'We are asking the world to act': African women on frontlines of climate change demand justice at COP30

Jemima Cheruto bends to fetch water outside her home in Ortum, northern Kenya.

As leaders prepare to meet in Belém, Brazil, women living the climate emergency in Kenya and across Africa are demanding global action, gender justice and investment in local adaptation.

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A group photo includes the nuns serving the Kripalaya Special School at Pulpally, Wayanad, Kerala, southwestern India. From left: Srs. Diya Koodalil, Jia Maria Poomkottil, Serin Kochuthazhathu, Anseena Memadathil, Anntreesa Paradiyil, and Tissa Koottiyanikkal. (George Kommattam)

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Kripalaya Special School is celebrating 25 years of providing education and life skills to children and adults with disabilities. GSR spoke with Sr. Anseena Memadathil, the school headmistress since 2008.

Jemima Cheruto bends to fetch water outside her home in Ortum, northern Kenya.

'We are asking the world to act': African women on frontlines of climate change demand justice at COP30

As leaders prepare to meet in Belém, Brazil, women living the climate emergency in Kenya and across Africa are demanding global action, gender justice and investment in local adaptation.

Sisters and collaborators gather to pray and reflect at the end of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's Catholic Sisters Initiative Convening Oct. 31 in Mexico City. (GSR photo/ Rhina Guidos)

As Hilton Foundation encourages collaboration, LCWR official hints at union of consecrated life in hemisphere

"Next time we meet, we might be the Consecrated Religious of the Americas," said LCWR executive director Carol Zinn at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's Catholic Sisters Initiative Convening in Mexico City Oct. 29-31.  

Sr. Noelle Corscadden of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known as the Loreto Sisters, third from right, is pictured with sisters of the Congregation of Jesus and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in South Sudan. (Courtesy of Noelle Corscadden)

Congregation of Jesus, Loreto Sisters to merge into one congregation

The Vatican's decree granting the merger of the Congregation of Jesus and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto) comes 416 years after Venerable Mary Ward first set out her vision for a new way of religious life for women. 

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"Out of the Shadows: Confronting Violence Against Women" is a yearlong Global Sisters Report series on the ways Catholic sisters are responding to this global phenomenon.
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Novices attend a lecture at the novice school Effata in Lviv, Ukraine. (Courtesy of Scholastica Oleksandra Hulivata)
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"[They] can be the answer for those who have suffered the most from the war in Ukraine, who have lost all hope for peace and justice," writes Sr. Scholastica Oleksandra Hulivata.

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Catholic sisters reveal the greatest gifts of their vocation

"To live this vocation is to live in friendship — with God, with others, and with creation," one sister writes. "That friendship, ever deepening, remains the greatest gift of my vocation."

Sisters of the Good Shepherd from all provinces — Mid-North America, Central South and New York-Toronto — gather in St. Louis, Missouri, during their regional meeting in October 2024. (Courtesy of Monique Tarabeh)
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The grace of coming together as Sisters of the Good Shepherd

Horizons - Across our communities, the word "restructuring" has taken root. At first, it might have sounded administrative or organizational, but for us, it has become something sacred, writes Monique Tarabeh.

Novices attend a lecture at the novice school Effata in Lviv, Ukraine. (Courtesy of Scholastica Oleksandra Hulivata)
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Young consecrated offer hope for Ukraine

"[They] can be the answer for those who have suffered the most from the war in Ukraine, who have lost all hope for peace and justice," writes Sr. Scholastica Oleksandra Hulivata.

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Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis put Christ at the center of health care

In an era of rapidly advancing medical technology, the American health care system is increasingly driven by the pursuit of efficiency and profit. But what happens when faith enters the picture? What does it mean to serve the sick and vulnerable for love of Christ?

From left: Sr. Maureen Mofu, and Roiness and Aaron Chimfwembe at St. Dominic's Mission Hospital in Ndola, Zambia. The Chimfwembes participate in the SMART Couples Methodology program, facilitated by the Dominican Sisters of the Sacred Heart under the Ndola Diocese. (GSR photo/Derrick Silimina)

Zambian sisters address gender-based violence by focusing on healthy relationships

The SMART Couples Methodology program, facilitated by the Dominican Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Zambia, aims to strengthen family life by overcoming mistrust and fostering mutual respect between partners.

The Cluny sisters offer literacy and education programs for local children in Papua New Guinea. Education was unavailable when the sisters first arrived, so they started a school. Once the students were ready, they were trained as teachers, and they now teach in the 12 schools. (Courtesy of Sylvian Aua)
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In remote Papua New Guinea, Cluny Sisters provide education and health care

Living in remote regions of a country with limited access to resources and high rates of gender-based violence is difficult, but in Papua New Guinea, the St. Joseph Sisters of Cluny are up for the challenge.

Sr. Mary Ojonugwa Unwuchola interacts with survivors at the International Market Camp for internally displaced people in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. Unwuchola listens to survivors' concerns, prays with them, offers encouragement, and spends time with them, giving them hope for a better tomorrow. (John Chukwu)

Sisters help survivors of Nigeria's farmer-herder conflict reclaim spiritual lives

In camps in Benue State, Sr. Mary Ojonugwa Unwuchola and other Nigerian sisters console displaced survivors grieving lost loved ones and lost homes. She does not offer easy answers, but presence, prayer and acts of care.

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Each lesson connects articles about sisters or columns written by sisters to the good news found in scripture and church teaching. Action ideas and compelling prayer bring new learning alive. Teacher guides provide vital context and engaging activities to launch group discussions.