Gail DeGeorge

Programs are providing Catholic sisters with training to transform ministries into social enterprises that are more self-sustaining. As a result, sisters were among 11 entrepreneurs recognized with Builders of Africa's Future awards.

Sr. Patricia Daly, a Dominican Sister of Caldwell, New Jersey, for 47 years and a pioneer of corporate responsibility and socially responsible investing, died Dec. 9, 2022. She was 66 years old.

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation global convening was an affirmation of achievements and a challenge on how to continue to develop and reach goals for the more than 110 participants, mostly Catholic sisters, from 16 countries.

This year's Hilton Humanitarian Symposium and Prize Ceremony focused on the theme "The Power of Perseverance." About 250 attendees heard stories of the global refugee crisis involving over 100 million displaced people.

Expanding the reach of Global Sisters Report into Latin America and to Spanish-language audiences has been a long-sought-after goal. We are pleased to announce some changes that will help us in this effort while also elevating our coverage in other parts of the world.

Welcome to Global Sisters Report's gallery of honor, where we pay tribute to Catholic sisters killed violently in African countries. May their souls rest in peace, and may their legacy live on.

Reaction among Catholic women religious to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade included jubilation, acceptance and pledges to support women who are pregnant and to help with other women's issues.

In response to the gun deaths of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers in Texas, U.S. sisters' congregations added their voices to that of Pope Francis and other faith leaders in calling for stronger gun control efforts.

At the end of UISG plenary in Rome, sisters shared this pledge: "I commit myself to live vulnerable synodality through service as a leader, animating it within the community, together with the people of God."

Pope Francis told leaders of women religious congregations that synodality is a way to affirm the original intentions of the founders of religious congregations while meeting the needs of a rapidly changing world.

Hundreds of sisters from six continents are in Rome for the triennial plenary of the International Union of Superiors General, the organization's first major in-person event since the start of the pandemic.

UISG's 2022 plenary assembly, which runs May 2-6, will continue the core themes of vulnerability and synodality, with more than 700 leaders of women religious congregations participating, about 520 of them in person.

GSR Today - As I stopped in front of a replica of the Pietà, I prayed for sisters in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, South Sudan and around the world who are doing what they can to counter the forces of evil with love.

Abuse of power in women's congregations is beginning to come to light because of a greater sensitivity to sexual abuse and increasing awareness that sexual abuse is an extreme expression of abuse of power.

"Embracing Vulnerability on the Synodal Journey" is the theme for the International Union of Superiors General's 22nd plenary assembly, which starts March 14. For the first time, there are four meetings for superiors general.

The superior of one of the freed nuns said, "She still does not know the reasons why she was arrested, nor why they released her," and pledged that her community in Ethiopia will seek answers.

National Human Trafficking Awareness Day offers the chance to highlight Catholic sisters' far-reaching commitment to ending the scourge of modern-day slavery.

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When Sr. Ann Kendrick arrived in Apopka, Florida, 50 years ago, "It was a very segregated and racist reality," she said. She and the team of three other Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur saw their work there as figuring out "what the issues are, what the hopes and dreams are" of the people who lived there."

Religion News Association contest judges said Dan Stockman's series "goes far beyond the conventional wisdom that nuns are disappearing, showing us who these modern women religious are and how and where they live. The piece about a schismatic order that returned to the Catholic fold was particularly fascinating."