Joy Clough is a Sister of Mercy living in Chicago. From ministry as a high school English and journalism teacher, she became a writer of histories, director of communication for the Sisters of Mercy, and director of the office of public information for the Chicago Archdiocese. After serving as assistant to the president at Saint Xavier University, she was elected president of her congregation in Chicago. Since then she has held various positions in the university's office of mission and heritage.
June 8, 2018
Sometimes I falsely think I know the Mississippi River. But I haven't experienced the whole of the river; I likely never will. And I'll never know all of God. The vastness of God shrinks me. Yet, within God's mystery is a peace.
This story appears in the See for Yourself feature series. View the full series.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
June 8, 2018
See for Yourself - "Hello," she hailed. "Are you looking for a gluten-free restaurant? If so, you've come to the right place. I just opened this location about three months ago." Although I actually wasn't looking for a gluten-free restaurant, I sat down in the open café chair next to her.
by GSR Staff
June 8, 2018
"Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; man marks the earth with ruin; his control stops with the shore; upon the watery plain."
by GSR Staff
June 7, 2018
"We do have choices as we face the prevailing winds of change. We can choose to stand rigid like an oak tree and crack, lament the past and fear the future like weeping willows, shimmer and shake like quaking aspens, or be flexible like pines that can bend in the wind."
by Joyce Meyer
International Liaison, Global Sisters Report
June 7, 2018
GSR Today - Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, is not a fictional place, though before I traveled there, my community did not believe it was real.
June 7, 2018
"Women in their struggles know what it means not to be included. Out of that awareness, we must include everyone for a flourishing of life." Global Sisters Report speaks to a number of Catholic sisters with experience at the United Nations about the values women would bring to the formation of foreign policy.
June 6, 2018
A new report finds that human traffickers who prey on guest workers in the US are relying heavily on gaps in accountability within the temporary work visa system. Based on national hotline data from 2015 to 2017, 797 individuals are believed to be victims.
by Annamarie Marcalus
Contributor
June 6, 2018
Religious life can rejuvenate and thrive in the 21st century. As the "expectant mothers" of this rejuvenation, we women religious must let go, take risks for change, be flexible and lead.
by GSR Staff
June 6, 2018
"People around us are whispering their stories to us all the time. Too shy to proclaim their need or their success, too fearful of ridicule or shame, incredulous that anyone would even care, the people around us leave clues of their desire to be noticed."