by GSR Staff
May 24, 2018
"We are blessed to be alive. Not every egg makes it. Is this fallen one a discards of lost possibilities, or what remains after one has flown to the heavens. Where is your shell?"
Elizabeth Roberts is a freelance writer in South Florida who worked for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel for 14 years. She has spent 30 years reporting and writing South Florida stories for publications both local and national, including Newsweek, Money magazine and The Wall Street Journal.
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by Geri Lanham
May 23, 2018
Notes from the Field - This date is ingrained in the fabric of Haitian culture. May 18 is a national holiday, and those who feel they belong to the nation of Haiti, whether or not they live within the borders of the country, will celebrate their national roots in the world's first black republic.
Sr. Patricia McCarthy is a member of the Congregation of Notre Dame. For 25 years, she educated the poor, in particular abused children. She taught peace and nonviolence for 17 years in courses, workshops and retreats — in schools, parishes, religious communities and seminaries in nine countries. As an award-winning columnist for the diocesan paper in Providence, Rhode Island, she has published numerous articles and five books. She served a total of 12 years as associate provincial and then as provincial superior for the United States province.
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in Honduras, human rights abuses there, and the fate of Hondurans whose temporary protected status in the U.S. has been rescinded.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.