November 24, 2014
From A Nun's Life podcasts - In this LOL Nun Outtake, we talk about an "innovative" concept for resolving conflict: dragging people to Jesus in prayer.
This story appears in the Making Peace feature series. View the full series.
November 24, 2014
Educational training and hands-on therapy are tools to help returning child soldiers in northern Uganda rebuild their lives. One group of Sacred Heart of Jesus sisters adapted programs at St. Monica Girls Tailoring School to accommodate the waves of female soldiers returning from the bush with children from Kony’s soldiers, incorporating therapy into vocational training, to equip the girls with tools for economic and emotional independence.
Related - African tradition blends with religion to illuminate path to forgiveness
by GSR Staff
November 24, 2014
" . . . those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood."
by GSR Staff
November 21, 2014
"What if we were willing to shift our hold on our individual truth so as to affirm the emerging truth of the whole?"
This story appears in the Sisters Making Mainstream Headlines feature series. View the full series.
November 21, 2014
GSR Today - Just try to resist reading a story under this headline: “Golf cart nun to retire at 93.” I couldn’t do it this week. So read on.
November 21, 2014
Truly, the deeper I got into it, the more discernment felt like dating. I had to pay attention to what felt attractive and comfortable. I’d track what caused me to feel joy and peace. Did we like each other? Did we fit? Was there a spark between us? Was this a community I could imagine spending the rest of my life with?
Carol K. Coburn is a professor emerita of religious studies and director of the CSJ Heritage Center at Avila University. She is also a consultant for the Buchanan Initiative for Peace and Nonviolence at Avila University. Coburn has published and presented extensively on the topic of American Catholic sisters, including a co-author book with Martha Smith, CSJ, Spirited Lives: How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920.
November 21, 2014
From A Nun's Life podcasts - How is prayer a way for Carmelite nuns to reach out to the needs of the world?
This story appears in the See for Yourself feature series. View the full series.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
November 20, 2014
See for Yourself - On the day that I went with my friend, Brenda, to the antique show, she went in and out of every booth but I walked in the aisle between the booths. I had a notebook with me and had fun jotting down interesting items I saw being offered for sale. It was like reliving my childhood seeing items straight out of our homestead growing up and I intended to compare notes with my sister.
by Christine Schenk
November 20, 2014
Two priests, Redemptorist Fr. Tony Flannery and Fr. Gerry Bechard, and two laywomen, Deborah Rose-Milavec and me, talked about our experiences of working in various clergy-lay coalitions. (In case you were wondering, nuns are laity, and we're proud of it.) The room was packed for this presentation at the annual Call To Action conference on Nov. 8.