by Christian E. Ruehling
Notes from the Field - The community of Dilla, Ethiopia, and its Mass celebrations at Mary Help of Christians Church, helped me understand what it truly means to celebrate the passion and death of the Lord.
by GSR Staff
"A puddle frozen shows the rhythm of life frozen in time."
by Rose Achiego
Contributor
"Our charism calls every Sister of Mary to be a great teacher and healer, and I find there is quite a bit of teaching and healing in global social communication," says Sr. Mary Agnes Lucy Lando, a Sister of Mary of Kakamega.
by GSR Staff
"O Sacred Presence, awaken in us an awareness of your abiding love."
Eilís Coe is a Dubliner, born in Clondalkin in 1942. She entered the Sisters of Charity in Dublin in 1961. After her novitiate, she trained as a primary school teacher and taught in Dublin for eight years, during which time she completed a bachelor's degree in Irish and English language and literature and a Higher Diploma in Education at UCD.In 1974, Eilís was missioned to Zambia, where she taught English language and literature and religious education in secondary schools. She also taught in Botswana from 1994 to 1996.
by GSR Staff
Editor's note: Global Sisters Report recently held a discussion with Sr. Pat Murray, IBVM, executive secretary of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG); Sr. Mary Pellegrino, CSJ, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious; and Sr. Joan-Marie Steadman, CSC, executive director of the LCWR, on topics related to the global sisterhood and the outlook for 2017 and beyond. Below is an edited transcript of that conversation. A shorter, edited transcript is available here.
by GSR Staff
Global Sisters Report recently held a discussion with Sr. Pat Murray, executive secretary of the International Union of Superiors General; Sr. Mary Pellegrino, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious; and Sr. Joan-Marie Steadman, LCWR executive director, on topics related to the global sisterhood.
by Huguette Ostiguy
Contributor
We live in Mzimba, a small town in a large rural area of Malawi where our neighbors struggle every day with poverty and lack of food due to poor soil and a long and dry, hot season. Last year, our small community of sisters wondered what we could do to help ourselves and our neighbors accomplish zero hunger, one of the United Nations sustainable development goals. Challenged to consider what actions here could help end hunger and poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all, we looked to our community garden and thought about shade.
by Lissy Maruthanakuzhy
When Rose Kayathinkara, a Medical Mission nun, first came to Chiramdare, Jengsang's village, 32 years ago, he and more than 500 families lived in one-room bamboo huts. "We used to struggle even for one meal a day," he said. That was before Kayathinkara, who is popularly known as Sister Rose, introduced rubber cultivation to them. Today, concrete bungalows dot the village that sits on the slope of a mountain in the East Garo Hills of Meghalaya in northeastern India, and people are able to be free from moneylenders.
by GSR Staff
"O God of the Universe, you continually astound us with the wonders of creation."
