"Hope is willing to leave unanswered questions unanswered and unknown futures unknown. Hope makes you see God's guiding hand."

"He had a love for people who were poor and suffered too much," says Capuchin Fr. Ron Rieder of fellow Capuchin Fr. Solanus Casey, whose assignment as monastery doorkeeper, as well as his capacity to listen, made him accessible to people who needed healing.

Sr. Kathleen Schipani launched an app that teaches the American Sign Language for words commonly used in Christian life. She spoke with Global Sisters Report about why the app was necessary.

Silver Lake College adopted the "earning while learning" method last year, making it the only Catholic work college in the United States. The Wisconsin school, founded by the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity in 1885, is in its second year of requiring students to work 10 hours a week as part of the curriculum. The bulk of the students' earnings go toward their tuition.

"It is much more challenging to think and act differently than it is to feel bad and do nothing."

Religious congregations from all over the world gathered in Chicago to explore how to overcome unconscious biases permeating their orders, during a conference hosted by the Center for the Study of Consecrated Life. Speakers cautioned that interculturality, how those from different cultures relate to one another, may be an existential matter for religious life.

Notes from the Field - The Día de los Muertos celebrations I experienced at Beatitude House touched me deeply, especially given the recent passing of a wonderful person I met at the Dorothy Day House in Youngstown.

Martin Luther, Martin Luther King Jr., and the members of the Jewish Central Reform Congregation in St. Louis have all challenged me to live more deeply in the truth while in the midst of hostility.

"Everyone works, and if the work one does is for the bliss of the soul, it will make a difference in your life and also those for whom you work."

Downs & West Community Support is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Community Care Australia. It began through the vision and initiative of Charity Sr. Christine Henry. As a woman from the countryside of Queensland, she recognized the need to support farmers struggling to survive the extremes of climate change, which were taking a toll on their livelihoods and families.