by John Freund, CM | Feb 4, 2024 | Church
Band of Sisters tells the story of Catholic nuns and their work for social justice after Vatican II of the 1960s. For Catholics who wonder what became of the nuns they knew in habits and convents many years ago, for activists who may feel profoundly discouraged given...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
If you want it done… ask a nun! These words were spoken years ago by Margaret Wheatley a valued and respected elder in her field of leadership and organizational change. As such a respected figure it means a great deal when she writes “The strongest women...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Final report on US Nuns affirmative and realistic – The full text of the report of the Apostolic visitation is here. The website for the Global Sisters Report will be providing further comments and reactions over the next few days LCWR president Sr. Sharon...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Nuns Working on the Margins What does it take? Pope Francis constantly reminds us of the peripheries. His latest example visiting Calabria, home to the Italian Mafia, offered may ways that this was reading out to those on the margins and confronting in justice. US...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 9, 2013 | News
Zenit.org reports – A group of contemplative nuns from Missouri put their prayerful singing onto a CD — and it’s been at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Classical Music Chart for 13 consecutive weeks. “Not since 2006 has a group occupied the No. 1...
