Francis of Assisi lived centuries ago, but his tradition of begging still applies to society today.

Notes from the Field - The adjustment to my new placement site has not always been easy, due to the many differences I have encountered. The climate is much colder, there are language barriers, and the nature of the work here in Veyrier contrasts with my work in Bogotá, which was very hands-on.

When Sue Mosteller entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in Toronto, Canada, in 1952, little could she have realized that, 20 years later, her life path would merge with the nascent L'Arche Movement and spiritual luminaries Henri Nouwen and Jean Vanier.

Women religious are now openly discussing a subject that was once taboo — sexual harassment, abuse and rape of sisters by clergy — in congregational motherhouses and national conference offices. Slowly, an era is ending in which Catholic women religious were silent victims of sexual abuse by priests and bishops.

GSR Today - A Daughter of St. Paul sister reported in a group chat for sisters that everyone in their compound was safe but very frightened; Sudan looks at escalating violence; U.S. immigration policy separated more children than earlier reports indicated.

In the Great Lakes Region of Africa, consecrated women and men who have been exposed to the realities of sexual abuse were urged to address its horror through a wakeup call at two formation workshops. The first workshop was organized and hosted in 2017 in Goma, where sexual violence has been used as a weapon of war. As woman activist Lina Zedriga Waru says, "The body of woman is the battle field for the perpetrators."

Horizons - The first weeks of 2019 have been dreary and challenging: How can we keep momentum on a path that appears impossibly bleak and foggy? The answer for a new year is a new, prophetic hope.

GSR Today - The Congregation of Mother of Carmel Sisters are the first indigenous religious congregation for women in India, founded in Kerala in 1866 and now have nearly 7,000 members in five continents.

The study that Pope Francis commissioned on the history of women deacons is complete and on the pontiff's desk. But members of the commission aren't making any promises.