Dan Stockman

With congregations across the United States facing vocational uncertainty or completion, for some sisters, Advent offers a time of hope-filled reflection.

There is always a fear of the unknown, but one Catholic sister told GSR national correspondent Dan Stockman that, at least right now, fear may be the biggest obstacle to being effective.

Fearing President-elect Donald Trump's promise of mass deportations, sisters and Catholic groups organize support for undocumented immigrants living in uncertainty.

Mousseau and Francois are the co-editors of Reseeding Religious Life Through Global Sisterhood, a collection of essays by younger sisters who see religious life not as a collection of separate congregations, but as a worldwide movement of women.

Sr. Francisca Ngozi Uti, of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus, won the 2024 Opus Prize, which honors social entrepreneurs who operate from a faith tradition and find innovative ways to address social challenges.

Ursuline Srs. Kathleen Neely and Mary Martha Staarman volunteer as Spanish translators for patients at the Family Community Clinic, a free medical clinic on the St. Joseph Parish campus in Louisville, Kentucky.

US congregations of women religious released statements following President-elect Donald Trump's victory, calling for hope and sharing their determination to serve the vulnerable.

Ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election in the U.S., Catholic sisters work polling stations and promote multi-issue voting.

"We want to be on public record as having called out this fraud so that if the outcome of next month's election is contested in Pennsylvania our integrity will not be called into question," the community said.

After three weeks on the road, Network's Nuns on the Bus & Friends tour that has been pushing for multi-issue voting came to an end in California, with rallying cries around freedom and democracy.

More than 200 nuns from around 100 congregations joined a blind walk through the streets of Bengaluru, India, as part of their campaign to promote eye donation and protect eyesight, especially among children and youth.

For 20 years, the Sisters of St. Joseph in Philadelphia have welcomed their neighbors, whether they are immigrants or people experiencing drug addiction and homelessness.

Just over a week into the Nuns on the Bus tour, sisters made a stop in Chicago where they visited a center that provides for immigrant women.

Monday Starter - More than 20 sister congregations and sister-led coalitions have joined efforts seeking federal action to curb U.S. gun and ammunition trafficking into Haiti.

"I sure didn't join the community thinking about the leadership team," Presentation Sr. Vicky Larson said, adding that after 19 years of teaching she felt "a little nudge." She's now LCWR president-elect.

GSR is looking for women religious to participate in the 2024-25 panels for The Life and La Vida. If you are interested in writing about your experiences in religious life, we would love to hear from you.

At her Sept. 3 funeral, Mercy Sr. Theresa Kane's friends, family and loved ones reflect on her life of advocacy to reform the church.

Mercy Sr. Theresa Kane, who fought for decades for the equality of women in the Catholic Church — famously publicly challenging the pope on the issue in 1979 — died Aug. 22. She was 87.

A new film to be shown on North American religious television channels and several streaming platforms portrays Blessed Clelia Merloni, the founder of the Sisters of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

With 35 years serving the poorest region in the country, as well as for her leadership within religious life, Dubuque Franciscan Sr. Nancy Schreck receives LCWR's 2024 Outstanding Leadership Award.