My afternoon walk has become a lifesaver for me. Not only does it oxygenate my brain (which helps me relax and stay calm), but it also makes my heart and spirit well up in gratitude and love for life!
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ursuline Sisters have four communities in the Katanga province, an area with constant conflict. COVID-19 has impacted our ministries and our spiritual life, but God guides us.
Religious life, living in community, can provide a model for how all of us can strive to look outside of ourselves, stop being individualistic, either-or people and reconnect with others. It takes true listening.
May the cries of Creation and all creatures, and the wounds of suffering humanity, be conduits of grace to us, and enable us to take action to improve the lot of the less fortunate.
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.
