Horizons - My work, where I live in Terre Haute, Indiana, is to build cross-racial solidarity so that we can build a world where all can thrive. Where is your work? Where does your community hurt?
Contemplate This - Fall, with its brilliant display of color as it says goodbye, teaches us that for the new to come something must change. It offers us a way of being as we await the future.
Because I am a person of faith, I seek to understand who God is. However, theology can say only so much, as it is rational — and reason has its limits. We also need the intuition of poets to express what reason cannot.
The beatification of Good Shepherd Sr. María Agustina Rivas López — affectionately known as Aguchita — on May 7 in Peru was the culmination of five years in which I was blessed to help in the process for her cause.
Could the power of the religious significance of Mount Sinai, the holy site of divine revelation to Jews, Christians and Muslims be a game changer for the COP27 climate talks in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh?
As a Sister of Mercy, I listen to where God is leading my life, and I pay attention to where God is in the people I meet. This leads to the deep joy I have when I say I love my life as a sister.
Jair Bolsonaro manipulated the deep religious sentiment of the Brazilian people and put the country's historic destiny at stake. But many consecrated men and women were committed to warn about the danger to democracy.
The questions and everyday experience of being hated and terrorized on one side and accepted with compassion on the other side has begun some changes in Ukrainians, including our Basilian Sisters.
A woman named Roasa Ammuel shared her terrible story with St. Louis Sr. Naomi Nkrumah to let the world know what is happening to women and children amid the war in the Tigray region in Ethiopia.
Horizons - This piece is my gesture of gratitude in thanksgiving to God for all the gifts and graces that have come into my life because of Camp Arcadia. Many lessons and skills from there came in handy in the convent.
Pope Francis says that the cry of the poor and cry of the earth are not two separate crises but one. Humanity has made progress in science and technology, but we need a paradigm shift.
Serving in health care for those who have addictions requires faith, courage and compassion. Let us not forget that life in any form is a gift of God; our life is connected to others who could use strength and support.
Today's African children from less privileged backgrounds are on the brink of being deprived of a future, unless the governments and people of goodwill intervene and help them secure it.
Horizons: You have nothing to lose by making hope a practice. In the worst-case scenario, you will have courageously stayed engaged. And you might surprise yourself by helping to chart a better course for humanity.
Laypeople who declare their promise in whatever form to share the respective community's charism also become representatives of the community. Their choices impact the religious with whom they affiliate in a wide range of circumstances.
As a child, I believed the huge church bells were special alarm bells to wake God up from sleep. When I grew up, it was Jesus who woke me up when I was tempted to close my eyes to what was happening in the world.
South Sudanese students who participated in a workshop on trauma showed a high level of confidence and resilience. They are poised to emerge as liberators and co-authors of their destiny.
Horizons - Recently, my congregation invited me to address sisters who were preparing for final vows. I decided to reflect with them on the parable of the good Samaritan as the road map for carrying out our mission.
