Sr. Judith Gomila made a foray into podcasting with college students, and despite being from different generations, they connected deeply, learning from one another while technicians tinkered with equipment.
"They acted on their wits; I am just so full of admiration for them. They knew what was ahead: arrest, torture and deportation, execution. The risks were enormous," said Clodagh Finn, author of The Irish in the Resistance.
GSR celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2024 by bringing to readers updated versions of some of its first reported stories in 2014, as well as two powerful series, "Welcoming the Stranger" and "Evolving Religious Life."
GSR Today - Often, after a sister publishes a column, columns editor Sr. Helga Leija receives emails from readers who are deeply moved by the messages. Here, she shares a particularly beautiful one.
For nearly two years, the Benedictine Abbey of Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes in Canada opened its doors to filmmaker Lessandro Sócrates, resulting in the documentary "De l'autre côté" ("On the Other Side").
"My superiors were skeptical when I expressed my desire to study journalism, an unconventional choice within the convent walls," writes Sr. Adelaide Ndilu. "The fulfillment of my dream was worth the wait."
Jerome Bongiorno and Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, whose latest project focuses on Sts. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Frances Xavier Cabrini, see their own Catholic faith as a part of their mission as filmmakers.
In Ghana 20 Catholic sisters from 10 congregations gathered to receive media, communication and networking training, to enable them to tell and publish their own stories.
