by Festus Iyorah
Kogi, Nigeria - The Augustinian Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus spent three decades running a hospital in Shuwa, until Boko Haram insurgents destroyed it, leaving the congregation to ultimately find a new home. Their wrenching decision is one other congregations have faced in troubled regions: leave behind a population desperately in need of their services, or ensure the safety of their sisters?
by Sarabella Muise
Contributor
Notes from the Field - Kindness in daily interactions has a ripple effect. If enough people walk around with a compassionate attitude, the collective presence of that compassion can be felt viscerally.
Contemplate This - How many of us have felt that to really fit in, we had to be someone we are not? How do we begin to accept people for who they really are in order to belong?
Sr. Maria Cimperman came to Catholic Theological Union in the fall of 2012 and was a visiting associate professor for the next two years. A sister with the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, she was named director of the newly formed Center for the Study of Consecrated Life at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago in the fall of 2014.
by Teresa Anyabuike
Contributor
Have you ever prayed so hard for someone or something very dear to your heart and felt disappointed when God did not grant your request?
by Mary Ellen Lacy
Contributor
The government shutdown says to Americans that some leaders are willing to forsake hardworking peoples' lives of dignity in exchange for a monument to fear, power and selfishness.
by The Life Panelists
The Life – Sister panelists and their congregations are battling against what one sister calls the "scourge of trafficking." Their tactics focus on prevention and awareness as well as rehabilitation of survivors. They are educating governments and even the United Nations about this worldwide form of modern slavery.
Mary Ellen Lacy is a Daughter of Charity and a grassroots mobilization specialist with Network, an organization inspired by Catholic sisters which advocates for justice. She works to build relationships with Catholic sisters and Network members across the country to educate, organize, and lobby for the common good. She has served as a public housing attorney in East St Louis, Illinois, an immigration attorney in Alabama and New York and is a registered nurse, nursing home administrator and a healthcare attorney in Illinois.
by Tracy Kemme
Contributor
Horizons: In addressing racism, no one is accusing contemporary whites for creating the system. They are pointing out that we are the ones who have benefitted from the system and continue to benefit from it at others' expense.
by Philip Mathew
Ever since she was a young teenager, Sr. Clara Pitchai has worked to promote the welfare of domestic workers in India — an interest that prompted her to become a card-carrying member of the Communist Party for 14 years. The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate sister is now leader of a 5,000-member union, educating domestic workers on social justice and conducting leadership training programs.
