“The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.”

GSR Today - Despite severe genocide under the Pol Pot regime and the resulting political and economic fallout over the past few decades, there is an almost tangible optimism in Cambodia, which is why I love the report from Claire Schaeffer-Duffy we published last week about a Maryknoll sister ministering to sex-trafficking victims in Cambodia.

Analysis - When the Supreme Court on Monday issued a split decision narrowly backing the right of for-profit corporations to deny contraception coverage to their employees for religious reasons, many assumed that faith-based nonprofits would have it easy when their own cases eventually reach the high court.

Sr. Anne Flanagan, a Daughter of St. Paul from New Orleans, currently lives in Berkshire, England, where she is serving as editor of an upcoming web project for the U.K. Pauline sisters. In addition to providing media training for sisters and parishes, she posts regularly to her blog, aptly titled Nun Blog, and moderates a Theology of the Body Google+ community of almost 500 people.

"In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist has to be radically changed. . . ."

From NCRonline.org - The president of the U.S. bishops has praised Monday's Supreme Court ruling regarding coverage of contraceptive services in health care plans, claiming that "justice has prevailed."
Related - Supreme Court: Some companies exempt from contraception coverage

Contemplation takes many forms. What I have been drawn to for the past 30 years or so is contemplation born in a form of “empty mind,” a silence or stillness that invites you not to thinking, not imagining, just emptying.

Take another look - GSR is sharing this story on our homepage again. It's about a book by Sr. Maureen Moorhouse that recounts the 60 years of ministry her community, the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, did with people in Zimbabwe. They established remote schools and clinics during a time when the country was in transition and suffering from colonial attitudes of racism.

GSR Today - Over the next few two months the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland will introduce its visitors to the iconic pop art of the late civil rights and anti-war activist Corita Kent, also known as Sr. Mary Corita, one of the most popular American graphic artists of her time.