GSR Staff

Congregations share how they are reacting to the crisis — praying, bringing people together online, making masks for health care workers, carrying on limited ministries. "Religious life has prepared me for this," says one sister.

Social distance prayer, done creatively, still produces spiritual unity. That’s what sisters are finding amid strict separations from each other and their usual ministries during the indeterminate period of the coronavirus’ spread around the world. GSR talked to a number of congregations to find out how they were maintaining a core aspect of religious life — community.

We would like to hear how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected your community's ministries and how you connect with one another. 

Global Sisters Report's 2019 coverage of Catholic women religious around the world was recognized recently with seven awards by the Associated Church Press, which also recognized National Catholic Reporter with three awards for Vatican-related news.

"Now is the time for each one of us to respond to the worldwide coronavirus crisis by being in solidarity with others," said Sr. Jolanda Kafka, president of the International Union of Superiors General.

Sr. Patricia Murray, executive director of the International Union of Superiors General, spoke with Global Sisters Report about UISG's key goals for 2020, changes in religious life and more.