

Q & A with Julie McElmurry, zooming in on monastic life with documentaries

by Soli Salgado

Jun 2, 2020

Art and the closet Catholic: princess edition

by Maria Longo

May 6, 2020

We shall be changed … and we are

by Nancy Linenkugel

Apr 13, 2020

Migration

Consecrated persons see the suffering face of Jesus

by Mary Lilly Driciru

Jul 1, 2020

World Refugee Day is June 20. Just imagine …

by Mary Leonora Tucker

Jun 20, 2020

Every person around the globe is receiving an invitation from the United Nations to respond to the call of the 2020 World Refugee Day, a call which is — in part — for us to imagine the reality that is faced by every refugee.

Sisters adapt migration ministries in face of COVID-19, US stop on immigration

by Soli Salgado

Apr 23, 2020

Sr. Elisabetta Flick, key figure in UISG ministry to migrants, dies

Apr 9, 2020

Growth and life along the US-Mexico border

by Celine Reinoso

Mar 18, 2020

In a village of tents, refugees make a life as they wait on US asylum

by Tracy L. Barnett

Mar 2, 2020

Trafficking

Sisters from different congregations get ready to travel to the Africa Faith and Justice Network-Nigeria advocacy drive in Edo State. (Provided photo)

In Edo State, advocates aim to engage the people in anti-trafficking fight

by Teresa Anyabuike

Apr 28, 2020

The Africa Faith and Justice Network-Nigeria successfully advocated for a state anti-trafficking law. Our next step is to put the law to work by involving Edo State residents in fighting against human trafficking.

New film documents tragedy of human trafficking by presenting 'Wells of Hope"