"Resist! Sure, we have to stay in the struggle, but savor the flowers and gazpacho and the smell of cut grass this summer."
From A Nun's Life podcasts - Adrian Dominican Srs. Mary Beth Howell and Dusty Farnan share their guidance for those working their way through the winding path of discernment, and trying to understand God's calling in their lives.
"Let the public outcry reach all concerned, for there must be an outcry."
Truth can become corrupted if we latch on to some piece of data that fits a preconceived notion of our own, but that is not critically examined. Truth also entails that we live with a heart open to others.
In Manila, Sr. Maria Juanita "Nenet" Daño and a group of lay women help drug users and pushers to avoid becoming victims of the government's ongoing anti-drug war, which has claimed thousands of lives.
Charity Sr. Therese Bangert, a Sister of Charity of Leavenworth, has been a volunteer chaplain for the Kansas City, Kansas, police and fire departments for more than 20 years.
Ruth Droege is a member of the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, California. She holds doctorates in both theology and clinical psychology. She taught theology and religious studies at Dominican University of California (Dominican College) for 24 years and ministered as a clinical psychologist for 30 years. Now retired, she co-leads the Teilhard Learning Circle at the Santa Sabina Center in San Rafael.
Notes from the Field - As I write this, my final Notes from the Field blog with GSR, I am in my last week as a Good Shepherd Volunteer in Chile; by the time it is published, I will have been back in the United States for almost a full week. Have I changed?
"Evolving understanding calls us to shift from fear to love with a level of awareness never before possible. The world needs us for this."
Adorers of the Blood of Christ sisters take the next step in their protest of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline, after building a chapel in its planned pathway, on the premise of "freedom of religion."