The following is the second of a two-post series on personal perspectives on Immigration Reform (to read Part 1, click...
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Immigration Reform: Personal Perspectives – Part 1
Immigration reform in the United States is the topic of many conversations, especially so with the upcoming...
Inter-Mission: Springtime of body and soul
In her latest reflection for the NCR series Global Sisters Report "Inter-Mission: Springtime of body and soul" Janet...
How do you Sisters do it!
When one looks at what dedicated women religious have done in health care, educationand in general, going to the peripheries” the question naturally arises. So just how do sisters keep writing “new chapters” in their lives?
Global Sisters Report features Carol Keehan, DC
Global Sisters Report features Carol Keehan, DC on Hait and meetings with Pope Francis
“…standing among 20 “young nuns” “
These women have risked a joyful “yes” to a road not often traveled.
Tracy Kemme SC reflects on “Thin places”
Tracy Kemme SC reflects on “Thin places” – The Celtic saints spoke of “thin places.”
Final report on US Nuns affirmative and realistic
Final report on US Nuns affirmative and realistic – The full text of the report of the Apostolic visitation
Vincentian Family at the top of the world
Vincentian Family at the top of the world – Global Sisters Report (online) has prepared and posted an in-depth article about Sister Fay Trombley, SCIC and the people of Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.
Sharing the ‘yeses’ of religious life
During this National Vocation Awareness Week, I’d have to say that I grew up rather “vocationally unaware,” as, unfortunately, do many Catholics. Although my practicing Catholic parents lovingly brought me up in the faith, and although I attended 16 years of Catholic school, I didn’t deem religious life a viable option until my 20s. Sure, we covered the “Vocations” unit in various religion classes, but there were few experiences that encouraged me to consider that my vocation really could be something besides marriage.
I was a stranger and you welcomed me…
I was a stranger and you welcomed me by Janet Gildea. A story with many levels of meaning… two Sisters of Charity from different Congregations, the hospitality of of the New Jersey Sisters of Charity for a teacher and human rights activist in Sudan …
Sister of Charity – “New generations of Catholic Sisters”
Patricia Wittberg, a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati and professor of sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University, is one of the co-authors of New Generations of Catholic Sisters: The Challenge of Diversity.
