Viviana Garcia-Blanco is a Dominican Volunteer serving as an advocacy associate for the Dominican Leadership Conference NGO at the United Nations. She lives in the Bronx, New York, in community with three Dominican sisters and two other Dominican Volunteers. She has a bachelor's degree from Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, where she studied political science and corporate communications.
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.
by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo
Contributor
September 25, 2017
On Saturday nights at different time slots, three religious sisters are in radio booths with their priest co-anchors on the Philippines' widely broadcast DZMM Teleradyo that airs live on both radio and television.
This story appears in the The Life feature series. View the full series.
by The Life Panelists
September 25, 2017
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?
September 25, 2017
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."
by GSR Staff
September 25, 2017
"The light fills as does the silence as the footfalls of prayers now and past fill the air."
This story appears in the See for Yourself feature series. View the full series.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
September 22, 2017
Calling all musical sleuths! In honor of the late, great George Gershwin, who have been 119 next week, here's a musical story. Can you decipher it?
by Tracy Kemme
Contributor
September 22, 2017
Horizons - In ministry, I walk with many beloved migrants, but I'm never quite sure how to characterize what I "do." The pope's words and a new campaign give me insight: I share the journey. In doing so, I have seen the face of Christ.
by GSR Staff
September 22, 2017
"I know God is with me on this journey, so I have no fear."