See for Yourself - I couldn't even complain that it was a lecturer I'd never met. I couldn't hide behind the veil of unknowing. I couldn't even say that I had forgotten about the event. I planned it. I also knew the speaker personally and had enlisted him before.

"We know that we are the ones who are divided and we are the ones who must come back together to walk in the sacred way. . . ."

Three Stats and a Map - How far does your food travel to get to your plate? A new study by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture looks at the origins of foods and how far they are produced from consumers.

"If there is injustice, I cannot remain silent when alone in the midst of the majority."

It is that time of year again. I gratefully and quietly pick the sour pie-cherries from our trees. There is much time for reflection as I join with the rhythmic plucking of these small rosy treasures watered by snow melt and water from the Rio Grande and nurtured by the New Mexico sun.

Notes from the Field - Friendly competition can spur the best teambuilding. At Cristo Rey high school in Boston, Spirit Week is a high point of the year for a lot of our students.

Global Sisters Report has identified another of the 15 communities of U.S. Catholic sisters being asked to provide the Vatican with further clarification in the aftermath of a controversial investigation that concluded 18 months ago.

"I come from all over in many colors, in cultures too numerous to mention. I await your welcome, for you know the Christ, and I stand at your door."

An estimated 7.5 million Hindus came for a holy bath festival at the Kshipra River in Ujjain, some 520 miles south of New Delhi. The Catholic church set up a temporary dispensary to help the people at the festival, and 25 nuns from five religious orders worked there with 120 nurses and assistants for the week.

Presentation Sr. Corine Murray is the executive director of the Presentation Lantern Center in Dubuque, Iowa, which offers one-on-one tutoring in English to adult students from around the world. Murray, who has served as the center's director for 14 years, recalls learning about slavery and other "affronts to human dignity" as a child and credits her passion for history and Catholic social teaching in helping to form her conscience.