From working with rural communities in Nicaragua to directing campus ministry for U.S. students in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Sr. Laura Zelten's love for God drove her to put others first and draw them closer to Jesus.
Sr. Maria Rogalska, a Polish nun with the Ste. Famille Bordeaux community in Canada, attended a 10-day session on interculturality and received a blessing from Pope Francis.
"God's plans aren't known to us, but I can't imagine the church surviving without religious sisters, communities of women completely devoted to prayer and contemplation, work and service," said Mother Jolanta Olech.
Sr. Nuala Cotter called her career as a college professor "generally very happy, often quite funny and occasionally touching." She now serves as treasurer for the U.S. Province of the Religious of the Assumption.
"Ultimately, I want a church that is creative," says Josephite Sr. Sally Koch. "I just want us to not be afraid of what the Spirit is calling us to, and what truly creating as a church might look like."
Talitha Kum marks its 15th anniversary this year. The global network against human trafficking is initiating new programs and continuing others. Sr. Abby Avelino described these plans with Global Sisters Report.
Sr. Maria Luisa Silverio Cruz has been the coordinator of la Casa del Migrante El Samaritano for the past 5 years. She remains committed, at 51 years of age, to her struggle to support migrants.
"The faith of children and seeing them get to know Jesus and then become apostles within their own families are some of the most beautiful experiences I have had," said Laura Matthews, a consecrated woman of Regnum Christi.
Sr. Champa Adline Rozario said that "to work with youth, you have to think like them and understand them. Accept their weaknesses and strengths and work with them."