August 29, 2017
In Conversation - Theologian Christopher Pramuk and Catholic Srs. Tracey Horan and Larretta Rivera-Williams talk about race relations and the Catholic response.
August 29, 2017
Hurricane Harvey response, updated Sept. 1 - Women religious in the areas surrounding the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey are working to ease the suffering of those impacted by the storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane along the Texas coast Aug. 25.
by Sarah Mac Donald
August 29, 2017
Sr. Cora Richardson challenged apartheid and met Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko. She retired to Ireland four years ago, but despite her age, she continues to speak up for what she believes in, including women priests.
August 29, 2017
When do we no longer see individuals but only perceive them as a group that is threatening our way of life? When do we learn to be afraid and hate the other? Who teaches us that? And how can we be untaught?
by Kathleen Kanet
Contributor
August 28, 2017
When you are frustrated and in pain over the political direction of your country, what do you do? The source of much of my anguish was over our 2018 Federal Budget. To me a budget is a moral document. What I saw in this proposed budget were more benefits for the rich and fewer for the poor.
Kathleen Kanet is a sister of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary who has worked as a teacher and administrator in an elementary school and as caseworker and supervisor in a preventative service program for preservation of families. She has co-founded several national and international organizations which promote peace and has been involved in multiple educational activities around the issues of peace and justice.
August 28, 2017
GSR Today - Cholera is ancient history in most modern countries; but in areas where water is contaminated by sewage, it spreads like wildfire. When cholera does strike, it's usually easy to treat. But not in a failed state such as Yemen.
This story appears in the The Life feature series. View the full series.
by The Life Panelists
August 28, 2017
The Life - Collaboration against trafficking. Speaking out on national issues. Sharing formation resources and promoting vocations. In this month's installment of GSR's feature about the lives of women religious around the world, our panelists write about how they are networking within their communities and among congregations and how this collaboration enriches and supports their life and ministry.
by GSR Staff
August 28, 2017
"Sometimes we forget how to lose ourselves in time. We need to be counter-cultural by wasting time to listen deeply."
August 25, 2017
Photo essay - 'For love of Mother Mary': At Vietnam's Marian Congress, sisters offer health care to pilgrims who fell ill, help clean the shrine, give prayerful and cultural performances, serve at the Eucharist procession, sell Catholic items and record prayer requests.