In a country with limited social services, Catholic sisters frequently take up the work of caring for children with disabilities in Vietnam. Recent training from a non-governmental organization has helped the sisters alongside Buddhist nuns and volunteers who care for children in Hue Province, about 325 in all.
As President Donald Trump begins to roll out in rapid fire the many executive orders seeking to overturn decisions not only of the Obama Administration but programs and policies that have been in place for decades, I find myself seeking to understand the larger picture.
Mount Tabor Benedictine Sr. Mary Going is an attorney at the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky in Prestonsburg. These days, she is handling loads of disability cases, which are indicative of an ongoing crisis in eastern Kentucky.
by GSR Staff
"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
"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
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
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
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
"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."
