by Durstyne Farnan
"When we left everything in Qaraqosh, maybe we accumulated a lot of things in our houses that we didn't need. We left our Christian pictures in Qaraqosh, but since August 6, 2014, I have changed my views on things. I discovered people don't need things to be happy."
by Teresa Anyabuike
Contributor
Children will always tell the truth unless an adult teaches them to do otherwise. I recall speaking with a group of children at Saint Peter Nursery and Primary School, in Ndeaboh, Enugu State, Nigeria. The simplicity and the truthfulness of these children kept me wondering about, and reflecting on, my life as a religious. The way they related with one another was challenging; they kept no record of hurts, and they let-go easily.
Teresa Anyabuike is a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur living in Abuja, Nigeria. For a time, she was the coordinator of a Catholic community self-help association, a department of the Justice, Development and Peace Mission in the Ilorin Diocese. She also served as a website manager for her Congregation. Currently she is working as a social worker in advocacy against social injustice.
GSR Today - By the time you read this, the focus of the news about Hurricane Matthew will be on the damage it caused in the United States; October 11 is the U.N. and UNICEF Day of the Girl.
by Lissy Maruthanakuzhy
The Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate manage a school that provides life skills training, a community and job-readyness to 300 people at a time who otherwise were struggling in conventional academic settings or even being kept isolated by their parents because of their mental disabilities.
by Kathryn James Hermes
Contributor
A friend told me recently how many of her colleagues were feeling depressed. The 24/7 access to the news that is filling every channel from public news sites to Facebook and Twitter feeds was somehow robbing them of energy and life. It's as if in some way the nation has been mysteriously and collectively taken up with a force of superficial, sensationalizing, passion-filled banality.
by GSR Staff
"Losses remembered. The promise of new life hangs in the balance."
GSR Today - "We must educate ourselves on the root causes of immigration ... and [join] with others who share the same values," one sister said.
From A Nun's Life podcast - Sisters tend to find that they are never among strangers, but they don't take this togetherness for granted.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
See for Yourself - I heard him. We all heard him. Our straggly group of folks lined up in Checkout Lane #4 — one of only a handful of checkouts that was open — became familiar with each other as we inched toward our magic turn at the cashier.
