South Sudan's future is bound up with fear, something on vivid and visceral display at the large United Nations camps outside of the capital of Juba. At the Protection of Civilians, or POC, Camp #3, nearly 40,000 people are congested into an area that is only a quarter-square mile. As people violently uprooted from their homes, they are trapped, afraid to leave the compound.

"One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world."

I'm excited about a project that I would like to share with you. I'm working on an honor for a friend of mine — Jesuit Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955). Although I have never met Teilhard in person, his writings have been one of the greatest inspirations in my life. I have come to know him during my own long search for how to be both scientist and believer. Without his help, my faith and spirituality would never be as strong as they are.

"I, little brother Francis, wish to follow the life and poverty of Jesus Christ our Most High Lord and of His Most Holy Mother and to persevere therein until the end. And I beseech you all, my ladies, and counsel you, to live always in this most holy life and poverty. And watch yourselves well that you in no wise depart from it through the teaching or advice of any one."

"When you're a midwife, you're really involved in the total recreation of the universe all the time," says Franciscan Sister of Mary Angela Murdaugh. 

An extraordinary blessing of Australians are our aboriginal indigenous peoples. These peoples cherish the Earth; their unique "Dreaming" spirituality reflects this. "The Dreaming" is their timeless way of interpreting creation, relating to their ancestors, and passing on their knowledge, stories and laws for existence.

Sr. Obehi Ogbeide is a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur who studied nursing and midwifery and works in the health care field, coordinating the HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis program in the Diocese of Kroonstad. "To be able to contribute to the health and well-being of any person is a thing of joy," she says.

GSR Today - Instead of looking at my life as one of constantly failing, I now look at it as a life gifted beyond measure because God is constantly forgiving me.

How did I discover the Eucharist is my basement? The story begins long ago. I have been shaped by experiences of sharing food in places where we worked for social justice.

From the sisters on the road: We followed along Oct. 2 as about 20 people, including at least five sisters, biked100 miles from just east of Erie, Pennsylvania, to Niagara Falls, Ontario, for the Communicators for Women Religious annual conference Oct. 3-6 there.