Geri Lanham hails from Charleston, Illinois, and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. She currently lives in community with the Religious of Jesus and Mary in Gros Morne, Haiti, where she serves with a local primary school, nursing home, agronomy center and hospital.

Janie Rosko is a Humility of Mary volunteer serving within the Ursuline ministries in Youngstown, Ohio. She has a bachelor's degree in philosophy and psychology from Youngstown State University.

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The Life - Openness to cultures. Psychological shifts. Economic differences. Succession planning. Forgiveness. This month our sister-panelists from all over the world speculate on the challenges and opportunities presented by the changing demographics of religious life, as the shift from global North to South becomes more evident. They addressed this question: What challenges and opportunities do you see as leadership shifts from the global North to the global South? 

Copeland had been set to speak at the Center for Catholic Studies and Interfaith Dialogue at the university sponsored by the Felician Sisters. But her talk was canceled after the Church Militant website targeted her as a "pro-LGBT speaker."