After serving as a teacher/administrator at Villa Angela Academy in Cleveland, Sr. Virginia DeVinne was elected councilor for the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland and later general superior. Her professional background was in English/secondary and includes a graduate degree in educational administration and a sabbatical at the School of Applied Theology in Berkeley, California. Her present ministry as associate director of advising is focused on supporting students as they transition to higher education at Ursuline College.
by Jean Marie Fernandez
Contributor
October 9, 2018
I have been curious about and intrigued by the story of the 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped in the Tham Luang Cave complex in Northern Thailand. As I reflected on this story, I was deeply moved by this profound experience of the boys and their coach and, in particular, the symbolism of the cave.
by Elisabeth Auvillain
October 9, 2018
Sr. Véronique Rouquet is one of the four people who run Notre Dame du Web (Our Lady of the Web), a portal created by the Ignatian family in France in 2000 to faciliate retreats and share ways to pray — to provide a link between daily life and spiritual life
Sr. Martha Owen is an Ursuline Sister of Cleveland. Her ministries have included teaching middle school science and a variety of administrative positions in high schools. She did post-graduate work in international relations, and served on the Cleveland Latin American Mission Team in El Salvador. While in that position, she was mission partner to Ursuline Sr. Dorothy Kazel, one of the four churchwomen murdered there in 1980; she also worked with the martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero.
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by Michele Morek
October 9, 2018
Nuns on the Bus Blog - On the first day of the 2018 cross-country tour, we visited Homeboy Industries, one site visit along the way as we to listen to people from Los Angeles to West Pam Beach, Florida, to see how U.S. tax policies are affecting them.
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October 8, 2018
Nuns on the Bus 2018 - Overlooking the sandy beaches of Santa Monica, the 2018 Nuns on the Bus set off for Mar-a-Lago on Florida's southeast coast Oct. 8 — from "sea to shining sea," said Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell, executive director of Network, a Catholic social justice lobby, which sponsors the bus tour.
• Keep up with the Nuns on the Bus Blog, where you can read about previous years' tours and "On the Road to Mar-a-Lago" in 2018
Philippa Hitchen has worked as a journalist at Vatican Radio for over 30 years, specializing in justice and peace stories as well as ecumenism and interfaith dialogue. She has also written and reported for many secular and religious news media, including the BBC, The Tablet, The Church Times and The Messenger of St. Anthony.
by Joyce Meyer
International Liaison, Global Sisters Report
October 8, 2018
Since the 1970s, sisters have stood with Filipinos in their pursuit of justice. As principal of Binalbagan Catholic College, Sr. Aquila Sy ensured students understood their responsibility to apply Catholic social teaching in their lives. Her activities made her a target. She shared her story with GSR.
Sr. Jean Marie Fernandez is an Indian who was born in Malaysia, raised in Singapore and currently lives as a missionary in San Francisco.
October 5, 2018
Vatican City: South Korean Sr. Mina Kwon, one of the eight women religious allowed to attend the Oct. 3-28 Synod of Bishops in an advisory capacity, told the 267 prelates taking part Oct. 5 that "young people are sensitive to the issue of inequality and exclusion."