Margaret Gonsalves is a Sister for Christian Community and feminist theologian active in the Ecclesia of Women in Asia and Indian Women Theologians Forum. As founder of ANNNI Charitable Trust, she networks in solidarity with nongovernmental organizations to run free residential programs in intensive spoken English to empower Indigenous girls and women. She organizes MADness workshops to implement the United Nations' sustainable development goals as well as the spirituality of Laudato Si' and Fratelli Tutti.
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La hermana Margaret Gonsalves pertenece a la congregación Sisters for Christian Community y participa en las organizaciones Ecclesia of Women in Asia e Indian Women Theologians Forum como teóloga feminista activa. Como fundadora de ANNNI Charitable Trust, trabaja conjuntamente y de forma solidaria con organizaciones no gubernamentales, con el fin de llevar a cabo programas residenciales gratuitos de inglés intensivo para empoderar a las niñas y mujeres indígenas.
As I read how the pope aims to create "a new style of leadership," I thought of women leaders I've met, servant leaders who did not surrender. The world needs a greater feminine voice, vision and leadership on a global level.
Writing is a prophetic ministry leading to reflecting on the inner workings of the Holy Spirit. I have come to realize that when a woman writes, she is a powerful catalyst for awakening and personal growth of the readers.
Al abogar por las bendiciones para parejas del mismo sexo, el papa Francisco retoma la visión del Concilio Vaticano II, que imaginaba a la nueva Iglesia como el "magisterio de los pobres" y los marginados por la sociedad, sostiene la Hna. Margaret Gonsalves
By advocating blessings for same-sex couples, Pope Francis revisits the vision of Vatican II, which envisaged the new church as the "magisterium of the poor" at the margins.
I realized my diet is not only the food I eat, but it is what I watch, what I listen to, what I read, the people I hang out with, and the things I subject my mind and soul to.
El anhelo del hijo varón, que preserva el nombre y la herencia familiar y a quien se le otorga un trato preferencial, retrata a la India contemporánea y muestra desigualdades de género que se replican en la Iglesia católica, asegura la Hna. Margaret Gonsalves.
For me, mothering and fathering is the art of emptying out of self for the growth of another being. Mothering and fathering are not pampering or dominating, but empowering through one's life example.
Dialogue is taking place, says Sr. Margaret Gonsalves. The world hears the cry of the poor from every corner of the globe through sisters' writing in GSR — fine-tuned by column editor Sr. Michele Morek.
As we mark Earth Day, we should honor these eco-cosmic saints by implementing Catholic social teachings of the common good, by safeguarding Mother Earth as our common home and prioritizing a "preferential option for the poor."
Feminism is a movement toward political, economic and social equality of every being, including the environment. If you're a feminist, you are a breath of fresh air, the very vibrancy of life, and part of the solution.
Given the evolutionary spirit and events everywhere, religious life for the digital era needs reenvisioning, switching gears from doing works of charity to working for systemic change.
My meditation on the kinship of Christ the Anointed urged me to transcend the imitation of the historical Jesus and move to reflect on the Cosmic Christ, pervading the entire universe.
In every Indian culture the birth of a son is preferred. The son is considered the preserver of the family name and heritage, and he is accorded preferential treatment. This also applies to the priest in the church.
Kindly keep your physical eyes closed and inner eyes wide open. Decorations may sparkle this time of year, but pain and injustice abound. This pandemic Advent has brought a new light of interconnectedness and solidarity among people of goodwill who fearlessly advocate for peace and betterment of all.
Talking with people about their pandemic experience of attending Mass (or not) led me to an awareness of what type of church is emerging, and to consider how Fratelli Tutti is a clarion call to a new way of ministering.
In an imaginary conversation with churchgoers at the first Easter breakfast, Mary Magdalene describes life in the Kinship Community, an ecumenical community of believers. The only rules for the small group of Jesus' followers were to love God, love your neighbors and follow the Beatitudes scrupulously, she says.
Vatican II's call for religious congregations to reform themselves into communities of true equals points the way for the entire church. Only when each person is important, only when each voice is heard and only when each person determines their path, can there be the community Jesus wanted — a community where all belong because all are one.
Perhaps the signs of the times in our world of rapid change call for a radical revisioning of religious formation. Prophetic voices call sisters to read these signs and follow in the footsteps of Jesus, the prophet.
I agreed to give the rickshaw driver 1,200 rupees for 10 hours driving. As soon as I got in, I told him, "Even in this pandemic situation, if you or I see any needy person on the street, we will offer them a free lift."
Let's get rid of the old traps like: "Keep the rules and the rules will keep you." Instead, let's follow the advice of St. Francis of Assisi and, "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
