Scripture for Life: As we come to the end of our Easter season, we can ask, "What have we learned? How have we changed? Has our faith in the resurrection of Christ given us courage and freed us from fear?"
The Migrant Ministry of the Catholic Parishes of Oak Park has provided assistance to thousands of migrants — and nearly all of the ministry's volunteers are senior citizens.
Everywhere I turned during the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, women from every corner of the world were sharing solutions to the world's challenges. And right there, at the center of it all, were sisters.
What would an anti-racist, equitable church look like? The first letter to the Corinthians (10:17) offers a vision: "Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf."
Horizons - During a mission in rural Media Naranja, in Argentina, a group of Catholic sisters, young and adult laypeople, families, and a consecrated laywoman shared 10 days of evangelization with families in the community.
Crafting a parable in which a woman is doing something exclusively reserved for male priests in the Holy of Holies of the Jerusalem Temple would have seemed totally unwarranted.