GSR Today - At a recent convening of sisters in Zambia, I was overwhelmed by a sense of awe and excitement about the evolution of religious life and its significant service worldwide over the past 25 years.
The Life - This month, we ask our panelists: "When we stop doing, we ask ourselves, who are we? When you are not working in your ministry, who are you?"
At their annual CLAR leadership gathering, this year held in Honduras, Latin American men and women religious reflected on their role as a synodal church amid political instability, persecution and economic inequality.
From A Nun's Life podcasts – Listeners frequently ask "A Nun's Life" about vocations — calls to religious life, or married life or even parenthood. In this clip, sisters weigh in.
From A Nun's Life podcasts – Srs. Jill Underdahl and Cathy Steffens of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in St. Paul, Minnesota. discuss what they consider the best part of religious life.
"Vietnamese sisters are active in their ministries and charitable work and overloaded with their work so they have little sabbatical," one sister said.
From A Nun's Life podcasts - Religious life on film inspires a listener. She wants her life to be a gift to God, but she's "anti-dogmatic about virtually all forms of religion." She asks the sisters for help.
From A Nun's Life podcasts - Why does Sr. Julie Vieira, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, have such a bond with Benedictine St. Scholastica?