by Brenna Neimanis
Contributor
Notes from the Field - As I endure my long daily commute to the juvenile justice facility, I have a lot of time to think. I have time to really ponder and digest the things going on in my life and in my mind thanks to those three hours or so; I discover and observe new things every day, and I have become more mindful about my being and my surroundings.
by Joshua J. McElwee
"The future of religious life will be decided on the peripheries where Christ is in agony," said Sr. Mary Sujita in a plenary address to a triennial meeting of the UISG. "It will not be decided on the number of sisters we have. Let us be clear on this."
Mercy Associate Ramona Casas was 12 years old when she crossed the border in the trunk of a car, buried in clothing as her uncle's friends drove her from Mexico to the Rio Grande Valley. Today, she is a community organizer and advocacy networker, and she directs the Border Witness Program,
by GSR Staff
"Charism is not a property. It is not a possession. It is not transferrable. It is not transmittable. And it is not controllable."
Michelle Lesher, SSJ is a Sister of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia currently serving in vocation and formation ministry. Formerly, she was a college campus minister and a high school theology teacher. She is passionate about young adult faith formation.
by Joshua J. McElwee
The global umbrella group for the leaders of the world's Catholic women religious has created a new advisory council of five female canon lawyers to offer expertise on church law to sisters' communities worldwide.
by Joshua J. McElwee
The leaders of the world's communities of Catholic women religious were warned against accepting an "entitlement creep" that numbs them from confronting poverty and environmental destruction, at the opening session of a triennial gathering here.
by GSR Staff
"In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world."
GSR Today: The village of Senchen is unusual in paternalistic Kenya — it is a self-sufficient community run entirely by women. But Senchen is also haunted.
In one recent example of the NGO Mining Working Group's work, the body focused on Canada, whose human rights record was up for review in 2015 by the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Committee. The NGO Mining Working Group's main focus was on Canada's responsibility for abuses related to Canadian mining industry operations outside of Canada and the rights of indigenous people within the country, said Sr. Áine O'Connor, who coordinates the U.N. work of the Sisters of Mercy and the Mercy International Association.
