Horizons - For those of us who have consecrated our lives to the Lord, discernment is a mystical exercise where human freedom meets the divine will. Abraham's experience gives us insight into learning to obey with love.
The African Conference for Catholic Sisters in Canon and Civil Law acknowledged that for safeguarding to be inherent in sisters' everyday life, it must be woven into formation and nurtured throughout their vocation.
Global Sisters Report is looking for panelists for the 2026-27 edition of The Life, starting in November. If you're interested in writing on your experiences in religious life, we would love to hear from you.
LCWR closed its 70th anniversary assembly with a leadership transition, prayer and celebration after four days centered on synodality and deep listening.
"The call we hear is not for ourselves alone. Religious life has never existed for its own sake. It exists for the transformation of the world," said Vicky Larson, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, at the annual assembly held Aug. 11-14 in Orlando.
"For with your vitality, your witness of a life centered on Jesus, you can contribute to waking up the world," the pope told the 1,300 leaders of US Catholic sisters at their annual assembly.
Thousands of Catholics from across Northern Colorado gathered Aug. 2 at Denver's Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception to venerate first-class relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and seek her intercession.
"Diversity is not an obstacle to mission or community life. It is a privileged place where God teaches us how to build community," writes Flying in V Formation about embracing cultural differences.
