July 20, 2017
Charity Sr. Therese Bangert, a Sister of Charity of Leavenworth, has been a volunteer chaplain for the Kansas City, Kansas, police and fire departments for more than 20 years.
Ruth Droege is a member of the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, California. She holds doctorates in both theology and clinical psychology. She taught theology and religious studies at Dominican University of California (Dominican College) for 24 years and ministered as a clinical psychologist for 30 years. Now retired, she co-leads the Teilhard Learning Circle at the Santa Sabina Center in San Rafael.
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by Katie Delaney
July 19, 2017
Notes from the Field - As I write this, my final Notes from the Field blog with GSR, I am in my last week as a Good Shepherd Volunteer in Chile; by the time it is published, I will have been back in the United States for almost a full week. Have I changed?
by GSR Staff
July 19, 2017
"Evolving understanding calls us to shift from fear to love with a level of awareness never before possible. The world needs us for this."
July 18, 2017
Adorers of the Blood of Christ sisters take the next step in their protest of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline, after building a chapel in its planned pathway, on the premise of "freedom of religion."
by GSR Staff
July 18, 2017
Today we should all ask ourselves; what have I done to improve the surroundings in which I live?"
by Margaret Gonsalves
Contributor
July 18, 2017
Of the 500 people at a 2009 meeting of religious leaders from around the world, not a single woman was invited. One of the eminent speakers at that conference expressed surprise, pointing out that men who start and fight the wars badly need the presence and contribution of women in the decision-making process in order to create a culture of peace.
by Shireen Korkzan
July 18, 2017
In addition to adopting four children and fostering close to 75 more, Srs. Berta Sailer and Corita Bussanmas, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, opened Operation Breakthrough, a nonprofit early-education center and social service facility in Kansas City that today serves more than 400 children and their families daily.
by Tracey Horan
Contributor
July 17, 2017
GSR Today - The Giving Voice National Gathering, we talked about bridges. I am resistant to the idea of bridges because only connecting with our deeper values, risking unearthing ways we are already one, will bring us into unity.
by Maureen Hickey
Contributor
July 17, 2017
Was it a coincidence that this happened on the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus? On June 3, 2016, Pope Francis raised the July 22 celebration of St. Mary Magdalene from a memorial to a liturgical feast.