by Kathryn James Hermes
Contributor
One recent Saturday afternoon I made a quick trip to a drugstore, squeezing it in between a couple projects I had planned for the afternoon. It was a November day, and the cold misty rain had a welcome freshness about it.
Adrian Dominican Sr. Nancyann Turner is the children's program manager at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit, where her clients barely have enough to survive on, let alone buy expensive Christmas gifts — or in some cases, any gifts at all.
Despite the imposing proximity of the wall separating Bethlehem from Israel, the Caritas Baby Hospital is a point of light for thousands of patients each year. Within its airy corridors, the staff, including the Franciscan Elizabethan Sisters of Padua, annually cares for more than 40,000 children, newborn to age 14, from all over the West Bank and Gaza — and offers respite for their mothers.
by GSR Staff
"O God of Quiet, come! Whisper in our waiting hearts what you ask of us."
by Larretta Rivera-Williams
Contributor
On the fourth Sunday of Advent, Benedictine Fr. Christopher Kirchnessnerr reminded us at Mass that it is "our responsibility to bring the excitement of our loving God into this hurting world!" This message was timely, especially since my mind had been pondering the devastations of the world.
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.
