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Sr. Margaret MacCurtain, distinguished historian and activist, dies at 91

Columns

Gas stations, garage sales and God

by Hannah Vanorny

Oct 23, 2020

Horizons - I love wandering around convenience stores. Garage sale signs beckon me. I really enjoy seeing what interesting or oddball items I can find. Choices, diversity and variety are not bad things — even in religion.

Kenyan sisters support health workers during pandemic

by Regina Ndambuki

Oct 22, 2020

The Association of Sisterhoods in Kenya has taken action to help sisters and health workers. They are working with a startup company to provide a new medical data platform to health facilities.

Dwelling in possibility

by Joan Sauro

Oct 21, 2020

Each moment is eternal. One by one they are offered to us. Some minutes we take hold of, some not. No matter, they all remain. I was awestruck by the beauty in one such moment.

Mission challenges us to accompany the poor in their struggles

by Jennibeth Sabay

Oct 20, 2020

Seeing the unfortunate realities of the poorest of the poor opened my eyes, gave me perspective, raised my consciousness. My encounters with these families made me realize, too, the evangelizing power of the poor.

'Fratelli Tutti': Papal dreams or Vatican diversion?

by Ilia Delio

Oct 19, 2020

Pope Francis makes a plea for human solidarity and fraternity. But how does he tell the world what it needs to do when he spearheads an institution grounded in patriarchy, hierarchy and ontological differences?

What are we ready for?

by Colleen Gibson

Oct 16, 2020

Horizons - What we once thought would be a momentary interruption to everyday life is in fact a cataclysmic shift. Our work now is to discern — as our first sisters once did — where God is calling us.

News

Global Sisters Report's new collection on the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals contains about 200 articles and columns. More will be added to the collection as new articles and columns are published. (GSR screenshot)

Introducing GSR's collection on the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Oct 22, 2020

GSR Today - Catholic women religious have been working to improve the lives of others long before the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. Now you can see how sisters' ministries contribute to the overall U.N. plan.

Sr. Margaret MacCurtain, right, is pictured with Sinéad McCoole (far left), historian and writer, and Lord Mayor of Dublin Christy Burke at the Mansion House, Dublin, in 2014 for the launch of McCoole's book "Easter Widows." (Lensman Photography/Sinéad Mc

Sr. Margaret MacCurtain, distinguished historian and activist, dies at 91

Oct 21, 2020

President Michael Higgins led tributes from all sectors of Irish society to Dominican Sr. Margaret MacCurtain, who died in Dublin on Oct. 5.

Sr. Simone Campbell, head of Network, to step down in March 2021

Those who accompany the dying inspired by 'Samaritanus bonus'

by Chaz Muth , Catholic News Service

Oct 15, 2020

Caring for children: Religious sisters launch global push for reform

by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

Oct 9, 2020

Catch up with the 2020 Nuns on the Bus virtual tour

Updated

by Nuns on the Bus

Oct 9, 2020

Coronavirus

Sister-based volunteer programs adapt to pandemic restrictions

by Julie A. Ferraro

Oct 22, 2020

Since the onset of the pandemic, altering their full-time volunteer programs has been a major adjustment for many women's religious communities. GSR takes a look at three major groups to see how they are doing.

A health care worker takes a swab from a child during a mass testing May 26 in Nairobi, Kenya, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS/Baz Ratner, Reuters)

Kenyan sisters support health workers during pandemic

by Regina Ndambuki

Oct 22, 2020

The Association of Sisterhoods in Kenya has taken action to help sisters and health workers. They are working with a startup company to provide a new medical data platform to health facilities.

Symposium examines how COVID-19 has exacerbated human trafficking

Oct 15, 2020

Stranded in Peru by the pandemic, I know faith is not on lock-down

by Hilda Mary Bernath

Oct 13, 2020

'Quaran-team' at Dominican house embraces the beauty of community

by Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans

Oct 8, 2020

In India, hunger may kill migrant laborers before COVID-19

by Rani Punnaserril

Oct 8, 2020

Ministry

Kenyan sisters support health workers during pandemic

by Regina Ndambuki

Oct 22, 2020

The Association of Sisterhoods in Kenya has taken action to help sisters and health workers. They are working with a startup company to provide a new medical data platform to health facilities.

