The Sisters of the Holy Family have been serving in New Orleans since 1842, founded by Henriette Delille, a free black woman, during a time when the Catholic church was reluctant to extend religious life to non-whites. Eleven years after Hurricane Katrina, the community has recovered from a criminal investigation and rebuilt most of its ministries, including a nursing home and school.

"Even when we get very, very angry at a particular piece of art, the Spirit is speaking. The question is, what's the anger about? And what's under the anger?"

Advocates for immigration reform are dismayed but not surprised that a deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court June 23 let stand a lower court ruling blocking a plan to spare some immigrants from deportation.

The human rights forum at the Carter Center this week brought together people from around the globe who had invested their lives in the welfare of people they did not know.

In November, Sister of the Good Shepherd Glynis Mary McManamon opened Shepherding Images Studio/Good Shepherd art gallery in Ferguson, Missouri. Her gallery opened just in time for the anniversary of a grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the August 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown — the event that sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.

See for Yourself - I was chatting with a friend who works in the health insurance industry. He maintained that people will only do things if there's financial motivation; however, it's not just any financial motivation that works, but skin-in-the-game financial motivation.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet are among the recipients of letters from the Vatican asking congregations to explain matters learned during the apostolic visitation.

Religious priests, brothers and sisters in Brazil are urging everyone attending the Olympic Games to report instances of exploitation of vulnerable people and to turn in suspected traffickers.

Each morning when I sit down to my desk at work, before I check voicemails or emails, I flip over a page on my de facto daily calendar. Just to the right of my computer and telephone sits this small, spiral-bound book containing all 100 Maxims of the Sisters of St. Joseph.

Notes from the Field - As a Good Shepherd Volunteer, I have heard the phrase "Just love" more times than I could possibly count. It is the epitome of what we as volunteers have set our hearts and minds on since day one of our year of service.