Social Justice

Sisters' compassion home helps educate and heal children in Bangladesh

Jan 16, 2020

Snehanir is a community where children, some with disabilities or from poor families, live together, help each other, study, and prepare to support themselves. The Catechist Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Angels have run the center since 1992 in this Muslim-majority country, and they currently care for 39 children and youths who are Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist.

Students at the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary's training school in Chipapa, Zambia, take their national exams in catering in November 2018. (GSR photo / Joyce Meyer)

Holy Rosary Sisters' social entrepreneurship thrives in rural Zambia

by Joyce Meyer

Jan 13, 2020

GSR Today - The Holy Rosary Sisters wanted to help remote communities of Zambia discover their potential for development. Chipapa was a neglected region, so it fit their mission perfectly.

Guadalupe Lara in her home in Guadalajara, Mexico, with a copy of her memoir. A framed photograph of the historic Arcediano Bridge, which was destroyed during dam construction, rests at her side. (Tracy L. Barnett)

Defending her village, consecrated woman lost everything but stopped a dam

by Tracy L. Barnett

Jan 7, 2020

Though the dam that would have flooded it was canceled, the village of Arcediano was still razed. More than 15 years later, Guadalupe Lara continues to fight for others in Mexico who face a similar fate.

Column | From Where I Stand

Be you either hot or cold: Jesus' words, not mine

by Joan Chittister

Jan 1, 2020

From Where I Stand: Moderation won't do it. What we need now is Christian extremism, the idea that there are some things that cannot be tolerated in life, that there is something we can do to resolve these logjams if we really want to do it.

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Sisters' compassion home helps educate and heal children in Bangladesh

Holy Rosary Sisters' social entrepreneurship thrives in rural Zambia

Defending her village, consecrated woman lost everything but stopped a dam

Be you either hot or cold: Jesus' words, not mine

Hammering swords into plowshares: a New Year's challenge

Sisters aid in rescue of flood victims in eastern Africa

Amplifying the color of hope in El Salvador

Africa Faith and Justice Network advocates for child rights in Nigeria

In the deserts of the border, an exodus of today

Sr. Dorothy Stang, martyred American nun, remembered at Amazon synod

Disavowal: Some promises should not be forever

Q & A with Tom Stang, brother of Sr. Dorothy Stang

Memories of Guatemala, a place one needs to see to know

Let not fear hinder us from walking with the Lord and our people

Advocates for poor expect new SNAP rule will boost hunger nationwide

To Speak the Truth in Love: 'I included the ordination of women in my greeting. And I want it included'

To Speak the Truth in Love: 'To me Theresa Kane was, and is to this day, a sign of hope'

Shareholder advocates alarmed that SEC proposal would limit their voice

Q & A with Sr. Rosita Gomes, 88, working with those on India's periphery

I'd be skeptical if I were you

Q & A with Sr. Susan Mika, pushing McDonald's to remove antibiotics from its beef

Ghana sister rescues disabled children viewed as bad omens in their villages

Francis' biggest reform is to shift church from Eurocentric to universal

Sister signals concern about loss of shareholder power

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