Christian theology has long been based on words. But are there other ways of understanding faith? Can music be one of them? Verbum Dei Sr. Maeve Heaney explores such questions in Suspended God: Music and a Theology of Doubt.
Ecuador is under the spotlight of the international press because of recent violence linked to drug trafficking. Sr. Maritza Rolón Cevallos talks to GSR about how she confronts this crisis through her prison ministry.
Sr. María Guadalupe Valdez Mora, a member of the Franciscans of Our Lady of Refuge, works with single mothers and their children to give them an education, counseling and a future.
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.