by GSR Staff
May 23, 2018
"We are all brothers and sisters. We shouldn't have borders. The world itself doesn't have borders."
May 22, 2018
University of Notre Dame graduates were asked May 21 to take stock of where they are going and what they will do with their talents. "Today you have the opportunity to decide what you will be beyond this point. Will you say yes to God's plan in your life?" Sr. Normal Pimentel, recipient of the university's 2018 Laetare Medal, asked the university's graduating seniors.
May 22, 2018
Sr. Rosa Maria Trochez, a School Sister of Notre Dame, joined a delegation to the U.S., where she spoke of her deep worries about the political climate in Honduras, human rights abuses there, and the fate of Hondurans whose temporary protected status in the U.S. has been rescinded.
by Julianna Francis Marie Vagnozzi
Contributor
May 22, 2018
I realized while on sabbatical that I had lost my true, in-my-core sense of self. When I was asked who I was, I would answer Oh, I'm a singer, or I'm a caregiver, or I'm an abuse victim. I had forgotten entirely that, first and foremost, my identity is I'm a beloved daughter of God.
by GSR Staff
May 22, 2018
"We have landed on the moon, but we haven’t landed on Earth yet."
Sr. Julianna Francis Marie Vagnozzi is a Felician sister based in California. After early ministry as an elementary school teacher, she did graduate study in liturgy and liturgical music, and began work as a parish director of music and liturgy. She spent a few years doing double duty as archivist and food service manager at Assumption Convent in New Mexico.
by Joyce Meyer
International Liaison, Global Sisters Report
May 21, 2018
GSR Today - "Water is life!" It was exciting to experience the truth of these words in the families dancing for joy at having water for the first time in the forests of Cameroon.
by Margaret Gonsalves
Contributor
May 21, 2018
Though I am not a mother in a physical sense, my mother makes me think that there is an enormous motherhood embedded in the universe. Just as a child is delighted looking at its mother's face, the entire creation gives great delight to anyone looking at it.
by Rose Achiego
Contributor
May 21, 2018
Consolata Missionary Sr. Leonella Sgorbati was killed by gunmen in 2006 while serving in Mogadishu. Pope Francis has recognized her as a martyr, clearing the way for her beatification — the step before sainthood — which will take place May 26. "Although her martyrdom came suddenly, Sister Leonella put the lives of others first," a fellow sister told GSR.
by GSR Staff
May 21, 2018
" 'God shows no partiality' meant that God could act through any part of creation, appear under the guise of any gender, speak any language and permeate every culture."