International Union of Superiors General (UISG) is a worldwide, canonically approved organization of superiors general of institutes of Catholic women religious. UISG and the Union of Superior Generals (men) also share a website Vidimus Dominum.
Talitha Kum is an international network of women religious against human trafficking. Its goals include prevention, protection and assistance, awareness raising and denouncement of human trafficking.
Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) is comprised of the national associations of women religious from nine African nations: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Republic of Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan and Zambia.
April 23, 2014
From a Nun's Life podcasts - Maryknoll Sr. Bernadette Lynch ministered for many years in Peru, El Salvador and Guatemala and has worked with families affected by HIV/AIDS. She is also the subject of the classic vocations book, Bernie Becomes a Nun (1956).
April 23, 2014
It's a simple story. Some would say “simplistic.” But it didn't feel like that to me the night it happened. I arrived at my destination in Australia on the last flight of the day. The program wouldn't start until late the next afternoon so, travel worn as I was, I wasn't really worried about either the land travel to come or my lodgings. After all, the sisters who were hosting the workshop would meet me at the airport. I would be in bed somewhere within an hour.
April 23, 2014
In a country effectively at war, incongruities about matters of peace and war are revealing. Just days before the beginning of Holy Week, I heard an anti-war song – let’s call it an anti-war ballad with rap-like energy – playing on loudspeakers in a courtyard at a Catholic radio station.
April 23, 2014
Healthcare in Vietnam is difficult to access, especially for the poor, but an interfaith clinic co-founded by Catholic sisters in Ho Chi Minh City helps meet the needs of people who otherwise struggle with the services provided by state-run hospitals.
Caroline Mbonu is a member of the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus. She has a doctorate from Graduate Theological Union and is currently a professor of New Testament in the Department of Religious and Cultural Studies at University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. An interdisciplinary scholar, she employs Scripture, African religious traditions and economics to seek insights into improving women’s participation in social processes.
Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ, is the Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University in New York City. Former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, the oldest and largest society of theologians in the world, she writes about the mystery of God, Christ, ecology, and issues of justice for women.
Sister Colleen Gibson is a Sister of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia who currently serves as Coordinator of Pastoral Care at St. John-St. Paul Catholic Collaborative in Wellesley, MA. An award-winning writer and speaker, she co-hosts the podcast "Beyond the Habit" (beyondthehabitpod.com).