In Kenya, religious women collaborate to care for aging sisters

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The Care for Aging Sisters Association focuses on awareness, training, health insurance policy coverage, pension plans and collaboration with education institutions to transform care for aging  sisters.

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Will 'nun girl summer' give way to another season of sisters?

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Following a summer in which nuns dominated pop culture headlines and social media algorithms, one sister wonders if the trend leads to a much-needed season of synodality.

Bishop Adalberto Jiménez, apostolic vicariate of Aguarico, Ecuador, carries a cross on a pilgrimage from Quito to Coca, Ecuador, in honor of Bishop Alejandro Labaka Ugarte and Sr. Inés Arango Velásque. (Courtesy of Sr. Winifred Doherty)

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Nuns in Mexico support school for Haitian migrants that also serves as a haven

In Tapachula, Mexico, a house serves as a school that offers Spanish classes. The house has also become a gathering place for a community of Haitians.

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Marla Asis is a sociologist with more than 30 years of research experience studying international migration and social transformation, with a special focus on Asia. (Courtesy of Maruja M.B. Asis)

Q&A with sociologist Marla Asis, on nuns reshaping migrant ministry across Asia

Sociologist Marla Asis discusses a Vatican-commissioned report documenting how Catholic sisters across Asia serve migrants, refugees and left-behind families with resourceful, holistic and distinctly Catholic care.

An irrigation operation runs amid an onion crop on St. Elizabeth Farm in Momoi village in Lower Subukia, Nakuru County, Kenya. (Shadrack Omuka)

St. Elizabeth Demo Farm a beacon of sustainability in Kenyan nun's rural hometown

Sr. Victorina Wanjiru, a Catholic nun born and raised in Momoi village, manages St. Elizabeth Demo Farm, which teaches locals in the area of her hometown sustainable farming and eco-friendly income activities.

Illustration shows two figures walking together.

In Kenya, religious women collaborate to care for aging sisters

The Care for Aging Sisters Association focuses on awareness, training, health insurance policy coverage, pension plans and collaboration with education institutions to transform care for aging  sisters.

Sr. Ida Hericks, 91, stands for a photo on the Harmony Hill campus on June 10, 2026, in Watertown, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch/Bart Pfankuch)

Monastery makeover: Nuns leave lasting legacy of service in Watertown, SD

The Benedictine Sisters of Mother of God Monastery are transforming 500 acres of hilly prairie land in South Dakota where they reside into a multifaceted, multigenerational community project. 

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The Leadership Council of Women Religious, or LCWR, will meet Aug. 11-14 in Orlando, Florida, with the theme, "Many Charisms, One Spirit, One Call" as the organization celebrates its 70th anniversary.
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Welcome to Theologians' Corner, where each week a different woman theologian from around the world offers a fresh reflection on the Sunday readings. Because these reflections come from diverse voices and rich perspectives, they invite readers to see the Gospel in new and deeper ways.
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The heads of women's religious orders leave an audience with Pope Francis in Paul VI hall at the Vatican May 12, 2016. During the session with members of the International Union of Superiors General, sisters asked Francis about the possibility of women deacons returning to the church. (CNS/Paul Haring)

Discerning Deacons plans forums for Catholic sisters on women in the diaconate

Discerning Deacons is planning more than 50 virtual forums to engage Catholics in the discernment about women in the diaconate, two of which are specific to Catholic sisters.

"Abraham Contemplates the Stars," detail of a 1908 illustration by Ephraim Moses Lilien (Wikimedia Commons)
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What can Abraham teach us about discerning God's will?

Horizons - For those of us who have consecrated our lives to the Lord, discernment is a mystical exercise where human freedom meets the divine will. Abraham's experience gives us insight into learning to obey with love.

Caritas Nepal, led by Sr. Cecilia Shrestha, extends help to those affected by the recent flash flood. (Courtesy of Caritas Nepal)

Monday Starter: Nun leading Caritas Nepal calls for international aid after floods

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When life's compass points toward a new ministry: Farewell, Sister Helga

Thank you infinitely for your tenacity and perfectionism in your meticulous work with the prayed-over, lived and written word of the sisters who are on the front lines.

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RWANDA: 2 Don Bosco centers construct new sanitation facilities thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

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WEST AFRICA: Salesian missionaries help 19 students with business plans thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

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Veronica Boniface (left) says she wants to be a lawyer to help victims of child labor. (Patrick Egwu)

Sisters support Nigerian girls escaping domestic servitude and child labor

The Africa Faith and Justice Network is tackling child labor and domestic servitude in Nigeria with advocacy, awareness campaigns, economic empowerment, and partnership with government and traditional institutions.

Baptistine Sr. Charity Kaloto engages with Kabwe Mukuka, a Grade 11 student at St. Joseph School for the Deaf in Lufwanyama, Zambia. (Derrick Silimina)

Baptistine Sisters rewrite the future for deaf youth in Zambia

Founded in 1972 as a joint initiative between the Sisters of St. John the Baptist and the Zambian government, St. Joseph's School for the Deaf aims to meet the needs of an expanding population of deaf children.

Nazareth Sr. Jincemol Chacko, chief therapist of the Nazareth Nature Cure Centre, conducts a yoga session for the participants. (Thomas Scaria)

Nazareth sisters promote holistic healing with nature

More than 10,000 people have achieved holistic recovery at the Nazareth Nature Care Centre in Kunnoth, India, over the past nearly four decades. 

A Carmelite Sister comforts a resident Aug. 21, 2026, at St. Patrick's Residence in Naperville, Ill. (OSV News/Courtesy of Becket)

Cardinal Cupich, nuns, Catholic pharmacist sue Illinois over assisted suicide law

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, two orders of nuns, and a pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3 over the state's physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.

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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.