Skip to main content

Global Sisters Report a project of National Catholic Reporter

Advertisement

Search
Global Sisters ReportGlobal Sisters Report
  • Free newsletters
  • Donate
Global Sisters Report
  • Menu
  • News
  • Columns
  • Q&As
  • Out of the Shadows
  • GSR in the Classroom
  • GSR EN ESPAÑOL
  • Free newsletters
  • Donate

Free Newsletters

Sign up now

Translate this page
  • Menu
  • News
  • Columns
  • Q&As
  • Out of the Shadows
  • GSR in the Classroom
  • GSR EN ESPAÑOL

Free Newsletters

Sign up now

GSR Mega-Menu

  • Publications
    • EarthBeat
      • Stories of climate, crisis, faith and action
    • National Catholic Reporter
      • The independent news source
    • GSR en español
      • Comunicación al servicio de la vida religiosa
    • About Global Sisters Report
  • Sections
    • News
    • Q&A
    • Arts and Media
    • Environment
    • Migration
    • Ministry
    • Religious Life
    • Social Justice
    • Spirituality
    • Trafficking
    • Horizons
  • Special Projects
    • Community News
    • GSR in the Classroom
    • GSR at 10 Years
    • Honoring Sisters Killed in Service
    • Hope Amid Turmoil: Sisters in Conflict Areas
    • Sustainable Development Goals
    • The Life
    • Witness & Grace Conversations
    • Special Series E-Books

This story appears in the Nuns on the Bus feature series. View the full series.

by Jan Cebula

View Author Profile

Join the Conversation

September 18, 2014
Share on BlueskyShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail to a friendPrint
Blog
  • Read more about Road work ahead

Nuns on the Bus Blog - Heading east on U.S. Highway 20 near Sac City, Iowa: As we travel along, seeing the corn and soy bean fields, farms, small towns, and larger ones rolling by, bumping along with the tires humming, I suppose it’s natural that road images start coming to mind. Journeys take us to unexpected places. At times it’s smooth sailing. We hit rough spots. Sometimes the road narrows or takes a detour. We may even get lost. Surprises can turn into unexpected joy.

This story appears in the LCWR feature series. View the full series.

by Dan Stockman

View Author Profile

dstockman@ncronline.org

Follow on Twitter at @danstockman

Join the Conversation

September 18, 2014
Share on BlueskyShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail to a friendPrint
News
  • Read more about Petitioners ask Francis to drop call for U.S. sisters’ reform

A coalition of progressive Catholic organizations has delivered nearly 18,000 petitions to Pope Francis, asking him to remove the orders for the largest leadership group of American women religious to reform. Nun Justice Project, a coalition of 15 progressive Catholic organizations in the United States, hand delivered more than 17,500 petitions to the pontiff via the Swiss Guard. Also in the package were Spanish translations of Sr. Elizabeth Johnson’s books, Consider Jesus and Quest for the Living God.

by Nancy Linenkugel

Contributor

View Author Profile

Join the Conversation

September 17, 2014
Share on BlueskyShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail to a friendPrint
Blog
  • Read more about A bad idea

See for Yourself - Some jokes get into your head and stay there. Of course, we all know persons who say, “I’m terrible at telling jokes. I can’t remember the punch line. When I do tell a joke, it’s not funny.” I’ve never been that person. Some jokes just stay with me and emerge at the worst times. Take yesterday, for example.

This story appears in the Nuns on the Bus feature series. View the full series.

by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins

View Author Profile

daraujo@ncronline.org

Follow on Twitter at @dawn_cherie

Join the Conversation

September 17, 2014
Share on BlueskyShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail to a friendPrint
Blog
  • Read more about We're in Des Moines!

