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After decades in education, Sr. Barbara Schwarz considers her current ministry to be "preaching through the arts." She speaks to GSR about art as a form of prayer, and the use of her work to help those in palliative care.

Monday Starter - Sr. Sheila Kinsey was part of the delegation of religious leaders that traveled to Kyiv in late May in an act of solidarity with war-torn Ukraine.

The National Black Sisters' Conference, LCWR and several U.S. congregations released statements condemning white supremacy and gun violence following the May 14 shooting in Buffalo in which 10 Black people were killed.

Monday Starter: "Building bridges with people, especially those most in need, is a call to be closer to those who need us and are waiting for us," outgoing president Sr. Jolanta Kafka said at the UISG assembly in Rome.

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious will honor Sr. Pat Murray, executive secretary of the International Union of Superiors General, with the 2022 Outstanding Leadership Award at this year's LCWR assembly.

In Villa Hidalgo, a shantytown neighborhood in Buenos Aires, women suffer from widespread drug use, domestic violence, and generational poverty. Two Passionist sisters have built a space to accompany and help these isolated women.

Many U.S. Catholic sisters find themselves in outsized homes and estates. Through the Nuns and Nones Land Justice Project, sisters are learning how to create new land legacies that center racial and ecological healing.

After surveying Catholic sisters regarding how they view theology and cosmology, Dominican Sr. Laurie Brink felt compelled to write The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God to share their "revelatory" responses.

In Villa Hidalgo, an urban shantytown in Buenos Aires, women endure pervasive drug use, domestic violence and generational poverty. Two Passionist Sisters have built a space to accompany and help these isolated women.

For Sr. Rosa Maria Trochez, a School Sister of Notre Dame, getting involved in Honduras' 2021 presidential election "wasn't a matter of inspiration," she said. "It was a matter of responsibility; it was a duty."

Catholic sisters release statements as they stand in solidarity with Ukrainians, calling for prayer, donations and volunteering.

Terra e Missione, a new organization based in Rome, will connect missionary organizations to continue the "synodal invitation to 'walk together' as a church."

"How are we to understand concepts like 'original sin' and 'redemption' if creation isn't complete and humanity is still in process?" asks a press release for Sr. Laurie Brink's The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God.

The coordinators of Red Kawsay Buenos Aires say anti-trafficking advocates must engage in the long-term work of educating the country's youth and adolescents about human dignity.

Monday Starter: "What would the church be without religious sisters and consecrated laywomen?" the pope said in a video message. "The church cannot be understood without them."

Monastic traditions — such as stability, silence, community, hospitality and love of learning — are speaking to this moment, and those ranging from the nonreligious to apostolic Catholic sisters are listening.

Monday Starter: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace are taking on a tech giant, leading a group of Microsoft investors to hold the firm's lobbyists accountable on policies related to racial justice, human rights and privacy. 

Monday Starter: Veil of Silence includes interviews with 11 women, recounting abuses of power and psychological or emotional abuse; congregations of sisters sign up to participate in Laudato Si' Action Platform; virtual event to showcase history of National Black Sisters' Conference

Monday Starter: Hulu's series "Dopesick" examines how the Sackler family's Purdue Pharma triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. The series features Notre Dame of Montreal Sr. Beth Davies, played by Meagen Fay, a recovering alcoholic turned alcohol counselor.

A campaign is collecting signatures in a letter to the pope that asks him to expedite the canonization of six Black Catholic sainthood candidates. "We know there is a process, but it is not working for Black American Catholics and supporters," it said.