Karlyn Cauley is a Sister of the Divine Savior in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A studio artist, she taught art and worked with sisters in temporary vows for many years. Presently she does ecumenical work in the adult spirituality of women.
Lilian Bong is a Sister of St. Joseph of the Apparition who was born in Malaysia. As a nurse she did medical mission outreach in Myanmar, before entering her community. She ministers in Western Australia as a Provincial Councilor and in vocation / mission appeal.
Adriana Haro Betancourt is a member of the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity. Orginally from Mexico, she currently works in youth ministry in the Philippines, does congregational communication committee work, and produces a weekly online radio program for youth evangelization.
Seeking Refuge - GSR is following the journeys refugees make: living in camps, seeking asylum, experiencing resettlement, and facing deportation to a country they may only vaguely remember or that may still be dangerous. Here are some of the faces you will meet in our Seeking Refuge series, tracing the path of refugees around the world.
Every day there are situations in the news related to violence, racial discrimination, social upheavals, or questions involving immoral and unethical conditions. Keep your head in the game! Is this the way God meant for us to live? I am sure it is not! But that is the way minorities have had to live in the United States in order to survive.
Numerous Catholic organizations are involved in the worldwide refugee and migration crisis, including the Vatican, congregations of women religious and local parishes. We have a list of links to some of the key organizations, along with the United Nations' and other statistics.
Over the next several weeks, GSR will bring a sharper focus to the plight of refugees through a special series, Seeking Refuge, which will follow the journeys refugees make: living in camps, seeking asylum, experiencing resettlement and integration, and those who are deported to a country they may only vaguely remember or that may still be dangerous. Though not every refugee follows this exact pattern, these stages in the journey are emblematic for many — and at every stage, women religious are doing what they can to help.
• All the Seeking Refuge series stories can be found here.
"If you push back against something, you reinforce the very thing you're pushing against. You get stuck because you're both pushing."
Chicago - Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell: "If you push back against something, you reinforce the very thing you're pushing against. You get stuck because you're both pushing."
Simply Spirit: Vatican statements on women priests are invariably ahistorical and biblically naive. It is embarrassing. Worse, they bear false witness to the Jesus of history and are ultimately destructive to the body of Christ, especially the distaff side.