Since founding the Dominican Wellspring Retreat Center in Trinidad and Tobago in 2012, Sinsinawa Dominican Sr. Gail Jagroop has become more of a "yes" person. Five years ago, after she entered the novitiate, Jagroop dedicated herself to retreat work in the town of St. Joseph, Trinidad.
by Pat Farrell
Contributor
Of course, we don't really like the word lie or, worse, liar. So we create new words like "alternative facts" so that we don't have to face the truth ... of the lie.
by Caitlin Kerfin
Through nearly 20 years of teamwork, congregations in St. Louis, Missouri, have come together have meet local education needs. They have developed a program that provides English tutoring to children from families of refugees and immigrants, and they founded a Catholic all-girls middle school.
Rita Joseph is a New Delhi-based journalist who has worked for the nationwide Press Trust of India and as features editor of The Statesman, an English-language daily newspaper in India. She writes for media outlets in India and the United States, including Matters India, a news portal that collaborates with GSR and focuses on religious and social issues.
by GSR Staff
"There is the sea, great and wide! It teems with countless beings, living things both large and small."
GSR Today - Those of us who are not called to consecrated life but write about women religious may sometimes feel our spiritual tools are inadequate. We see the example of the sisters and think, "I cannot possibly match them."
Pat Farrell is a member of the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, in California, and lives in the Chicago area. She is executive director of the Dominican Sisters Conference, an organization that unites 19 congregations of Dominican Sisters in the U.S. in their mission to preach the Gospel with a clear voice. Prior to this, she served on her congregation's council and in vocation ministry. She maintains her hope and enthusiasm for religious life.
by Lauren Magee
In Nong Khai, Thailand, Good Shepherd sisters have created a safe space for anyone who needs healing, education or fair employment. Sisters focus on every individual's success, without judgment.
by GSR Staff
"Are we so trapped in our institutions, tending to the dying structures, and grieving the loss of so much that the structures themselves do not allow for a radical presence to what is most needed in our world today?"
Sr. Colleen Jackson talks to GSR about her experience serving as a psychologist, refugee advocate and most recently, an intern at a coalition of Catholic congregations focused on concerns of women and children. Jackson is inspired by the courage, resilience and faith of refugees and asylum-seekers.
