Caroljean (Cj) Willie is a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in sociology, a master's degree in reading and a Ph.D. in multicultural education. She has extensive experience working cross-culturally throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe. She served two terms of office as the NGO representative at the United Nations for the Sisters of Charity Federation prior to her current ministries as the program director for EarthConnection environmental center, sponsored by the Sisters of Charity.
Kathleen Duffy is a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. She is professor of physics at Chestnut Hill College, where she directs the Interdisciplinary Honors Program and the Institute for Religion and Science. She is editor of Teilhard Studies and the author of Teilhard’s Mysticism: Seeing the Inner Face of Evolution (Orbis Books, 2014).
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Sr. Elizabeth Tran Thi Quynh Giao is former provincial superior in Vietnam.
Catholic News Service
August 6, 2015
Sr. Mary Rose Atuu told Massgoers on a recent Sunday that she has "a lot of passion" for her religious vocation but challenged her listeners to remember that "we are all consecrated." The Little Sister of Mary Immaculate of Gulu spoke before a packed before a packed congregation at her own parish church, Immaculate Conception Church in Honolulu. The presentation by the African nun, who is a chaplain for St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii, was part of a "traveling exhibit" for the Catholic church's Year of Consecrated Life.
by GSR Staff
August 6, 2015
“The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.”
by Jan Cebula
August 6, 2015
GSR Today - Today, August 6, we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and on Nagasaki on August 9. It’s more than I can take in, really.
This story appears in the See for Yourself feature series. View the full series.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
August 6, 2015
See for Yourself - “You know it’s been such a struggle to visit my mom these past few months,” my friend Sally shares.” I come dutifully from New Jersey to Ohio every month for a weekend visit. While I love being with and seeing mom, I hate what the devastating Alzheimer’s disease is doing to her.”
This story appears in the LCWR feature series. View the full series.
by Betty D. Thompson
August 6, 2015
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) spent three years in private conversations with the bishop-delegates of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), which led to a joint final report in April 2015.\ Sister of Loretto Jeannine Gramick suffered more than a decade of Vatican investigation because of the ground-breaking, heroic ministry she co-founded. Comparing her experience with that of LCWR, Sister Jeannine states that she believes that LCWR “chose the path of secrecy and self-silencing” because they offer no details of their conversations about the CDF’s charges and because she believes the joint final report will constrain them.
Betty D. Thompson manages the online presence for Solidarity with Sisters, a DC-area lay group of companions with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and Catholic Sisters. Retired from the federal government, Betty is also involved with Pax Christi and other organizations. She and her husband are happy to live near their children and grandchildren.
Twitter handle: @SolidaritywSist
Website: solidaritywithsisters.weebly.com