Becoming a sister has included many challenging adjustments. One aspect of religious life that I doubt I’ll ever be comfortable with, though, is other people’s expectations of me just because I am living my vocation. It never made sense to me that others would place in me in a different category just because I was doing what I was made to do. I am not more special than any other person who is living a life of commitment and love.
by GSR Staff
“Are you the one who is to come or should we look for another?"
Caroljean (Cj) Willie is a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in sociology, a master's degree in reading and a Ph.D. in multicultural education. She has extensive experience working cross-culturally throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe. She served two terms of office as the NGO representative at the United Nations for the Sisters of Charity Federation prior to her current ministries as the program director for EarthConnection environmental center, sponsored by the Sisters of Charity.
Kathleen Duffy is a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. She is professor of physics at Chestnut Hill College, where she directs the Interdisciplinary Honors Program and the Institute for Religion and Science. She is editor of Teilhard Studies and the author of Teilhard’s Mysticism: Seeing the Inner Face of Evolution (Orbis Books, 2014).
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Sr. Elizabeth Tran Thi Quynh Giao is former provincial superior in Vietnam.
Catholic News Service
Sr. Mary Rose Atuu told Massgoers on a recent Sunday that she has "a lot of passion" for her religious vocation but challenged her listeners to remember that "we are all consecrated." The Little Sister of Mary Immaculate of Gulu spoke before a packed before a packed congregation at her own parish church, Immaculate Conception Church in Honolulu. The presentation by the African nun, who is a chaplain for St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii, was part of a "traveling exhibit" for the Catholic church's Year of Consecrated Life.
by GSR Staff
“The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.”
by Jan Cebula
GSR Today - Today, August 6, we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and on Nagasaki on August 9. It’s more than I can take in, really.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
See for Yourself - “You know it’s been such a struggle to visit my mom these past few months,” my friend Sally shares.” I come dutifully from New Jersey to Ohio every month for a weekend visit. While I love being with and seeing mom, I hate what the devastating Alzheimer’s disease is doing to her.”