Sister-based volunteer programs adapt to pandemic restrictions

by Julie A. Ferraro

Oct 22, 2020

Sr. Margaret MacCurtain, distinguished historian and activist, dies at 91

Oct 21, 2020

Mission challenges us to accompany the poor in their struggles

by Jennibeth Sabay

Oct 20, 2020

Peace prize for World Food Program reflects wider humanitarian efforts

Oct 16, 2020

Those who accompany the dying inspired by 'Samaritanus bonus'

by Chaz Muth , Catholic News Service

Oct 15, 2020

Religious Life

Sr. Meena Dias, a member of the Sisters of Holy Family of Nazareth, right, with Vandana Kawlekar, a staff member at St. Xavier's Academy, which cares for children with disabilities in Old Goa, ancient capital of Portuguese Goa (Lissy Maruthanakuzhy)

Q & A with Sr. Meena Dias, serving children with disabilities in Goa for three decades

by Lissy Maruthanakuzhy

Oct 20, 2020

Sr. Meena Dias, a member of the Sisters of Holy Family of Nazareth, serves at St. Xavier's Academy, an institution under the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman that serves people with disabilities in India.

James Morgan, right, checks the recording levels as the sisters perform some of the music to which St. Clare's writing was set for the first time for the album "Light for the World." (Morgan Pochin Music Productions)

Poor Clares' song reaches out in a hope to provide silence, calm

Oct 19, 2020

A community of isolated nuns in the Sussex countryside in the U.K. has put their daily prayerful singing into a shareable form using new songs composed by James Morgan and Juliette Pochin.

Raised in Buddhist Vietnam, three nuns share stories of who inspired their Catholic vocations

by Joachim Pham

Oct 19, 2020

Research on women religious identifies trends, establishes framework for tracking changes

by Joyce Meyer

Oct 16, 2020

What are we ready for?

by Colleen Gibson

Oct 16, 2020

New curriculum teaches Catholic faith through lives of women religious

by Dan Stockman

Oct 15, 2020

Community News

Dominican Sister Barbara Schwarz's Artwork Published by Redemptorist Publications

Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville

Sisters of Saint Dominic GOTV Efforts

Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, New York

OPSCC Justice Committee Honored

Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, New York

Congregation Spotlight: Eileen Foti, Associate

Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, New York

Q&As

Q & A with Sr. Meena Dias, serving children with disabilities in Goa for three decades

by Lissy Maruthanakuzhy

Oct 20, 2020

Q & A with Judith Baenen: 'Organize to change people's attitudes, not just laws'

Oct 13, 2020

In 1965, as a young Loretto sister, Judith Baenen flew with a Kansas City contingency of Catholics to bear witness to the events in Selma. Now a Loretto co-member, she reflects on her experience 50 years later.

Q & A with Sr. Mary Grace Akiror, 'the sister you cannot bribe' in Uganda

by Gerald Matembu

Oct 6, 2020

Q & A with Sr. Barbara Lum: 'We can't go on judging people by the color of their skin'

Sep 29, 2020

Q & A with María Soledad Gómez Navarro, historian specializing in the lives of Spanish sisters

by Eleanor Nash

Sep 22, 2020

Q & A with Christine Nava: 'Institutional and systemic racism overlap. It's not one size fits all'

by Lucía Aurora Herrerías Guerra

Sep 15, 2020

Spirituality

Gas stations, garage sales and God

by Hannah Vanorny

Oct 23, 2020

Six eggs and a glass bowl, resting on top of a piece of the religious habit that the author once wore. (Provided photo)

Dwelling in possibility

by Joan Sauro

Oct 21, 2020

Each moment is eternal. One by one they are offered to us. Some minutes we take hold of, some not. No matter, they all remain. I was awestruck by the beauty in one such moment.

