"Sr. Carol brings a breadth of experience to this role and a heart for religious life that kindles our hope," LCWR president Teresa Maya told GSR. Notably, Sr. Carol Zinn was part of the leadership team that shepherded LCWR through three years of Vatican oversight following a doctrinal assessment of the organization that began in 2009.
by Geri Lanham
Notes from the Field: Veterinary technician Songé Sengela gives interactive formation sessions for families who receive goats as part of the Caritas goat program in Haiti's Gros Morne parish. Participants who follow her advice raise healthier animals that will sell for a better price at the Friday animal market in Gros Morne.
by Clarence N. Uzogara
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"The daughter of a tigress can only be a tigress." During the first week of visiting home, I didn't tell my mum about my problems. In the second week, I told her I was on holiday! Then, early one morning, she woke me up and asked me what I was still doing in the village after three weeks.
by GSR Staff
"Their deeds of love are the surest signs that they, in fact, do belong to God, and that in spite of sin and the human condition, the human-divine relationship is not irreparably broken."
Clarence N. Uzogara is a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Born and raised in Ghana, she speaks the Twi language fluently. With a background in education, she ministered in several schools in Nigeria and at a high school in Ghana, in roles including school bursar, integrated science teacher, science teacher, counsellor, biology teacher, and administrator. She is currently studying educational administration at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.
Sr. Maureen McGowan, is the province leader of the New York-Toronto Province of the Good Shepherd Sisters. The sisters' first ministry in Manhattan has grown into Good Shepherd Services, which today serves over 30,000 children and families. McGowan spoke with GSR as the community prepares to celebrate its 175th anniversary.
by GSR Staff
"And even in the world I felt very intensely that if people only sought God in all earnestness they would find Him. And if all would only make use of the ordinary duties and trials of their state in the way God intended, they would all become saints."
by Julian S. Das
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Sr. Alphonse Raj, a member of the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod, ministers to those living with HIV/AIDS, who are often neglected and ostracized by their families and society after contracting the virus. If infected couples have children who are born with the virus, Raj's New Dawn center adopts the baby. About 50 such children now stay at the center, which provides basic needs and education. In addition, New Dawn's campaigns and programs in the past decade have helped many shed their fears.
by GSR Staff
"Will we continue to turn a blind eye to these global realities until we have no other choice? Are we as women religious willing to choose sacrifice and self-limitation in the ways that we travel, eat, purchase, pray and interact with the world?"
Sr. Evelyn Hurley lives on the assisted-living floor of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth motherhouse in Kentucy, but she doesn't really need to. Hurley, who is 103, chose to live on the assisted-living floor because she wants to make sure the older sisters are well taken care of.
