Felician Sisters nonprofit provides psychological support for Chicago youth

United Stand staff members Guillermo Rodriguez and Monica Kaczmarczyk pose with Chicago children displaying artwork they created at one of the nonprofit’s programs. (Courtesy of United Stand)

Through programs that include counseling, crisis intervention and and other services, United Stand helps youths across roughly 50 Chicago schools manage and overcome stress, conflict and violence they encounter daily, 

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Guests at the Springfield Sisters’ Armchair Tour, held during National Vocation Awareness Week on Nov. 7, 2024, enjoyed pie and listened to stories. The event, hosted by the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union, the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, and the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois, highlighted the vibrant future of Catholic sisters, built on warm connections, their witness and their response to the Gospel. (Courtesy of Beth Murphy)

We gathered. We told stories. We ate pie.

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Looking back at 2024: 10 noteworthy stories and series at Global Sisters Report

GSR celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2024 by bringing to readers updated versions of some of its first reported stories in 2014, as well as two powerful series, "Welcoming the Stranger" and "Evolving Religious Life."

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United Stand staff members Guillermo Rodriguez and Monica Kaczmarczyk pose with Chicago children displaying artwork they created at one of the nonprofit’s programs. (Courtesy of United Stand)

Felician Sisters nonprofit provides psychological support for Chicago youth

Through programs that include counseling, crisis intervention and and other services, United Stand helps youths across roughly 50 Chicago schools manage and overcome stress, conflict and violence they encounter daily, 

Theologian: Synod clarified that 'we are the church,' not just clergy

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Beneficiaries gather around the temporary houses being handed over to the landslide victims of Wayanad in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. (Thomas Scaria)

Church groups collaborate to build temporary houses for India landslide survivors

Women religious congregations are assisting church groups in the second phase of rehabilitation of the landslide survivors in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India, providing them shelter and livelihood.

Habited sisters walking up steps to church building.

Kidnapped Nigerian nuns released unconditionally, congregation says

Two Nigerian women religious who were kidnapped Jan. 7 as they returned home from a meeting in Ogboji, a town in Anambra state in Nigeria, were freed Jan. 13 with no conditions, their congregation said.

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Guests at the Springfield Sisters’ Armchair Tour, held during National Vocation Awareness Week on Nov. 7, 2024, enjoyed pie and listened to stories. The event, hosted by the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union, the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, and the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois, highlighted the vibrant future of Catholic sisters, built on warm connections, their witness and their response to the Gospel. (Courtesy of Beth Murphy)
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We gathered. We told stories. We ate pie.

These simple actions were the heart of the Springfield Sisters' Armchair Tour, a collaborative event during National Vocation Awareness Week, hosted by Ursuline, Franciscan and Dominican sisters in Springfield, Illinois.

Guests at the Springfield Sisters’ Armchair Tour, held during National Vocation Awareness Week on Nov. 7, 2024, enjoyed pie and listened to stories. The event, hosted by the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union, the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, and the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois, highlighted the vibrant future of Catholic sisters, built on warm connections, their witness and their response to the Gospel. (Courtesy of Beth Murphy)
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We gathered. We told stories. We ate pie.

These simple actions were the heart of the Springfield Sisters' Armchair Tour, a collaborative event during National Vocation Awareness Week, hosted by Ursuline, Franciscan and Dominican sisters in Springfield, Illinois.

Habited sisters walking up steps to church building.

Kidnapped Nigerian nuns released unconditionally, congregation says

Two Nigerian women religious who were kidnapped Jan. 7 as they returned home from a meeting in Ogboji, a town in Anambra state in Nigeria, were freed Jan. 13 with no conditions, their congregation said.

London's British Library's exhibition, "Medieval Women: In Their Own Words," introduces the women of medieval Europe through their own words, visions and experiences (Courtesy of British Library)

Medieval women exhibition challenges stereotypes of religious sisters

A new exhibition at London's British Library challenges stereotypical understandings of religious life in the medieval era. 

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United Stand staff members Guillermo Rodriguez and Monica Kaczmarczyk pose with Chicago children displaying artwork they created at one of the nonprofit’s programs. (Courtesy of United Stand)

Felician Sisters nonprofit provides psychological support for Chicago youth

Through programs that include counseling, crisis intervention and and other services, United Stand helps youths across roughly 50 Chicago schools manage and overcome stress, conflict and violence they encounter daily, 

Sr. Sufola Margaret Minj, an Oraon Indigenous woman from the Thakurgaon District in Bangladesh, is now in charge of a girls' hostel. (GSR photo/Stephan Uttom Rozario)

Sisters help educate tribal girls through hostel service in Bangladesh

 Shanti Rani Sisters in Bangladesh are providing space for primary and higher education girls in 17 hostels, offering educational opportunities as well as cultural and religious education.

Medical Mission Sr. Eliza Kuppozhackel, the founder of Ayushya Centre for Healing and Integration, poses outside the center at Changanacherry in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, which was once the congregation's novitiate. (Thomas Scaria)

Medical Mission Sisters in India embrace 'holistic healing mission'

"In the past few decades, we have handed over most of our hospitals to local dioceses or other women's congregations as part of the shift in our focus," said Sr. Lilly Joseph, head of the South India province of the Medical Mission Sisters.

A Nigerian child gets blue ink on her finger to show she has received the polio vaccine. (Patrick Egwu)

Catholic leaders raise polio awareness in Nigeria

 In 2020, Nigeria was declared free of the wild poliovirus, but new variants of the virus remain in circulation and pose health risks to children, especially in rural areas that lack access to clean water and basic sanitation and hygiene facilities.

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The project shines light on the mission and ministry of Catholic women religious around the world.

Each lesson connects articles about sisters or columns written by sisters to the good news found in scripture and church teaching. Action ideas and compelling prayer bring new learning alive. Teacher guides provide vital context and engaging activities to launch group discussions.