March 23, 2017
Benedictine Sr. Vivian Ivantic turns 104 in August. Speaking with Global Sisters Report, Sister Vivian reflected on the blessings women religious experienced from Vatican II, her time as a teacher, and her thoughts on women priests.
March 23, 2017
The Barro Blanco dam: Environmental defenders presented their case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in hopes it will put pressure on Panama's government to rectify the situation and stop the repression of environmental activism.
by Tracy L. Barnett
Contributor
March 23, 2017
The Barro Blanco dam: Despite years of fierce resistance, the dam on the Tabasará River has submerged indigenous homes, farms and sacred sites. To local communities and environmentalists, the hydroelectric project has become a symbol of everything wrong with Panama's model of development.
Related - Washington hearing is activists' last hope in battle over Panama dam
This story appears in the Lent feature series. View the full series.
by Maxine Kollasch
Contributor
March 23, 2017
"If people have to give up meat on Fridays in Lent, do vegetarians have to give up veggies?" "Do I have to give up things for Lent that I really love, like funny cat videos on YouTube?" We receive many questions like these at A Nun's Life Ministry as Lent approaches. People are eager to learn new ways to deepen their spirituality through the age-old practices of fasting as well as prayer and almsgiving, the three pillars of Lent.
by Saji Thomas
Contributor
March 23, 2017
GSR Today - Although I began my journalism career some 20 years ago, my toughest assignments came in the past year while covering the activities of some Catholic religious women for Global Sisters Report.
by GSR Staff
March 23, 2017
"By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet."
This story appears in the Notes from the Field feature series. View the full series.
by Katie Delaney
March 22, 2017
Notes from the Field - What does it mean to be a "Spirit-led, Spirit-intoxicated, Spirit-empowered people?" Our community had a midyear retreat March 3-5 in San Felipe, where the Good Shepherd Sisters established their first house in Chile over 160 years ago.
Tracy L. Barnett is an independent writer, editor and photographer specializing in environmental issues, indigenous rights and sustainable travel. As a bilingual author and journalist, she has written in English and Spanish for a wide range of magazines and newspapers including the Washington Post, BBC, USA Today, National Geographic Traveler en Español, Esquire Latin America, Thomson Reuters and Huffington Post. More details can be found here.
by GSR Staff
March 22, 2017
"Water belongs to us all. Nature did not make the sun one person's property, nor air, nor water, cool and clear."
This story appears in the Mining feature series. View the full series.
March 21, 2017
GSR Today - In a scenario that plays out across the globe, Sr. Kathleen Melia was attacked outside her convent — violence some suspect was related to Columban sister's work with the Subaanen people in their battle against large-scale mining.