Nuns on the Bus Blog - Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell, executive director of NETWORK, kicked off the third Nuns on the Bus tour this morning at the Iowa State Capitol, with her team and guest speaker, Vice President Joe Biden. Titled “We the People, We the Voters,” this year’s bus tour focuses on civic engagement and voter registration in 36 cities. Global Sisters Report had live tweets and updates throughout. Now, our U.S. sisters liaison, Franciscan Sr. Jan Cebula, will be blogging daily from the Iowa leg of the tour, so be sure to check back for her updates from the road.

by GSR Staff

View Author Profile

Join the Conversation

September 17, 2014
Share on BlueskyShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail to a friendPrint
Blog
  • Read more about September 17, 2014

"The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more."

This story appears in the Nuns on the Bus feature series. View the full series.

by Jan Cebula

View Author Profile

Join the Conversation

September 17, 2014
Share on BlueskyShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail to a friendPrint
Blog
  • Read more about We’re all in this together

Nuns on the Bus Blog - Last night the sisters boarding Nuns on the Bus gathered for our orientation, in preparation for the kick off rally today. Ten of us from six different communities of women religious in Iowa greeted old friends and met new ones. Whenever sisters gather there is an immediate bond. We’re all in this together. 

This story appears in the Nuns on the Bus feature series. View the full series.

by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins

View Author Profile

daraujo@ncronline.org

Follow on Twitter at @dawn_cherie

Join the Conversation

September 17, 2014
Share on BlueskyShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail to a friendPrint
News
  • Read more about Nuns on the Bus kick-off: Voting is like having job interviews for politicians

On the first warm and sunny Iowa day in about a week, somewhere around 300 people came to the steps of the State Capitol to hear from the executive director of  NETWORK Sr. Simone Campbell about her vision for democracy and 100 percent civic engagement. "Friends don't let friends vote alone," the Sister of Social Service said to a cheering crowd. (Includes video.)
Follow the Nuns on the Bus Blog; new Thursday: Vote People First!

 

by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins

View Author Profile

daraujo@ncronline.org

Follow on Twitter at @dawn_cherie

Join the Conversation

September 17, 2014
Share on BlueskyShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail to a friendPrint
Blog
  • Read more about Literacy is growing worldwide

Three stats and a map - In 1990, only 76 percent of the world’s adults could read and write. But with concerted efforts, global literacy has been on the upward swing. In 2013, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics published its literacy projections for 2015 based on data from 151 countries in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

by GSR Staff

View Author Profile

Join the Conversation

September 16, 2014
Share on BlueskyShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail to a friendPrint
Blog
  • Read more about September 16, 2014

". . . .The more unpropitious the situation in which we demonstrate hope, the deeper the hope is. . . ."

This story appears in the Nuns on the Bus feature series. View the full series.

by GSR Staff

View Author Profile

Join the Conversation

September 16, 2014
Share on BlueskyShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail to a friendPrint
Blog
  • Read more about Global Sisters Report gets on the road with Nuns on the Bus

GSR is traveling to Des Moines, Iowa, today to be ready for the kick-off rally of NETWORK's Nuns on the Bus "We the People, We the Voters" 5,252-mile tour through 10 states to rally and register voters in advance of the Nov. 4 midterm elections. We'll be blogging daily from the road.

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹ Previous
  • …
  • Page 589
  • Page 590
  • Page 591
  • Page 592
  • Current page 593
  • Page 594
  • Page 595
  • Page 596
  • Page 597
  • …
  • Next page Next ›
  • Last page Last »

GSR Footer Menu (Left)

  • GSR Sections
    • News
    • Q&A
    • Environment
    • Migration
    • Ministry
    • Religious Life
    • Social Justice
    • Spirituality
    • Trafficking

GSR Footer Menu (Right)

  • Explore More
    • GSR In The Classroom
    • The Life
    • Resources
  • GSR
    • About Global Sisters Report
    • Our Mission
    • Why Sisters?
    • How to write for Global Sisters Report
    • Instructions on how to film Wisdom videos
    • Job Opportunities
  • Ways to Give
    • Donate
    • Donor Tributes to Sisters
  • Get Connected
    • Contact Us
    • Sign Up For GSR Emails
    • Community News
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Advertise

Global Sisters Report

Follow

  • Bluesky
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
Advertising Guidelines / Web User Guidelines / Site Map