Ruth Gehres, an Ursuline Sister of Mount St. Joseph, has been a teacher and college administrator and served as director of communication for her community. She has a doctorate in English from St. Louis University. From 2007 to 2013, Gehres ministered at the Dianna Ortiz Ursuline Center for Women (Casa Ursulina), an outreach to women of low income in Chillán, Chile.
by GSR Staff
April 28, 2017
"The monarch caterpillar focuses on what feeds its growth. What feeds our growth?"
by Kathleen Duffy
Contributor
April 27, 2017
While on retreat at St. Mary's by the Sea in Cape May Point, New Jersey, I love to visit the nature center near the lighthouse and to engage in one of my favorite forms of prayer — bird watching.
This story appears in the Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education feature series. View the full series.
by Michele Morek
April 27, 2017
GSR Today - Inspiration, signs of "evolutionary changes," and ideas for living out mercy were found April 18-20 at the National Catholic Educational Association meeting of more than 8,000 teachers, administrators, superintendents, librarians and archivists.
This story appears in the Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action feature series. View the full series.
by Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans
Contributor
April 27, 2017
When you think about women religious, the word "science" may not be the first to spring to mind, but for many if not most Catholic sisters, what has shaped climate study and other scientific disciplines also bolsters their conviction that all life on Earth is interdependent, and that the time to intervene on behalf of a struggling planet is now. Sisters, volunteers and other community associates are traveling to Washington, D.C., for the People's Climate March on April 29 to make that point.
April 27, 2017
The work of Religious of Jesus and Mary Sr. Yudith Pereira has taken her from her native Madrid to an office in Rome and villages throughout South Sudan. As project manager of the initiative Solidarity with South Sudan, Pereira helps run the program that includes projects in education, health training and pastoral initiatives.
by GSR Staff
April 27, 2017
"How wonderful would it be, while we discover faraway planets, to rediscover the needs of the brothers and sisters orbiting around us."
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by Lauren Magee
April 26, 2017
Notes from the Field: I've served in Nong Khai for eight months already, so many aspects of Thai culture have become my new normal. But the Thai New Year reminded me how restrictive my comfort zone still is.
by GSR Staff
April 26, 2017
"Our role in life is to bring the light of our own souls to the dim places around us."
by Caroljean Willie
Contributor
April 25, 2017
Recently I had the opportunity to travel to Kenya and Tanzania as part of a team from Microfinancing Partners in Africa (MPA) because I serve on its advisory board. Microfinancing Partners in Africa was started by Sr. Toni Temporiti, a Sister of the Most Precious Blood, to provide some funding for microfinancing programs in several African countries. Now the non-profit organization is working with African sisters to start new projects.