GSR Today - A recent high-level forum at the United Nations was a chance to assess how the world is doing in reaching 17 sustainable development goals, which aim to end poverty and hunger, promote action on climate change, and end gender inequality.
by Dana Wachter
Two Sisters of St. Joseph in London, Ontario, run the Office for Systemic Justice, which researches major social issues — poverty, climate change and the environment, human trafficking, indigenous rights, refugees, immigration, etc. — and advocates for policies to improve communities globally. They start with a hyperlocal focus, often a personal story, and work toward alleviating precarious employment, reducing poverty, encouraging improvements in mental health care, and more.
by GSR Staff
"The Ignatian approach to good choices emphasizes freedom. Making a free decision means that we set aside our own preferences and preconceptions and strive to be free of social pressures and psychological strains. We carefully examine our motives and desires."
Tinamarie Stolz is the 2017 summer intern for Sr. Joan Chittister and the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania. She is a recent graduate of the University of Dayton’s campus ministry graduate assistant program with a master's degree in theological studies and now works as a campus minister. Previously, she completed a year of service as a food pantry manager with Christ the King Service Corps in Detroit and started a women’s ministry in 2012.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
See for Yourself - My friend John has that unchanging air about him, as we see each other but don’t realize that it's been an entire year since we last connected. This year, however, John is moving a little slower.
Our modern technology means many people get notifications about news headlines on their smartphones. Their phones beep and blink, alerting them throughout the day when there has been a catastrophe in another corner of the nation or the world. Humans are hollowed into headlines, statistics. In light of this, a sister asks me: "Do we have a limited capacity for encountering suffering and pain? What does it do to the human psyche to receive a constant diet of bad news?"
by GSR Staff
"Sometimes the only thing one can do is pray!"
"My experience with nuns is that they're going to do the job no matter what, and they're some of the most bold, most intelligent, most passionate people I know. And I think that unnerves a bunch of people."
by Mary Lilly Driciru
You might say prison ministry is my "hobby" since it has been outside my routine assigned work. Prison ministry has given me a broad picture of the world, and made me understand people and society better.
The U.N.'s World Day against Trafficking in Persons may prompt renewed debate over prostitution. The debate splits groups often allied in other causes, including Catholic sisters and human rights advocates.
