Global Sisters Report held a video roundtable discussion March 4 with seven sisters who are leaders on immigration issues. This is the full transcript of the 50-minute conversation.
Having completed a summer of study and retreat, I had received my new assignment on St. Dominic's feast day, to teach in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. One of our council members interrupted me on my way to the bus waiting to transport a number of us to the train station. She gently informed me that I would not be taking the train to Kingfisher, but to Mobile, Alabama. I knew little or nothing about either place, and I willingly accepted this last-minute change of plans.
See for Yourself - My friend lives in a larger city plagued by its share of societal problems, so I wasn't surprised when our conversation drifted to the topic of personal safety. Her work world and social world are both impacted greatly so this matter is on her mind.
Dominican Sr. Mary Le Thi Thao is executive director of The Friends For Street Children Association, which allows homeless and disadvantaged children to have access to education, helping to integrate them into society.
"Blessed are the women who join together with hearts and souls as one."
Elizabeth Fiorite has enjoyed being a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa for over 60 years. Her early years of ministry were as a teacher and principal in Catholic elementary schools. Her second career, after losing her sight, was as a social services counselor to others with vision loss which she did for 20 years until 2013. She lives with two other Dominican Sisters in Jacksonville, Florida, where they engage in peace and justice ministries.
As a young college teacher, I taught the four cardinal virtues with gusto, convinced — as were the ancients — that human beings could, by practicing certain acts, make them second nature. Why would Christians add mercy to the great foursome of prudence, temperance, justice and fortitude?
GSR Today - The gruesome murder of four Missionaries of Charity nuns, together with 12 other people in Aden, Yemen, by unnamed assailants only points to the fact that the world we call our own is fast becoming a dangerous place for us to live.
"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.