Responding to an invitation in 1997 to teach at a Regional Pastoral Center in the state of Bihar, India, opened my eyes to the extreme deprivation of the people residing there. Teaching social justice and women's empowerment has provided a background showing that the presence of Presentation Sisters makes sense and becomes the driving force to become love poured out to a people who seek an identity.

GSR Today - Words matter, and people should know what you mean when you say it to them. But there is confusion about President Donald Trump's stated immigration stance while he was campaigning and policies once he became president.

As part of a worldwide anti-trafficking effort, the Talitha Kum Thailand network holds educational sessions to raises awareness among students about the dangers of trafficking and the false promises used to lure victims in Thailand and other countries.

Every day, 250 women come to the Fountain of Life Women's Center, run by the Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd Sisters, to gain skills they hope will give them an alternative to earning money in prostitution.

"Christ, after all, wasn't resurrected into a perfect world. He returned to the same place and people who had crucified him days before. The world hadn't changed; the life he lived in it did -- and that, mixed with the promise of faith fulfilled, made all the difference."

See for Yourself - After a lifetime of faithfulness in marriage, devotedness to family, exuberance in teaching, dedication to choir and Sunday school, and supportiveness to friends, I believe Jesus offered Marian eternal life by calling her name.

"All I want is for Easter to come," a friend said to me last week. Bring on the Resurrection. Come on, new life. Yet as the Easter octave rolls on, I wonder to myself where that life is leading.

GSR Today - As Global Sisters Report marks its third anniversary April 22, our coverage of Catholic sisters reflects their efforts to bring about the world we prayed for during the Economic and Ecological Way of the Cross.

"It took me 40 years to wake up. Looking back, I see why it took me so long. I was in a double bubble: first, the class bubble (middle-upper), and second, the cloistered bubble (away-from-society nun)."

Catholic women religious know using the internet to recruit new sisters is effective, and though few have a strategy for exactly how to do that, they're willing to learn, new research shows. A study released April 18 by A Nun's Life Ministry says most congregations have an online presence — usually a website and a Facebook page — and are eager to further their use of the internet to connect with women discerning a call to religious life.