Adrian Dominican Sr. Elise García tells GSR that she is used to finding herself between two worlds. At 69, she has only been in religious life for 14 years, so she identifies with both sisters her own age, and millennial sisters still relatively new to religious life. "I'm very much a bridge," the LCWR president-elect says.

"He who calls you is faithful." The trusty clock radio's alarm goes off and a new day gets underway that is ready to receive your best efforts, your best thinking and your best self.

Summer affords precious time for ethnic students in Vietnam's Central Highlands to prepare for the coming academic year with the help of several communities of women religious. The students take courses in such subjects as math, English, Vietnamese and music.

From A Nun's Life podcasts - In this Random Nun Clip, sisters field questions from a listener who is wrestling with conflicting feelings about religious life; they offer him a way forward, and also discuss whether God communicates to us in dreams.

Horizons - For people who live within 100 miles of the U.S./Mexico border, the surveillance, having your photo taken every time you cross, seeing Border Patrol vehicles everywhere, passing through checkpoints and having to announce your citizenship — this is part of daily life.

For half a century, thousands of missionaries, sisters, brothers, priests, educators and lay church members have sought education and renewal through annual programs at the Maryknoll Mission Institute.

Despair only lets the darkness win. God, the Light, is ever present in our world. If we really look, we will find that Light, the rainbow of events that reflect God's goodness.

For over 16 years I have worked on a campaign for shelter rights for the urban poor of Patna. After we had worked so long to get the administration and government of India to listen to the pleas of people on the periphery, an opportune time finally arrived. 

Sr. Redemptor Ikonga a plants an average of 10 trees every day. She and the sisters of her congregation began to work toward the need for environmental sustainability because they believe care of the environment is inherently connected to the care of the poor.