Joyce Meyer

In a new book called Becoming Apostolic, theologian Catherine Sexton engages Catholic sisters from five apostolic communities to discover their evolving understanding of their role in religious life.

At the UISG general assembly, held May 5-9 in Rome, keynote speaker Sr. Simona Brambilla highlighted the quiet power of Gospel living.

Sister participants at the triennial UISG assembly celebrated a new pope, found community in open dialogue and contemplated a transformative synodal church.

 "We invite all women scholars and women who work in pastoral or professional fields and are interested in theology and its relationship to their work," Puen said.

Sr. Joyce Meyer spent a week visiting the Union of International Superiors General in Rome and a number of Vatican departments as a board member of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

Sister lawyers take up cases involving marriage and annulment, religious congregational issues or sisters experiencing abuse.

With an eye to combating food insecurity, Sr. Joyce Meyer has formed a WhatsApp group of sisters from all over the world to share best practices and support one another in agriculture and business pursuits.

GSR Today - For Presentation Sr. Joyce Meyer, the 2024 Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly was an image of standing before a door that we have been knocking on and now is squeakily opening.

GSR Today - At a recent convening of sisters in Zambia, I was overwhelmed by a sense of awe and excitement about the evolution of religious life and its significant service worldwide over the past 25 years. 

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has a distinct Equity Fund to more directly combat bias and injustice across multiple dimensions, including race, gender, disability, religion and sexual orientation.

It was clear to me as I was with them, that the sisters cultivated hope that strengthened their resiliency, a kind of elasticity of spirit, a suppleness to spring back after being knocked down or crushed, not allowing pain to overwhelm and overshadow hope.

GSR Today - Global Sisters Report's columns highlight voices from sisters around the world, and their work becomes visible in new ways.

With "Hope Amid Turmoil," the most ambitious and challenging project we have undertaken at GSR, we've been inspired by the incredible courage and deep faith of sisters serving in conflict areas throughout the world.

GSR Today: I have been pondering what pregnancy was like for Mary after the Annunciation. I found a study of 12 women who kept diaries during their pregnancies. So, reading their stories, I did my own imagining of Mary. 

GSR Today - When we were asked at LCWR breakout sessions to reflect together on the challenges of membership and leadership internationally, we realized that sometimes the blessings named also brought challenges. 

GSR Today - I was mesmerized by color this past July at the sixth Women Deliver Conference  in Kigali, Rwanda, where more than 6,000 women, girls and a few men discussed the themes of "Spaces, Solidarity and Solutions."

Hunger is a word that has caught my attention recently, as I reflect on four of its dimensions: human hunger, Earth's hunger for restoration and relationship, hunger for voice, and hunger for heart intelligence.

GSR Today - Elizabethada Wright is researching Mother Mary Joseph Lynch, a 19th-century Sister of Mercy whose boarding school in Minnesota reflected a drive to integrate Native Americans into the dominant white culture.

As we moved into new residences, we Presentation Sisters considered our land's future. We wanted to do our best to restore the land to its original state, so we hired people who introduced us to regenerative agriculture.

Social Service Sr. Margaret Slachta, the first woman to be elected to parliament in Hungary, fled her beloved country in 1949 for the U.S., where she died in 1974. In 2021, she was honored as her remains returned home.