Joeyanna D'Souza is a member of the Congregation of the Daughters of St Paul in India. She has worked with the Pauline Press in binding, writing and editing, and she has authored six books, one of which has been translated into Hindi. She has been managing their online and digital presence in India for 10 years and teaches catechism and theology to juniors and novices, both men and women religious. Originally from a small parish in Mumbai, she now lives in New Delhi where she is studying for a master's degree in moral theology at Vidyajyoti College of Theology.
Eilis McCulloh, HM is a Sister of the Humility of Mary. She currently serves as the Grassroots Education and Organizing Specialist at NETWORK Lobby and is a student at The University of Akron School of Law. She has extensively ministered alongside the refugee and immigrant communities.
Dinknesh Amanuel is a member of the Maids of the Poor, a secular institute in Ethiopia. She was the first female student at the Capuchin Theological Seminary in Addis Ababa, earning degrees in philosophy and theology. She later studied patristics (the study of the early church fathers and their writings) in Italy and now teaches on the subject and also serves as the executive secretary for the Conference of Major Religious Superiors (CMRS), the umbrella network of men and women religious in Ethiopia.
June 22, 2017
"Most parishes just go on holding Mass and have a few things going on, but what is the real mission of the parish?" asks Dominican Sr. Donna Ciangio. "How is the parish a school of discipleship?"
by Jeannine Gramick
Contributor
June 22, 2017
The Cuba of 1959 is not like the Cuba of 2017. Although freedom of religion is protected by the constitution and Cubans can worship where and when they want, I saw the effects of decades of atheism.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
June 22, 2017
See for Yourself - I cringed on the other end of the phone, thinking that I had no right to barge into his weekend and at such a ridiculously early hour besides. But you don't know Jack.
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by Tracy L. Barnett
Contributor
June 22, 2017
In the tiny country where a slice through the Earth connects its two greatest oceans, Maryknoll Sr. Melinda Roper and her fellow sisters have staked a claim to protect a bit of Panama's lush biodiversity — and are working to rekindle a spiritual connection to the planetary ties that bind us all.
Susan Kidd is a member of the Congregation of Notre Dame and is currently the campus minister of the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada. She previously taught and chaired the Religion Department at a Catholic co-ed high school in Toronto and was involved in parish and community renewal. She worked for two years in youth ministry in Cameroon, West Africa. She is a contributor to the first round of the GSR series "The Life."
Florence Nwaonuma is a member of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She has served as national president of the Nigeria Conference of Women Religious and for two terms as superior general of the Religious Institute of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Nigeria. She has been deeply involved in the fight against human trafficking for 10 years. After a sabbatical in the U.S., she returned to Nigeria in May. She holds masters' degrees in public administration and social work and practiced law.
Maryknoll Sr. Helen Graham, a native of Brooklyn, New York, has lived in the Philippines for 50 years. At the Institute of Formation and Religious Studies in Quezon City she teaches Sacred Scripture and mentors students from across Asia, Africa and even Latin America. Graham was instrumental during Ferdinand Marcos' martial law years in bringing the stories of those who were imprisoned and tortured to the world. She was a founding member of the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines in 1974, wrote for Amnesty International and spoke to U.S. officials who were visiting the Philippines.