"It is a symbol of love that protects and saves. It is the mother who sees her children suffering and suffers with them, even with those who do not love her. For she wants to save them all and not to lose any of those the Lord has entrusted to her. Her heart is a safe refuge."

GSR Today - Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto have a gorgeous new residence designed by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects that takes advantage of its natural setting; students at St. Joseph Catholic Academy in Kenosha, Wisc., learn meditation; and other stories from around the non-NCR news this week.

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From A Nun's Life podcasts - Award-winning filmmaker Mary Fishman talks about her documentary "Band of Sisters" and the inspiration for the film’s focus on social justice.

Kenyan Sr. Anne Kiragu, a Daughter of St. Paul, works in South Sudan, in part for the Juba Catholic Archdiocese's Bakhita Radio station and running the Pauline Book and Media Center, and also with the people who live in a war-torn country slowly regaining some stability.

Contemplative possibilities are everywhere; contemplation is not passivity. "God, teach us to pray, teach us to contemplate in and out of the office, in the light and in the dark, in the work and in the relationships, in the large world and in the cozy spaces. Give us that sunlit chair wherever we are."

"They are wounds in a world that is our world, the place where God put us to live today and where he calls us to be responsible for our brothers and sisters so that no one's human dignity is violated."

If individuals and nations are serious about protecting human rights and promoting peace, they must do much more to curb the global arms trade and assist immigrants, Pope Francis told seven new ambassadors to the Vatican.

Sinking cities - In April, Dutch geologist Dr. Gilles Erkens presented his research on sinking cities to the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union. Sinking ground – known formally as land subsidence – is a phenomenon in coastal cities worldwide, and it compounds the threat these cities already face from climate-induced rising sea-levels.