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.
I'm ministering in a school where my community has served for about 100 years. When I started, there were a dozen members of my community. In August, when another school year started, I was suddenly "the only one" left.
Horizons - On the day "The Embrace" was unveiled, honoring Martin Luther King and his wife, Coretta, the thing that was most palpable was a sense of Black joy. Joy isn't something you can fabricate. It rises out of freedom, liberation, fullness.
Contemplate This - As we consent to see ourselves as we are, the light of Divine Loving illuminates aspects of ourselves that we were unaware of; that we do not like; that we never thought we were capable of.
Despite promises of equality, the world measures your worth depending on what market value you hold. The wealth and influence you and your family hold makes the difference.
Despite witnessing terrible acts like the recent attack in Brazil, we continue to believe in democracy, in peace in the world, working and praying fervently that the gap between rich and poor will be narrowed.
Horizons - Even amid the rampant individualism that threatens to divide us, we all are called to some form of community. In today's world, it might just be the boldest decision to claim the importance of community.
Christmas is a time to get together. We may not see our relatives for a long time, but at Christmas our houses are filled with voices. Everyone comes home. But in Ukraine, this Christmas was not typical at all.
