Horizons - This Lent, we are stripping away so much. We are left with the presence of God in our solidarity, the coming of spring, phone calls, video chats, emails, and the care and concern we show to one another.
We had found excuses, justifying our way of living in the midst of people yet away from them. Then, we began our new project in September, and every family welcomed us with much joy and spent time in conversation with us.
This is a new reality for me, a physician assistant, as I have always prided myself on doing the very best for my patients and really going the extra mile. I have advocated for patients who have nothing. Now there are times I feel like I have very little to offer.
Horizons - Off and on, for the past few years, I have sensed a crisis looming. But I never thought it would be like this, a global coronavirus pandemic. Yet here we are. The crisis has arrived, and it is serious and costly.
As the COVID-19 pandemic touches nearly every corner of the globe, "there are many ethical considerations around resource allocation and the delivery of care for critically ill patients," said Mercy Sister Mary Haddad, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association.
Global Sisters Report's 2019 coverage of Catholic women religious around the world was recognized recently with seven awards by the Associated Church Press, which also recognized National Catholic Reporter with three awards for Vatican-related news.
Social distance prayer, done creatively, still produces spiritual unity. That’s what sisters are finding amid strict separations from each other and their usual ministries during the indeterminate period of the coronavirus’ spread around the world. GSR talked to a number of congregations to find out how they were maintaining a core aspect of religious life — community.
As the COVID-19 pandemic touches nearly every corner of the globe, "there are many ethical considerations around resource allocation and the delivery of care for critically ill patients," said Mercy Sister Mary Haddad, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association.
Social distance prayer, done creatively, still produces spiritual unity. That’s what sisters are finding amid strict separations from each other and their usual ministries during the indeterminate period of the coronavirus’ spread around the world. GSR talked to a number of congregations to find out how they were maintaining a core aspect of religious life — community.
Our Lady of the Missions Sr. Mary Anna Gomes is a popular presenter and producer for the online Bengali Service of Radio Veritas Asia, all to "promote the good news of Christ and the church's social teachings."
"We have all these symbols of separation to represent our life of prayer, but those that need it find their way in, believe me," says Sr. Marcia Kay LaCour, abbess of the Poor Clares in Spokane, Washington.
Horizons - This Lent, we are stripping away so much. We are left with the presence of God in our solidarity, the coming of spring, phone calls, video chats, emails, and the care and concern we show to one another.
Notes from the Field - Since my job revolves around working with the case manager and meeting the needs of the residents at the shelter, I don't have much work to do from home. I can't claim that I have found the solution to depression or boredom caused by this strange time, but I can share what I've been doing to make it through.
The religious congregation is extending the Lenten observance to what they're calling Mercy Meatless Mondays, inviting Catholics to join them in addressing climate change with more plant-based diets.
Feb. 12 was the 15th anniversary of Sr. Dorothy Stang's assassination in the Amazon region of Brazil. The U.S.-born nun is remembered as a crusader for the poor and the landless and for her love of the land and the Amazon forest.
A baker's dozen of Catholic organizations, from dioceses to religious orders to Catholic Charities affiliates, have signed on to a joint statement urging all to take part in the 2020 U.S. census.
Our Lady of the Missions Sr. Mary Anna Gomes is a popular presenter and producer for the online Bengali Service of Radio Veritas Asia, all to "promote the good news of Christ and the church's social teachings."
The film is structured around Alwan telling the story of a young Syrian refugee named Shaima, whose life takes a tragic turn when she accepts an offer of marriage to a man in Turkey who turns out to be an imposter and involved in a human trafficking network.
Notes from the Field: It wasn't until I moved to El Paso, Texas, for my service year that I finally saw the danger along the border, not of migrants or immigrant communities, but of the immigration narrative in Trump's America.
Among hundreds of U.S. sisters serving at the border, Sr. Mary Alice McCabe helps with asylum applications in the Matamoros refugee camp, where some 2,500 have been stalled by the "Remain in Mexico" policy.
The film is structured around Alwan telling the story of a young Syrian refugee named Shaima, whose life takes a tragic turn when she accepts an offer of marriage to a man in Turkey who turns out to be an imposter and involved in a human trafficking network.
With renowned cartoonists and artists contributing, the project aims to raise awareness and funds to help sisters reintegrate survivors of trafficking back into society, with all proceeds going to Talitha Kum.
