While the war in Ukraine is still going on, it is important to stay alive, not to succumb to the temptation of an easy and false peace. To remain human, we need to be open to the pain of others and our own.
Realizing it had been a year since the Ukraine-Russia war broke out, I intensified my prayers for its end. I also researched the war's global impact: I was surprised how much the war has affected so many people in India.
Soon after the sounds of the first bombings, we went to the basement to set up a bomb shelter. The Institute of Theological Sciences of the Immaculate Virgin Mary began welcoming people displaced in the war.
The invisible traces of war are imprinted on souls. How can we live after what has happened to us? And these words come to mind: And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Even though a year has passed since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the war has not stopped for a single day, not for a single hour. A Ukrainian Basilian sister tells her story.
When the Holy Union Sisters arrived in Ndop, we noticed that the most challenging health issues were malnutrition and anemia. A blood bank, health education and a mothers' gardening cooperative have since come to life.
As part of a delegation on a trip to El Salvador and Honduras, I listened, witnessed and prayed the Beatitudes as I recognized that the people were having to form nonviolent communities to defend their land.
My experiences and images of God change. Sometimes I need a listening ear, sometimes a kick in the butt to get me moving, sometimes reassurance, and sometimes I have no clue what I need.
Even if the whole world has lost its focus, the optimist in me says that working together with love, we can right the ship. See you in paradise! Pass it on!
Indian society is undergoing a second freedom struggle, challenged once again to preserve the country's ethos and rich diversity, and to uphold the values enshrined in our constitution.
Horizons - Those who walk with and witness the challenges faced by vulnerable immigrant children must speak on their behalf, encouraging legislative leaders to pass laws protecting them.
Driven by the issue of student suicides in India, we educators of Ursuline schools and colleges drew up a plan for life-boosting practices and for teaching — with the help of students and parents — that life is sacred.
Japan is the third-largest economy in the world, but its system does not prioritize life at all levels. Migrant trainee workers are essential to the economy, but they face danger. Catholic sisters work to help them.
In my years of ministering to the women at a maximum-security prison, I have found those four hours on Sunday are the highlight of the week, as I offer the Eucharist to the women and make rounds in the visiting room.
Horizons: When I cover up or deny the painful parts of my reality, I also block the radiance of the compassion and care that can shine brightly in my suffering.
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.
Life in a religious community for 60 years has been a life grounded and centered in graced love. The thousands of us in the heyday have become older and fewer. Now is the time to pass the torch.