I am facing two trumped-up court cases filed against me because I — with the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines — have stood for the truth, for justice and for the rural poor.
We were a gathering of older religious women sitting in a large circle in a barren church hall. A hard journey we had of it, traveling long distances to listen to each other.
Horizons - In the tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, we say that peace is a gift, given in Christ. It's a perpetual gift, one that we must nurture in our hearts and relationships, even or especially when it is not the easy path.
From Where I Stand: There's not much to be learned from those who agree with us. We just go on our merry way, trashing people at large, attacking both friends and competitors, berating our own best thinkers.
Edwina Gateley's memoir oozes the mystical power of a listening heart, the excitement of freedom, and a profound call to kindness channeling through deep faith, allowing everyone to hear the seeds of integrity, compassion and daring courage.
Arriving as a volunteer in South Africa in 1984, I encountered a new place, unfamiliar faces, and the mystery of two communities living the founders' dreams miles and years into the future.
As an attorney with Becket, a religious liberty law firm, Luke Goodrich is proud to be able to make a difference while earning a livelihood. He sees his work as a calling from God.
A Haitian women's support organization co-founded by Quebec nuns is exasperated by repeated requests from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to know whether or not it supports the legalization of abortion.
I am facing two trumped-up court cases filed against me because I — with the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines — have stood for the truth, for justice and for the rural poor.
Dominican Sisters of St. Rose of Lima started their ministries in Gia Lai Province in 2005. Now, 26 nuns from five communities provide pastoral, educational and health care services for ethnic villagers.
Anne Goetze spent 20 years documenting her American-born aunt Helen at the cloistered monastery in Annecy, France, where the Visitation Order was founded 400 years ago. Over the last few years, Goetze has taken her photographs/paintings of the Visitation sisters on the road, visiting the 11 Visitation monasteries in the U.S. and holding exhibitions of her work so the sisters can see it.
Carrying the weight of suffering experienced by persons who are trafficked can cause sleepless nights, heartache and burnout, but how women religious recharge and care for themselves is what allows them to persevere in challenging ministries.
Anne Goetze spent 20 years documenting her American-born aunt Helen at the cloistered monastery in Annecy, France, where the Visitation Order was founded 400 years ago. Over the last few years, Goetze has taken her photographs/paintings of the Visitation sisters on the road, visiting the 11 Visitation monasteries in the U.S. and holding exhibitions of her work so the sisters can see it.
"God leads me from one mission to another," says the Franciscan Hospitaller Sister of the Immaculate Conception. That path has included ministry to leprosy patients, drug addicts and prisoners.
We were a gathering of older religious women sitting in a large circle in a barren church hall. A hard journey we had of it, traveling long distances to listen to each other.
Horizons - In the tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, we say that peace is a gift, given in Christ. It's a perpetual gift, one that we must nurture in our hearts and relationships, even or especially when it is not the easy path.
Everywhere, lying just beneath the surface of what can easily be reported and sensibly explained, some curious presence is reaching out to us — barefoot — as we reach out to it.
Catholic Relief Services, Sisters of Mercy and Franciscan Action Network were among the groups to condemn the administration as it formally began the process to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris accord.
I am facing two trumped-up court cases filed against me because I — with the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines — have stood for the truth, for justice and for the rural poor.
Catholic advocates for poor people decried a new federal rule that tightens work requirements which determine eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and is expected to force hundreds of thousands to lose food stamps.
Sr. Barbara Donahue, 90, was only 10 minutes into an interview about the vaudeville group made up of her and her siblings when she broke out in "The Donahue Song."
Book Review: For editor Jessie Bazan, Dear Joan Chittister was an opportunity to share the sense of hope that women in the church were able to cultivate, despite the weight of the topics they discussed.
Healing takes time, "as does the journey of justice." Once a symbol of Central America's wars in the 1980s, El Salvador is now a symbol for other challenges: gangs, immigration and a stalled economy.
It seems that the needle is stuck on indifference, lack of compassion, and an unwillingness to stand up to injustice. But we have prophetic voices calling us to reclaim our responsibility and dignity.
Carrying the weight of suffering experienced by persons who are trafficked can cause sleepless nights, heartache and burnout, but how women religious recharge and care for themselves is what allows them to persevere in challenging ministries.
Women religious brought to the Talitha Kum gathering their strategies, struggles and successes. GSR heard from sisters on the ground, working against human trafficking on six continents.
