"The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too."

Three Stats and a Map - Last week, environmental activist Berta Caceres was killed in what has been identified as a politically motivated murder. Caceres gained international attention for her work to prevent the construction of a hydroelectric dam in Honduras that would have destroyed the homeland of several Lenca people.

Catholic women religious are on the front lines of immigration issues in the United States. Global Sisters Report held a video roundtable discussion with seven sisters who are working with families, advocating policy changes, raising awareness and helping "to change the issue from a legal issue to really a faith and moral issue."

A dozen women from around the world shared compelling and sometimes harrowing stories of their struggles for peace, education and equality during a Vatican event on International Women's Day, with some calling for better representation and women's leadership at the highest levels of the Catholic church. The event, organized as an opportunity for women to share their voices from the center of the church bureaucracy, was careful to skirt the issue of women's governance in the Catholic community, choosing to speak instead of women's capabilities to share leadership.

GSR Today - Here we highlight the ministry and mission of Catholic women religious every day, but as part of our coverage of National Catholic Sisters Week, we're focusing on four women who are on their journey to religious life. Please read their stories and share with others who may be considering such a path.

St. Joseph of Carondelet Sr. Mary Madonna Ashton is a 2016 National Women's History Project honoree, among other women who are being honored for their work in public service and government. Ashton was Minnesota's state commissioner of health for eight years during the time the department took on the tobacco industry, starting a nationwide trend.

"Women and girls are critical to finding sustainable solutions to the challenges of poverty, inequality and the recovery of the communities hardest hit by conflicts, disasters and displacements."

GSR Today - It has been said that terrorists are cowards: Without the courage to face armed soldiers in actual battle, they instead target unarmed civilians, and a "victory" is spreading fear and paranoia.

"It sounded like a voice in my head was saying, 'You need to go back to the convent.'" To celebrate National Catholic Sisters Week, which runs March 8-14, GSR is exploring the vocations of four women discerning their call.

"Not only has she found true happiness in her vocation, but we have been drawn into the life and spirituality of the Daughters of Charity." In honor of National Catholic Sisters Week, which runs March 8-14, GSR follows the stories of four women in the formation process.