About 110 million farmers have been striking on the outskirts of Delhi for over two months in a peaceful protest against the three new agricultural laws that were passed last September. But politicians and celebrities here say non-Indians can't have an opinion on this internal matter.
Sitting outside in masked, pandemic style, I recently asked some of my sisters involved in criminal justice ministry to share reflections on their experience. In our faith sharing, we focused on how this ministry called them to change.
There are organizations working for girls' education in Burkina Faso, including my congregation, the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, but the road is hard and long. Mentalities are difficult to convert.
Major events like the Kentucky Derby tend to draw human traffickers. Every year, organizers raise awareness in Louisville about the indignity that occurs in the area during the Derby and year-round.
A couple of years ago as I sat on a street outside Euston station in London, with two undocumented East European girls who were homeless, I realized how easy it is to become trafficked on these busy streets.
Horizons - Recently I took a hike on a stream-side trail, to reflect on perpetual vows. On that hike, contemplating an imperfect path ahead, I realized: with a lifetime commitment, there's always a leap.
Though there were many negative impacts from the COVID-19 outbreak on the field of education, there was also a positive impact which could take the education system and its methods a step higher.
I ask each religious sister: Are you a miracle yourself? Do you feel so from within? I would define a miracle as an extraordinary occurrence that cannot be explained by science, and therefore is attributed to God.
We have all lost our sense of certainty. With the confusion and inability to plan, I have found myself saying "I don't know" a lot more. And you know what? I'm finding a freedom in not knowing.
A Nun's Life Ministry - The new episode series focuses on social issues being addressed by Catholic sisters, such as human trafficking, homelessness, poverty, food insecurity, climate and education.
Horizons - The demands for unity we keep hearing, especially from the perpetrators of violence, fall short for me. I have struggled with imagining reconciliation, a value and a practice that I espouse in most of my other work.
With our school shuttered on March 16, 2020, my school administrative team has worked hard ever since to develop reopening plans for our students and staff. Teaching this way is definitely harder.
Lockdown helped me discover the growth of "other-centeredness" in most of the people as a whole. And as nature is cleansed, our life, too, began to return to a gentle, nurturing atmosphere.
As we work against structures and cultural texts that dehumanize women, we must rethink the various methods of child rearing and reset the chauvinist mindset acquired from a tender age.
Friends for Street Children serves children in Vietnam who are homeless or in need. The program welcomes volunteers, and two volunteers from outside Vietnam deserve special recognition.
Horizons - Because of the proximity of Dad's birthday to the quadrennial event of U.S. presidental elections, I have watched many inaugurations in the company of my father. Because of the pandemic, we couldn't do that together this year.
I kept informed about social justice issues. I wrote to elected officials, but I never stood out publicly with a sign. Then I did, to keep the message of racial injustice in front of all of us.
Transgender people take life-changing risks to honor their body-soul personhood. When they are not treated with respect when seeking medical care, their whole person is wounded and traumatized.
Contemplate This - There has to be a national effort to begin to repair the great divide among us. That effort has to seep down into each of our families and local communities. And it has to start with each one of us.
Horizons - On the day after the chaos at the Capitol, I was not in the mood to try to find hope. I was standing in my classroom trying to get it together, to welcome the teens about to walk in the door.