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In the last decade, Clare Guest House in Sioux City, Iowa, has helped 106 women who recently left prison. Some came back more than once. "We've had some women who were not success stories," she said, "but we've also had many who have, who have kept in touch with us, thanking us for getting their lives back."
by Maxine Kollasch
Contributor
From A Nun's Life podcasts - In this Random Nun Clip, Srs. Connie Bach and Michele Dvorak of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ talk about their congregation's founder, Catherine Kasper, who is set be canonized on Oct. 14.
by Luisa Derouen
Contributor
No ministry has so profoundly shaped my life in God as being a faith companion to God's transgender people. I am compelled to give witness to how I have seen them for almost two decades.
Luisa Derouen was a member of her founding congregation, the Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Dominic, for 48 years. In 2009, they and seven other congregations became the Dominican Sisters of Peace. With a graduate degree in liturgy and credentials in spiritual direction, until the 1980s she ministered primarily in rural parishes in religious education and pastoral ministry.
The Latin American group employed the "see, judge, act" methodology: recognize what's happening and who is affected, interpret how Catholics should respond and take action.
by Sarah Mac Donald
Benedictine Sr. Karol O'Connell gave her first piano lesson at age 13. She taught music for many years to the students of Kylemore Abbey School in Ireland. Now helping area teachers introduce music literacy to their schools, O'Connell is also featured in the recent documentary "Making the Grade."
by Mary Judith Ezeogu
Contributor
People have a thirst for God, but know little about him. Sisters, among other ministers of evangelization, serve as "pointers" to him. No wonder the Catholic Church has for years encouraged the presence of religious life.
Sr. Mary Judith Ezeogu is from Nigeria, a member of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ. She worked in Italy, then in England as a pastoral minister in two parishes. She later studied communication and media studies at Bournemouth University, followed by graduate study in multimedia journalism at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Contemplate This - There is much frustration, anger and deep sadness. All of this fills our hearts and our minds. And I believe it will continue. In light of this, I was drawn to write this reflection as a "Back to School Review" — a review of the basics of contemplation.
by Catholic News Service
Benedictine Sr. Helen Lange, who turns 105 Sept. 28, is described as someone who leaves an endearing mark on all those she encounters. For 44 years, she taught school in Texas, Louisiana and Florida and she talks about these years with great joy and amazing recall.
