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February 1, 2018
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  • Read more about 300 years is typical: Grey Nuns called to let go

As a young woman professing first vows in 1983, Sr. Elaine Baete swallowed a fleeting thought about the future of her new congregation, the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, also known as the Grey Nuns. Instead, she focused on her new vocation and the impact she hoped to make. Now, Baete takes the helm of the transition as the congregational assistant on the Grey Nuns' leadership team. She and four others make decisions about how her congregation will pare down assets and ready itself for completion.

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"We help those who are in the farthest places, at the margins where no one dares."

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January 31, 2018
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  • Read more about A compass of compassion

The power of music to evoke deep courage is a human experience. Perhaps our ancestors learned this from the cry of wolves or coyotes and soon echoed their response. We know that music can bring us to be our best selves, providing a basis for active citizenship.

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"Graced illumination is more than physical seeing. God's vision reveals the depth and breadth of our identity in relationship to others, including the most vulnerable creatures among us and the stars beyond our sight."

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January 30, 2018
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  • Read more about Investors tap Dominican sister's experience for smartphone campaign

As two major shareholders of Apple Inc. urge the company to take steps to help parents control and limit smartphone use by their children, a sister who is a veteran of the corporate social responsibility movement is at their side.

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  • Read more about Q & A with Srs. Agnes Nguyen Thi Tam and Anna Dau Thi Nhung, protecting church properties from government confiscation

Sr. Agnes Nguyen Thi Tam and Sr. Anna Dau Thi Nhung served successively as superiors general of the Lovers of the Holy Cross of Vinh. They spoke with GSR and shared highlights of the congregation's history, which includes surviving a U.S. air attack and developing farming techniques to overcome extreme poverty.

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January 30, 2018
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"Preach the truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world."

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January 29, 2018
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  • Read more about Protected status decision could send Syrians back to war zone, CLINIC warns

GSR Today - Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. warns that temporary protected status it could be ending for thousands of Syrians. A decision to end TPS would return thousands to Syria, in the middle of a civil war.

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  • Read more about Lessons from the kids' table

How do we learn to engage in conversation if we are not at the same table? How do we learn to listen if we are not listened to? How do we learn and grow if we don't broaden our circles … at least on occasion?

This story appears in the The Life feature series. View the full series.

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  • Read more about The spirit of the ministry: community charisms in action

The Life - This month, the panelists consider the unique charisms of their particular congregations and discuss how their individual ministries reflect that charism. They addressed this question: How does your personal ministry reflect your congregation's charism?

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