Horizons - Between the lines of the Easter narrative engrained in my heart is a story I'd rather not tell — a story made up of agonizing questions and the intensities of death and division.
A sister who served as a spiritual adviser to a death row inmate shares a reflection from years ago: "I was never one who seriously prayed for a sign from God. But all that changed. Here's how it happened."
Understanding the implications of our era, some parishes in Vietnam — especially parish priests, chaplains, sisters and catechists — are really very concerned and interested in educating Vietnamese children of the parish in the faith and Scripture.
The COVID-19 crisis was a wake-up call for sisters who were not prepared for such an emergency. Congregations need to rise to the challenge of training members on how to care for their elderly and sick members as a priority issue.
We do not know how the Resurrection happened; the speculative questions do not fit. Their goal is not the news itself, but to inform and to feed the faith of the community.
Horizons - Almost everyone I know is affected by the second wave of COVID-19 in India in one way or the other. I and most sisters in my community had the virus the first week of April, and we had to isolate ourselves immediately.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Women's Development Centre of the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod was able to reach out to 4,870 families and about 24,250 persons in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.
I have been pondering the following four areas that require radical change in the world if my generation wants to be able to quietly and in a fulfilling manner say a quality "good bye."
Once upon a time, there was a country having 50 states, a District of Columbia and five territories. And in the face of the recent months' troublesome lies and destruction, the mottoes gathered to uplift democracy.
When the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions wrote new 2014 constitutions, different provinces provided input. The input and the new constitutions show how congregational life is evolving, due to changing demographics.
Horizons - Yes, it is OK to recognize the feeling of languishing, and it might be a good idea to start to see if there is a way for other feelings to emerge. Name it and move on to something other than languishing.
In some parts of the world, the Catholic Church operates up to 50% of health care facilities, and not all of them have access to clean water essential for preventing infections and other negative, but preventable, outcomes.
Arriving in Timor Leste in 1991, we five Maryknoll sisters settled in as the first sisters in the parish of Aileu. I have good memories about the days we started a physical rehabilitation ministry "from scratch."
Contemplate This: The past few days I had noticed a growing resistance to situations, people and ideas that I've responded to in the past with compassion and understanding.
Horizons: When the jury's verdict was announced, finding Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts, you could almost feel the collective exhale. Yes. We should all exhale, and breathe. But we can't stop there.
As we celebrate Earth Day, I am reminded that pastoral care should also involve ecological care, because we are connected to one another through our ecological positioning. Injustice done to nature is injustice done to humanity.
Is the Patagonia region considered a zone to be sacrificed — to mining? For decades, there have been fires in the Argentine Patagonian Andean Mountains, in our beautiful native forests that have such wonderful biodiversity.
Living in Ethiopia has convinced me that we have been called to take part in healing the suffering of Mother Earth and to realize that God is doing something new in our lives, particularly regarding climate.
On retreat in May 2020, our anxiety — COVID-19, unemployment, systemic racism — shifted as we listened to Mary Evelyn Tucker's Laudato Si' Week 2020 presentation hosted by the Global Catholic Climate Movement.