by Lissy Maruthanakuzhy
Travels give us one the most precious things in life: time with ourselves. For me, each trip has been an invitation to self-discovery. As a Catholic religious woman in India, I have to make long and short trips, mostly by train, to the length and breadth of this vast country.
by GSR Staff
"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone."
This year, the annual SOA Watch protest took place at the border instead of at the school the group has protested for the last 27 years. The group still aims to draw attention to what used to be called the School of the Americas, but the 2016 gathering also focused on increased militarization of the border. "Different issue, but same shame," one protestor said.
Since January 2016, Christian E. Ruehling has been serving as a volunteer missioner for VIDES+USA, a volunteer missioner organization that is dedicated to education and development for youth and women in situations of poverty, marginalization, or difficulty, both in the Untied States and worldwide. His missionary travels have taken him through Ethiopia, Rome and Geneva. Prior to deciding to pick up the volunteerism mantle, Christian worked 10 years in the private sector, where he specialized on due diligence, anti-corruption and anti-money-laundering issues for major corporations.
Maria Beben is currently engaged in a year of service as the staff writer for Franciscan Mission Service in Washington, D.C. Originally from a small, rural town in New Jersey, Maria graduated from The Catholic University of America in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a minor in theology and religious studies.
Religious life in North America and Europe stands on a precipice of transformation to a new form that no one yet knows, and leaders need to embrace that mystery instead of trying to sustain the past, St. Joseph Sr. Carol Zinn told a gathering of women and men religious Thursday.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
See for Yourself - "Keep your eyes peeled for a parking place. Ooh — there? No. Rats. That's a fire hydrant." So went the in-car chatter by Kathy as she drove us to a downtown part to attend a festival.
The death toll in Haiti from Hurricane Matthew now exceeds 1,000 and continues to rise, and the head of the United Nations warned that a "massive response is required" to stave off problems that include hunger and cholera. Dozens of communities of women religious both in and outside Haiti are responding to the massive needs.
The Resource Center for Religious Institutes advises and assists religious communities with stewardship, things like how and where to invest pension funds and understanding legal issues of nonprofits and health care.