by Winifred Ojo
Contributor
At the 2015 chapter meeting for the Sisters of St. Louis, which was founded in France, the sisters elected the majority of their leaders from the Global South, including Sr. Winifred Ojo. This congregation is working on the geographical and cultural shift in religious life.
by GSR Staff
"When foreigners live with you in your land, do not mistreat them. You shall treat the foreigner who lives with you no differently than the citizens born among you; you shall love them as yourself; for you too were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I, the Lord, am your God."
Kenyan Sr. Caroline Mjomba is the East African provincial superior of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood, founded in 1885 in South Africa. The Province, with 147 professed members, is comprised of Kenya, Tanzania and the Nuba Mountains, Sudan.
Before serving as provincial superior, Mjomba worked as a novice directress for 12 years and as a secondary school teacher.
by Teresa Anyabuike
Contributor
Column - What a change in their surroundings — and their attitudes. Before, some of them thoughtlessly threw refuse about. Now these members of Young Catholic Students of Nigeria are happy to take positive action for their environment.
GSR Today - One thing that is certain about the presidency of Donald Trump: It has caused millions of people to find a new voice in protest. And among them are women religious. Let's be clear: Sisters have always had a voice — and a powerful one — and they've never been afraid to use it.
There are about 5,000 Hispanic sisters in the U.S., meeting a growing need. At the same time, the sisters tend to be apart from their communities and can feel disconnected from the wider church. The Association of Hispanic Sisters in the United States, an informal, grassroots network hosting biannual meetings since 2008, has received a grant that will develop its management so as to be able to offer acculturation and ongoing formation services and be a resource to leadership teams in Latin America.
by GSR Staff
"The new economics recognizes that the economy is embedded in a society and culture that are themselves embedded in an ecological life-support system, and that the economy can't grow forever on this finite planet."
Winifred Ojo belongs to the Sisters of St Louis, an international congregation founded in France in 1842. Born in western Nigeria, she currently lives and works on the St Louis Central leadership team in Ireland. Winifred is a trained teacher and formator who taught at both the primary and high school levels and worked as a formator in the Nigerian province for seven years.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
See for Yourself - Planning a Mass where the bishop is presiding can be complicated and bring certain changes a congregation might not be used to.
by Tracy Kemme
Contributor
I wonder when U.S. Christians began to lose touch with Jesus. The thought has crossed my mind from time to time in recent years, but lately it surfaces daily. My heart sinks as Christians in the news and on my Facebook feed rally behind building a wall on our southern border and denying Muslims from war-torn countries entry to ours. I'm baffled as Christians brazenly proclaim, "America first!" while professing to follow the Nazorean carpenter who declared more than once, "The last shall be first, and the first will be last."
