"All I could do is marvel at their sheer human spirit as they shared, a spirit that somehow had not been extinguished by years of suffering. "

The Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary's U.S.-Ontario Province announced May 8 they had overwhelmingly adopted a corporate stand expressing solidarity with those President Donald Trump's administration wants to turn away and remove.

Perhaps the tide is turning for lesbian gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Late last year, I made a 10-day visit to Poland, invited by the Campaign against Homophobia to give public addresses, interviews and a retreat for Faith and Rainbow, a group of LGBT Catholics.

Prison Ministry India helps inmates overcome criminal pasts and rejoin mainstream society. More than 4,000 Catholic nuns from 200 congregations volunteer with the ministry across India. Catholic women religious are considered to be the backbone of the prison ministry. 

Dominican Sr. Nadine Foley, a former president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious who also served as prioress of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, died May 13 in Adrian, Michigan, at age 93.

"If we turn not to things external and material, the first thing of all to secure is to save unfortunate working people from the cruelty of men of greed, who use human beings as mere instruments for money-making." 

See for Yourself - I overheard an interesting exchange by some students working on a group project the other day.

The Somali family of 11 arrived to us on a Friday afternoon in early April. We watched in wonder as person after person climbed out of the hefty Catholic Charities van amid grocery bags and beat-up suitcases. Peering into their bright eyes as we welcomed them, I knew that something beautiful and unforgettable was happening.

"The red blossoms take center stage to announce spring. What in our lives announces new life?"

From A Nun's Life podcasts - Living in a community of faith "calls us forth to acts of kindness and acts of love that make forgiveness possible, of ourselves and of others," Sr. Bonita Gacnik of the Benedictine Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery in South Dakota.