Dan Stockman

Monday Starter: "It is immoral and abhorrent to deter people who are legally and peacefully seeking safety in the United States by deliberately exposing them to the very perils that they are hoping to escape," Sr. Norma Pimentel wrote. 

Monday Starter: Many New Orleans sisters made it through Hurricane Ida unharmed, but "there's no electricity, and it is hot"; Sisters in Haiti mobilize to help survivors of the Aug. 14 earthquake; and sisters donate land for a future bike path in rural Ohio.

Sr. Rebecca Ann Gemma of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois, officially became the president-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious on Aug. 13.

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly, which closed Aug. 13, was more retreat than business meeting, with a condensed schedule and shortened sessions and more opportunities for contemplation and small group discernment.

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious' president began LCWR's annual assembly with an indictment on the Catholic Church's role in racism. The triumvirate presidency and executive director offered "a profound apology" for women religious' role in it.

On Aug. 13, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious will hand out three Lifetime Achievement Awards, the first time the organization has given the award. The inaugural recipients are an economist, an advocate and a world traveler.

Sr. Jane Herb will move from being president-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious to serving as president on Aug. 13. Many who have worked with Herb spoke to GSR about her emphasis on collaboration.

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious' annual assembly will again be virtual, due to the pandemic. But organizers say the event will be less like an online meeting and more like a retreat.

A nonprofit serving women who are deaf is asking courts to allow a class-action lawsuit on behalf of more than 40 of its members who say they were sexually, physically and psychologically abused at a school for the deaf run by sisters.

Dominican Sr. Rebecca Ann Gemma will join Dominican Sr. Elise García and Immaculate Heart of Mary Sr. Jane Herb in the presidential triumvirate at LCWR's annual assembly in August. 

Monday Starter – Sisters denounce Senate Republicans who blocked debate on voting reforms; Brooklyn's new Mother Cabrini statue; Mercy Sisters to open a new Catholic career and technical junior and senior high school

GSR requested reports from sisters who have been volunteering in response to the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, where they do what they can to make room at the table for another hungry soul.

Monday Starter - The former studio of Corita Kent appears to have been saved; seven sisters among the nominees for Catholic Extension's Lumen Christi Award; Chicago sister celebrates 90 years of religious life.

The Carmelite monastery in Philadelphia, which has existed since 1902, appears to be closing. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia confirmed that all but one of the nuns had transfered to another monastery out of state.

The Sisters on the Frontlines program has given 1,000 women religious $1,000 grants to help those affected by the pandemic. The small, individual nature of the grants made it easy to see how the grants made a difference in people's lives.

Monday Starter: The annual Given Forum for young adult Catholic women leaders returns to its in person format; a small activist hedge fund wins big in a "David and Goliath" upset against ExxonMobil's status quo.

The Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods have been in prison ministry for generations, including working to abolish the death penalty. Sr. Barbara Battista, a health care provider, was involved in other justice issues — until she received a special request.

The nondenominational faith-based nonprofit founded about 20 years ago is moving from its original 3,000-square-foot home to a new 16,730-square-foot building that was blessed and dedicated April 30.

Monday Starter - Join the Sisters of Mercy of the America's remembrance event for George Floyd; Catholic Health Association head joins Vatican dicastery; solar water heating; Pauline Sisters and social media

U.S. sisters have been rotating down to the southern border with Mexico to serve the people who walk through the desert to seek asylum in the United States. They do what they can to provide dignity and comfort.