While it may come as a shock, humans are neither central nor supreme in the grand scheme of creation. Humans have a place among other beloved creatures of the same living God, and it’s more humble kinship than dominion. On Friday evening, St. Joseph Sr. Elizabeth Johnson, distinguished professor of theology at Fordham University, shared thoughts on the idea of such kinship with nature and described new ways to understand how humans fit into God’s work of creation during a well-attended talk at Mary House, a Catholic Worker house in New York’s East Village.

"Since all creation has its common source in God, a profound interdependence exists among all of creation. We are but a single part of a vast and interconnected community of creation in relationship to God and each part is valuable in itself. When we value the environment in this way we choose life for the environment and its creatures."

A liturgy group, working on native-language and culturally sensitive translations of key Catholic texts for 45 years, has set a model of a participatory church in Vietnam where clericalism remains rampant. The team, made up of priests, religious and unconsecrated laity, has published 370,000 Vietnamese copies of the Liturgy of the Hours, 66,000 copies of Mass readings and rites, and 3 million copies of the Bible.

GSR Today - A few years before a chain of catastrophes happened to people close to me, I read Patrick Henry's The Ironic Christian's Companion, one of the only spiritual books I've read that actually spoke to me and the blundering, stumbling, lost-in-the-dark kind of faith I have.

Like many people, I spend a lot of time on the Internet. Whether for my ministry at A Nun's Life or in my personal time, the Internet is a regular part of my life. I respond to emails, interact on social media, search for information, attend webinars, watch livestreaming events, listen to podcasts, and engage in other activities that connect me with people, information, and ideas. In the midst of doing these ordinary activities, I find that there's always room for the Holy Spirit to break in with an invitation to encounter God anew!

"Behold, I am making all things new!"

Who in their lives has not attended a school play? You know the scene. Metal chairs scraping the floor in the school gym. Students in the audience trying their best to behave, but unable to resist poking a neighbor or two. Proud parents anxiously awaiting their child's theatrical debut, hoping he or she will remember the lines and not be too nervous. Then, of course, there are the student actors, waiting behind the curtain with butterflies in their stomachs in anticipation of the big moment.

Three Stats and a Map - As the lens of the world continues to focus in on climate and environmental issues, thanks to awareness-raising events like the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris last year, sisters in Latin America are become acutely aware of one of the most pressing environmental issues for their region: mining.

Six years ago, the Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary were set to dissolve. The historically black congregation based in Harlem in New York City had a mean age of 81 and no new vocations. But then, in 2010, they had what the community's congregation minister, Sr. Gertrude Lilly Ihenacho, calls a "wake-up call."

"One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world."