Since 2010, Sr. Valorie Lordi has volunteered her time each summer ministering to children and youth in rural Haitian villages, and her connection to the Haitian people is "part of her daily life throughout the year." And in recent weeks, concern about Haiti has become a consuming worry.
by Virginia Herbers
At the LCWR Assembly in August, I had the good fortune and distinct honor of being in a small discussion group of young leaders that inspired and challenged me, leaving me with a feeling of buoyancy. The most lasting aspect of our conversations, partnered with the other dialogues and addresses of the assembly, was the consistent and virtually universal sense that the changes occurring in women's religious life right now are demanding of us not just something new and different, but something transformative.
by GSR Staff
"Waters wash clean the unsettled within. What do our waters need to purge inside?"
by GSR Staff
"We will digest the sorrow and beauty again and again showing up, praying, working. What else can we do but Love the world as deeply as we can?"
GSR Today - On All Saints' Day, the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena living in Irbil, Iraq, wrote a letter to their supporters across the world, to update them on the situation in Iraq.
Virginia Saldanha is a theologian based in Mumbai and a member of the Sisters in Solidarity and the Indian Christian Women's Movement. She earlier has represented laity, family and women's issues in organizations of Asian and Indian bishops.
by Maria Beben
Notes from the Field – As I serve and accompany others in my work with Franciscan Mission Service, both models of these holy women continually challenge me.
Inna Lazareva is a British journalist and analyst based in Cameroon and covering Central, West and East Africa. Her work has been published by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, TIME magazine, The Guardian, Foreign Policy magazine, Al Jazeera, The New Statesman, Al Monitor, The Institute for War and Peace Reporting, and others. She speaks five languages and has an master's degree in international public policy from University College London.
by Caroline Mbonu
NCR Contributor
The New Religious Movement in Africa continues to define and redefine traditional Christian practices through its various methods of prayer and worship. The new movement adheres to beliefs and practices that are not in line with orthodoxy within a particular society and time. Among these methods, spirit possession — a belief that extraterrestrials take control of the human body — leads the chart.
