GSR Today - National Catholic Reporter has been reporting on Amoris Laetitia and gathering responses from a wide variety of people. We're linking to that coverage for you.

GSR Today - The ministries of sisters in Vietnam extend to the most remote areas of jungles and mountains, some of which I visited in December. Some of the "outsiders" to whom the sisters minister are children and elders who have disabilities because there are few government institutions providing for them.

Comboni Missionary Sr. Inmaculada Cuesta has ambitious plans for the diocese she ministers to in Richmond, Virginia, helping launch programs that include outreach training and digital pastoral courses. She is the coordinator for the Association of Hispanic Women Religious and looking ahead to problems the community can address at the V Encuentro.

"I stand poking out to proclaim, 'Hopes of Spring!'"

Everything speaks to me of springtime and resurrection! I put out two hummingbird feeders just before Easter in hopes that they would be returning soon. It was still early but I thought just maybe I could coax them back again. Last week I heard the first arrivals, and now all five feeders are active.

Many of Tanzania's formators, the sisters who are responsible for shaping the next generation of sisters, lack a high school diploma. And they will be the first ones to tell you that it's a problem.

GSR Today - Not that long ago, it seemed the entire world was worried about genocide in Sudan. There was outrage, and celebrities took up the cause. But like a pestilence, death continues to haunt the people there.

“A human being is a vessel that God has built for himself and filled with his inspiration so that his works are perfected in it.”

From A Nun's Life podcasts - What's the connection between prayer and freedom?

We live in a world crying out for the joy, hope and peace of Easter. It is a world challenged by what Pope Francis has called the "spiritual and moral abysses" facing humankind. We cannot ignore this reality.