by Sheryl Frances Chen
Contributor
A woman who has made a retreat at Tautra Mariakloster many times brought her Bible study group for a weekend retreat. She asked me talk to them about our monastic life. One question took me by surprise: How has my relationship with Jesus changed before and after I entered the monastery?
The collective history of thousands of people, who happen to be women religious, is definitely a valid field of study, especially since sisters have been such a stable demographic over time.
by GSR Staff
"Our bodies are united. We are one; together in the grief, pain and trauma. No one suffers alone. We hurt together; we are frustrated and disturbed together."
by Christine Schenk
To say I was thrilled when the Vatican upgraded the celebration of St. Mary of Magdala to a feast on par with those of the other apostles doesn't nearly begin to cover it.
What does it mean to be a global citizen? Women religious and others grappled with that question during a recent United Nations conference in South Korea on education and global citizenship.
by Joyce Meyer
International Liaison, Global Sisters Report
GSR Today - As a guest, I represented Global Sisters Report at the Union of Superiors General assembly in Rome; it was mind and heart expanding to be in the company of 900 sister leaders from around the world.
George Rodriguez is a freelance correspondent based in Costa Rica. He's been a correspondent for several international news agencies — Reuters, Inter Press Service (IPS), Agencia Mexicana de Noticias (Notimex) — and has contributed with other media. His beat has been mostly South and Central America, having done intensive coverage of repression under past dictatorships and of internal wars. He has also done work in Europe and West Africa.
by Georgia Perry
The program offers children of prison inmates the opportunity to travel to visit their parents for Mother's and Father's Day. One inmate said he looks forward to the visit every year. "It keeps me positive."
by Maxine Kollasch
Contributor
When you think of places to pray, what comes first to mind? Maybe your parish church or a quiet place in the park. Maybe a prayer space at home. In the 21st century, the internet has increasingly become a place of prayer.
by Saji Thomas
Contributor
The third part of our series about trash management, landfills and the involvement of sisters: It is mostly women who eke out a living by sorting and reselling scrap materials from India's streets and landfills. The Jan Vikas Society labors among 10,000 people living in 35 of the 559 officially recognized shantytowns of Indore and was started by Divine Word Fr. George Payattikattu in 2001. He later included women religious in the work to elevate the waste pickers' confidence, skills and literacy, which has resulted in higher earnings and other improvements.
