by Joyce Meyer
International Liaison, Global Sisters Report
GSR Today - "Wagga Wagga." These words captured my imagination as they rolled off my tongue. I had heard the name many times and was curious what they meant. Luckily, for me, when I was in Sydney in May for a conference of Presentation Sisters' schools, I had my chance to visit this mysterious-sounding place.
More than 150 Catholic sisters from nine countries gathered in Tanzania for the 17th Plenary of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa. The 43-year-old organization represents approximately 40,000 sisters in nine countries.
by GSR Staff
"In all things, I have been witness to the power and necessity of loving one another despite all that threatens to make that choice difficult, uncomfortable or even unpalatable. What exactly do I mean by that? Love is messy. Love — true love — will always cost something, and it will occasionally cost everything. It is pricey because it is valuable. And the more it costs, the greater its worth."
by GSR Staff
"When one breaks the laws to resist the probability of nuclear war, one is not just breaking the law ... one is upholding the one law from which all decent and just law derives: 'Love your neighbor as you love yourself.' "
In Conversation - Theologian Christopher Pramuk and Catholic Srs. Tracey Horan and Larretta Rivera-Williams talk about race relations and the Catholic response.
Hurricane Harvey response, updated Sept. 1 - Women religious in the areas surrounding the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey are working to ease the suffering of those impacted by the storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane along the Texas coast Aug. 25.
by Sarah Mac Donald
Sr. Cora Richardson challenged apartheid and met Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko. She retired to Ireland four years ago, but despite her age, she continues to speak up for what she believes in, including women priests.
When do we no longer see individuals but only perceive them as a group that is threatening our way of life? When do we learn to be afraid and hate the other? Who teaches us that? And how can we be untaught?
by Kathleen Kanet
Contributor
When you are frustrated and in pain over the political direction of your country, what do you do? The source of much of my anguish was over our 2018 Federal Budget. To me a budget is a moral document. What I saw in this proposed budget were more benefits for the rich and fewer for the poor.
Kathleen Kanet is a sister of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary who has worked as a teacher and administrator in an elementary school and as caseworker and supervisor in a preventative service program for preservation of families. She has co-founded several national and international organizations which promote peace and has been involved in multiple educational activities around the issues of peace and justice.
