"Each of us, like Mary, stands for God's family, witnessing God's love and faithfulness, and embracing our role as messengers of this Good News," writes Joyce Meyer.
Plus, women religious organizations pray against ICE; CELAM secretary general thanks consecrated life for their witness; and a fund to help sisters heat monasteries in Spain raises more than 100,000 euros.
My 82-year-old spiritual director, Sr. Connie Kramer, had an inoperable brain tumor in the shape of a butterfly. Her spiritual guidance was present until the end. Grief calls us to not fear death, but to befriend it.
For GSR correspondent Chris Herlinger, traveling outside the U.S. during these past weeks of highly charged turmoil was strange. But the work of sisters in Indonesia and Minnesota gave him hope.
On the World Day for Consecrated Life and the feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, we celebrate the men and women who are called to be of service in walking with others on this journey of transformation.
The spirit of Mary and Elizabeth, and the joyful mystery of the Visitation, are alive and well in Minnesota. Artist Br. Mickey McGrath reflects on the city of Minneapolis, his second home.
Born and raised Jewish, Edith Stein converted to Catholicism in 1922, later becoming a Discalced Carmelite nun who was arrested by the Gestapo and perished in Auschwitz in 1942.
Plus, Religious Formation Conference hosts workshops on navigating grief in communal spaces; sisters provide free online meditation series; Indian sisters and priests given travel safety advisory after train mishap.
Plus, Adrian Dominican Sisters to establish a committee to consider possibilities for campus and buildings of Siena Heights University, which is scheduled to close in June.