'Fratelli Tutti': Papal dreams or Vatican diversion?

by Ilia Delio

Oct 19, 2020

Those who accompany the dying inspired by 'Samaritanus bonus'

by Chaz Muth , Catholic News Service

Oct 15, 2020

With saints, sisters and youth, flowing on the river of life

by Lidwin Fernandes

Oct 14, 2020

A virus arrived, and changed our world

Oct 6, 2020

Environment

São Paulo Zoo, Brazil (Wikimedia Commons/Mike Peel, www.mikepeel.net)

Why is Francis of Assisi the patron saint of ecology?

by Brian Roewe

Oct 2, 2020

Burning Question: Beyond the birdbaths and the blessing of pets on his Oct. 4 feast day, Francis of Assisi is also known as the patron saint of ecology. What does that mean? Who made that decision? And why?

A loggerhead sea turtle hatchling, "Caretta caretta," makes its way to the ocean Aug. 26, 2020. (Ecological Associates Inc.)

Can conservation measures save sea turtles from climate change?

Sep 18, 2020

Three species of sea turtles still return to South Florida's beaches to lay their eggs, and groups like Ecological Associates are helping keep their nests safe. The biggest threats to turtles, of course, are humans.

Five hundred laps: the path to wonder and awe

by Tracey Horan

Aug 21, 2020

Franciscan Sisters give NCR $1.5 million to help 'wake up the world'

by NCR Staff

Jul 31, 2020

Preserving trees by making charcoal from paper litter

by Charity Bbalo

Jul 16, 2020

Amid biting drought, sisters in Zambia fend off hunger with organic farming

by Doreen Ajiambo

Jul 16, 2020

Social Justice

Introducing GSR's collection on the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Oct 22, 2020

Sisters of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Castres work with children from depressed areas at Emilie's Home in Quezon City, Philippines, in 2014. (Provided photo)

Mission challenges us to accompany the poor in their struggles

by Jennibeth Sabay

Oct 20, 2020

'Fratelli Tutti': Papal dreams or Vatican diversion?

by Ilia Delio

Oct 19, 2020

Peace prize for World Food Program reflects wider humanitarian efforts

Oct 16, 2020

Sisters share spiritual foundation of activism with younger 'nones'

by Soli Salgado

Oct 15, 2020

Q & A with Judith Baenen: 'Organize to change people's attitudes, not just laws'

Oct 13, 2020

Arts and Media

Sr. Margaret MacCurtain, distinguished historian and activist, dies at 91

Oct 21, 2020

President Michael Higgins led tributes from all sectors of Irish society to Dominican Sr. Margaret MacCurtain, who died in Dublin on Oct. 5.

Poor Clares' song reaches out in a hope to provide silence, calm

Oct 19, 2020

A community of isolated nuns in the Sussex countryside in the U.K. has put their daily prayerful singing into a shareable form using new songs composed by James Morgan and Juliette Pochin.

New curriculum teaches Catholic faith through lives of women religious

by Dan Stockman

Oct 15, 2020

Love and baseball

by Hannah Vanorny

Oct 7, 2020

What would nuns watch on Netflix?

by Maxine Kollasch

Sep 18, 2020

Whenever I feel afraid of corona

by Judith Best

Sep 10, 2020

Migration

People at a Melbourne refugee and asylum seeker rights rally July 27, 2013, protest both the Rudd Labor Government new proposal for assessment and resettlement of asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea, and the Liberal Party's hard line stand to use the milit

Gaps in Australia's asylum program for people fleeing oppression

by Maxine Kollasch

Sep 25, 2020

From A Nun's Life podcasts - In this Random Nun Clip, Sr. Rita Malavisi talks about the Asylum Seeker Resource Center in Australia, where she has served as a volunteer for 17 years.

Darwin Airport Immigration Detention Centre, Australia (Flickr/Ken Hodge)

Encounter is real education

by Maxine Kollasch

Sep 11, 2020

From A Nun's Life Ministry podcasts - In Australia, asylum seekers' real stories influenced college students to think outside of the talking points they hear in the news.

Indian nuns aid migrant laborers stranded on way home during lockdown

by Jessy Joseph

Jul 13, 2020

Migrant workers flood Goa beaches for jobs; sisters help them fit in

Updated

by Lissy Maruthanakuzhy

Jul 9, 2020

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

Trafficking

Symposium examines how COVID-19 has exacerbated human trafficking