In a country where nonviolence and truth were the values of Gandhi — the father of our nation — today, violence and lies are being perpetuated for the need to remain in power. This new concept of India has to change.
I plead with Christ. "Once you raised a little girl from the dead. Now I beg you to raise my brother Joseph from near death." I keep begging, birds keep singing, my brother keeps sinking. Keep, keep my brother alive, I pray.
Sometimes we wonder if it is worth living religious life. For those who feel religious life is a burden, recollect the moments when you experienced love and happiness from God. Think of people as our co-pilgrims in mission.
For such a scale of heinous violence as we've seen in Manipur, India — especially the recent brutal attack on two women — even one day of silence on the part of the government is too long.
Little did I know that when Sr. Monica Jaciuk came from Argentina in 2003 to minister in our Order of St. Basil the Great province in Philadelphia, she would become a close friend and partner in many of our projects.
I met Penina 15 years ago, when I volunteered as a family mentor for Catholic Charities Refugee Services. Now she is dead, and I wish I could tell her: Thank you, my friend, for your grace, beauty, dignity and affection.
If someone could design a working bicycle with square wheels, then how about trying to "reshape" our thinking about the future of consecrated life itself?
Horizons - The backbone of India is its farmers. What greater mission and evangelization can sisters have other than strengthening and supporting the backbone of society?
Truly we are standing on the shoulders of visionary women. It is time for us to do what is ours to do to bring forward their dreams with our own for the common good.
Contemplate This - Rethinking what we assume about our differences as a nation and what behaviors keep us from engaging in dialogue with those who think differently is critical to our future as the United States.
Human beings tend to doubt everything even when they believe in God. Sometimes, our doubts and agnostic beliefs help us trust God and God's work in our lives.
Anything that helps me see reality as it is, break free from the chains of judgment and expectations, and embrace the beautiful soul that I am is helpful in my journey to recover my inner light.
After my 25th anniversary of religious profession, it was time to fly back to Hawaii and visit family and friends — bringing along Lee, one of my mainland friends in our religious community, to share the adventure.
The term organic was uppermost in all that Earthrise Farm expressed for many years. Yet an even more dynamic term was coming onto the horizon: regenerative!
Life in the Philippine missions is truly challenging, and life in the hospital is doubly demanding. But creating the hospital and serving the people bring their own miracles.
I realized this emptiness is there, but could not stop looking back; now, they are not behind us but ahead of us. They wait for us, not in the harbor we left, but in the one toward which we are heading.
As Earth citizens, we are invited to let the Spirit of Truth transform us as we advocate for the common good — and a world where all people are valued.
In 2007, Sr. Lou Ella Hickmanshe submitted a poem to an anthology. Next her poetry collection was published. Then a composer set some of her poetry to music.
