by Margaret Gonsalves
Contributor
In order to infiltrate the invisible world, we have to live in the present. When our ego moves from the chauffeur's seat to the traveler's seat, we become aware that the universe has a vast conspiracy to drop us at the doorstep of greater good.
Vatican City - The two umbrella groups representing male and female religious orders are planning to present Pope Francis with a proposal to give women a larger role in future synods.
by Christine Schenk
Simply Spirit - Amid growing consternation about my country and about my church, the words of St. Óscar Romero help me remember who I am and who I am called to be.
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Sr. Anna Ngo Thi Phuc provides free medical treatment to leprosy patients at a state-run hospital in south-central Vietnam. Many patients live in poverty, abandoned by relatives. Phuc visits them daily, tends to their wounds and listens to their feelings. She spoke to GSR about her ministry.
by Jeanne Connolly
Contributor
As I age and my role changes, I strive to remember that my influence remains. I may not be able to "do" what I used to do, but I can always be kind, understanding, loving and respectful of all living creatures and our hurting planet.
by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo
Contributor
After six months of uncertainty, Australian Sr. Patricia Fox of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion continues to face a wall, but is pursuing her appeal to stay in the Philippines on a missionary visa.
Adele McKiernan is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where they studied history and integrated liberal studies. They are now a second-year Loretto Volunteer in St. Louis working at Missouri Health Care for All, as a Grassroots Organizing Fellow.
After Samantha Wirth graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in global studies from St. Mary's College in Indiana, the globetrotting sushi fanatic completed her first year of service at Collier High School in New Jersey with Good Shepherd Volunteers. After reaffirming her appreciation of intentional living and social justice, she knew she needed another year to learn, grow and play more board games, this time as the Public Policy Fellow for Good Shepherd Services in New York City.
After the fatal shooting of unarmed black man Sam DuBose, Cincinnati didn't erupt with protests. But it would be a mistake to think the city's activists have forgotten him. Or that they haven't been busy.
Bishops, women religious, canon lawyers and others met Sept. 25-26 outside Chicago to help diocesan leaders understand the precipitous decline in numbers of women in religious life and what that means to the church.
