More than 200 nuns from around 100 congregations joined a blind walk through the streets of Bengaluru, India, as part of their campaign to promote eye donation and protect eyesight, especially among children and youth.
Eight Missionary Sisters of the Gospel, ages 79 to 98, live at Chêne de Mambré, a béguinage in Angers, France. Twenty-six residents ages 70 to 100, most of them laypeople, live there as well.
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Some 38 religious sisters emerged from two Missouri parishes where Sr. Rose Weidenbenner grew up. "These sisters have witnessed to me — and to all of us — how God's love and call leads us to be of service in many places," she writes.
"As younger women religious, we often find ourselves as minorities within our own communities: fewer in number, yet filled with the same passion and commitment of older generations," write Giving Voice members who attended LCWR 2024.
To keep the essence, the fire, of religious life ablaze, we have to live out the words of Luke's Gospel. We have to daily redefine for ourselves what it is that gives the impetus to launch out on an unknown journey.
On the eve of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, Sr. Nadieska Almeida from Cuba reflects on Mary's role as protector and source of hope for Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Mary has accompanied our history,’ she writes.