by Pat Farrell
Contributor
At times like this, we can only weep. Surely, there are others who will weep with us, and we will gather strength from our solidarity so that we can continue to stand, to work, to pray for peace, goodness and justice.
Srs. Susanne Dziedzic and Johnna Ciezobka opened a community resource center in Kingstree, South Carolina, 26 years ago. The Felician Center has flourished, and today is in the process of transitioning to lay leadership.
by Elisabeth Auvillain
About 2,000 people from around the world gathered in Strasbourg to honor Blessed Alphonse Marie Eppinger, a 19th-century sister who went out to serve on the peripheries.
by Margaret Gonsalves
Contributor
The ideology and observance of yoga are not just for Hindus. For centuries, yoga has been a part of ancient India's most lasting legacy of a welcoming homecoming for all living beings as citizens of the planet.
by Saji Thomas
Contributor
Sr. Prasanna Devi shares Christian blessings with the thousands who have been drawn to her over the years. The Catholic hermit, who has lived among lions, panthers and other wild animals deep inside a forest in western India for 40 years, returned to human society four years ago, at the request of the local bishop. Devi does not belong to a particular religious order but chose the contemplative path of an ascetic, devoting her life to God. She is believed to be the only female member of the Syro-Malabar Church to choose such a life.
by Rosemarie Milazzo
Contributor
Greetings from Lesbos. We are enjoying a lovely breeze in the mornings; flowers and trees are rejoicing. This beauty contrasts with the camps, which are overflowing with refugees. More boats arrive each week, with more and more people fleeing for their lives.
Today, people enter religious life after they've earned advanced degrees and accumulated debt. The Labouré Society helped individuals fundraise to pay down their debts and has turned to teaching religious institutions how to eliminate the debt they already have.
by Christine Schenk
Simply Spirit - I wonder if the current implosion of ecclesiastical credibility over clergy sex abuse can create a new moment of grace, one that breaks down outmoded governance models. We may already have a road map — thanks to liberation theologian Leonardo Boff.
Rosemarie Milazzo is a Maryknoll Sister from Brooklyn, New York, whose parents migrated from Sicily. After an assignment to Chinatown, New York, as teacher and principal, she was missioned to Africa -- first for language study and then to Kenya to serve as a lecturer at a Teacher Training College. Later she moved to the northeastern desert of Kenya, close to Somalia, as part of a team of Maryknoll Sisters who helped relocate people and acclimate them to the desert as part of a "reclamation project" for landless and homeless Kenyans.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
Recently I met a friend at a restaurant for lunch. I was astonished at all she carried around in her purse.
