Despite intense bombing and severe food shortages, several Carmelite nuns are refusing to abandon the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo and have appealed for urgent aid. "How can we abandon these people in their suffering? Our presence is important for them."
From Where I Stand - Of all the election cycles I've ever been through, this one has be the strangest of them all. The old ones rested on policy differences. But not this time. This time the national concerns are more about who's temperamentally balanced and who isn't; who's honest and who isn't; who's likeable and who isn't; who's competent and who isn't.
by Catholic News Service
More than 5,600 U.S. religious sisters have signed a letter asking for civil discourse in the presidential campaign. The letter was to be sent Aug. 8 to the candidates of the Democratic, Republican, Green and Libertarian parties as well as their vice presidential running mates and the chairs of their respective parties.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
See for Yourself - After reading a similar book with my neice, I wondered what an ABC book about religious life would contain. August is the traditional time of commitments in my order, so now is an opportunity to share my heartfelt list.
Catherine Nerney, a Sister of St. Joseph of Philadelphia, is a systematic theologian, teaching at Chestnut Hill College, where she also serves as director of the college's Institute for Forgiveness and Reconciliation. The Institute's goal to help heal divisions wherever they exist includes the overcoming of separations promoted by religious intolerance.
by GSR Staff
"Human dignity has become a commodity. Where there is no love, all hell literally breaks loose because without love, no one cares whether we live or die."
A few weeks ago I saw my first "Back to School" flier of the season. In the past several years, such fliers stirred up emotions of stress and panic for me, along with excitement. As a teacher, back to school sales served as glaring reminders that I had a lot to do.
University of Georgia history professor Diane Batts Morrow has been studying the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first congregation of black Catholic sisters in the United States, since she was doctoral student in the late 1990s. In 2002, Morrow published a book about the Oblate sisters in the antebellum United States, and she is currently working on a second volume.
When members of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious convene in Atlanta next week, they will discuss a familiar topic: the future of religious life. In discussions, they will use contemplative dialogue, a process through which people in a conversation intentionally set aside their biases in order to listen to others and to what others trigger emotionally in themselves. LCWR's 2016 assembly is Aug. 9-13 under the theme "Embracing the Mystery: Living Transformation."
From A Nun's Life podcasts - In this LOL Random Nun Clip, the nuns discern Sister Julie's call to become an astronaut #DiscernmentDemo.
