"My encounters with the realities of poor communities helped me understand that 'the poor are the true evangelizers' as they endure daily struggles with deep faith in a God who liberates," writes Sr. Maureen Catabian.
To make a pilgrimage is to surrender to a place until it changes you. Sister Thea understood this type of transformation. She knew that the work of racial justice could not be done from a distance.
Living in a war reality that shatters the illusion of comfort and safety, we still see much goodness: People share what little they have — blankets, candles, warm clothing, words of support.
We need to believe that together we are creating a collective transforming energy in our world. I find examples of this as people have responded to ICE raids. People have been acting as neighbors to one another.
As illegal mining spreads through abandoned shafts in South Africa, Catholic religious women risk their lives to rescue girls coerced into sex and early marriages in communities the state struggles to protect.
