Annie Killian, a Dominican Sister of Peace, is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN, where she teaches and writes about medieval poetry and theology.
Sr. Annie Killian organized a rally in Columbus, Ohio, calling for an immediate and lasting cease-fire in Gaza.. "Our love of truth impels us not to stand idly by," she writes.
I imagine how the caterpillar feels, floating through space, holding on to its line of silk for dear life, like a bungee jumper. That's rather what it feels like to enter a religious congregation.
Women religious under 50 yearn to live joyfully amid the myriad complexities of our suffering yet beautiful world. We are called to imagine possible futures that will be sustainable and life-giving for all creation.
