LCWR

NCR Podcast: In new book, LCWR revisits doctrinal assessment

Apr 27, 2018

In Conversation - Immaculate Heart of Mary Sr. Annmarie Sanders of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and Betty Thompson of Solidarity with Sisters discuss their new book, However Long the Night: Making Meaning in a Time of Crisis.

Grief is a gateway to grace, which can remake the world, LCWR president tells 2017 assembly

by Soli Salgado

Aug 11, 2017

LCWR 2017: It's high time for women religious to take ownership of the narrative that has dominated their vocation for the past half-century, said St. Joseph Sr. Mary Pellegrino. As president of the Leadership Conference for Women Religious, she made an emphatic call to almost 800 women religious Aug. 10 to begin shifting the focus from diminishment to communion. The address, which was both challenging and comforting, was part of LCWR's annual assembly, held Aug. 8-11 in Orlando.

Sister leaders to connect contemplation with real world at 2017 LCWR assembly

by Soli Salgado

Aug 7, 2017

LCWR 2017 - As hundreds of sisters in leadership gather Aug. 8-11 in Orlando, Florida, planners are looking for the meeting to be a spiritual experience, not a business meeting. As in 2016, the conference format involves contemplative dialogue; current issues to discuss include being a countercultural presence in the world, restructuring the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, addressing loss, and shaping the evolution of religious life.

5,600-plus sisters call for civility in presidential race

by Catholic News Service

Aug 5, 2016

More than 5,600 U.S. religious sisters have signed a letter asking for civil discourse in the presidential campaign. The letter was to be sent Aug. 8 to the candidates of the Democratic, Republican, Green and Libertarian parties as well as their vice presidential running mates and the chairs of their respective parties.

NCR Podcast: In new book, LCWR revisits doctrinal assessment

Grief is a gateway to grace, which can remake the world, LCWR president tells 2017 assembly

Sister leaders to connect contemplation with real world at 2017 LCWR assembly

5,600-plus sisters call for civility in presidential race

LCWR interviews discuss transformational leadership in challenging times

Now what?

A case study review of LCWR-CDF encounter could benefit whole church

Apostolic visitation: Sisters learn from the starlings

Pope Francis acknowledges women religious as allies not adversaries

U.S. women religious look forward to annual assembly

Two ways to speak the truth in love

A case of secrecy and self-silencing

Uneasy alliance: A look back at American sisters and clerical authority

An open letter of gratitude to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in the United States

The Vatican, ‘feminism’ and U.S. women religious

Church needs more open dialogue, LCWR leader says

Exercising contemplative power with the Vatican

For U.S. sisters, ordinary Catholics made a way where there was no way

American nun group questions whether LCWR oversight is truly over

LCWR coverage recap

LCWR observers see a model for the wider church

LCWR leader: End of Vatican mandate result of growth in understanding

LCWR evaluates end of mandate

Editorial: Hierarchy's flaws persist despite collegial end to LCWR investigation

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