by GSR Staff
February 23, 2017
"What to do when the house is broken and there seems no way to mend? Can we stand together and make a home for all?"
by GSR Staff
February 22, 2017
"It is a constant challenge to be open and not give up, believing that each person is trying to speak her own truth in love, practising forgiveness, trusting that the other does not mean any harm."
Katie Delaney is a writer, educator, and yoga + green smoothie enthusiast. After graduating from Franklin and Marshall College with a bachelor's degree in English literature in 2012, Katie spent four years working with aspiring first-generation college students across a number of organizations (and states): Lasallian Volunteers in Racine, Wisconsin; F&M College Prep in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and the Y-Scholars Program in Berkeley, California. She graduated from Saint Mary's College of California's Master in Leadership program in May 2016 and decided to embark on her first internationa
February 21, 2017
Candida Bellotti, Italy's oldest native-born nun, celebrated her 110th birthday Feb. 20: "Love, love and keep on loving. With joy!" Bellotti said as she marked the big milestone at the convent where she lives in the Tuscan town of Lucca.
by George Rodriguez
Contributor
February 21, 2017
Sr. Alexandra Vega, a member of the Congregation of the Religious of Our Lady of Sion in Costa Rica, has a powerful view of the Bible and of life: They go together.
by Winifred Ojo
Contributor
February 21, 2017
At the 2015 chapter meeting for the Sisters of St. Louis, which was founded in France, the sisters elected the majority of their leaders from the Global South, including Sr. Winifred Ojo. This congregation is working on the geographical and cultural shift in religious life.
by GSR Staff
February 21, 2017
"When foreigners live with you in your land, do not mistreat them. You shall treat the foreigner who lives with you no differently than the citizens born among you; you shall love them as yourself; for you too were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I, the Lord, am your God."
Kenyan Sr. Caroline Mjomba is the East African provincial superior of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood, founded in 1885 in South Africa. The Province, with 147 professed members, is comprised of Kenya, Tanzania and the Nuba Mountains, Sudan.
Before serving as provincial superior, Mjomba worked as a novice directress for 12 years and as a secondary school teacher.
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by Teresa Anyabuike
Contributor
February 20, 2017
Column - What a change in their surroundings — and their attitudes. Before, some of them thoughtlessly threw refuse about. Now these members of Young Catholic Students of Nigeria are happy to take positive action for their environment.
February 20, 2017
GSR Today - One thing that is certain about the presidency of Donald Trump: It has caused millions of people to find a new voice in protest. And among them are women religious. Let's be clear: Sisters have always had a voice — and a powerful one — and they've never been afraid to use it.