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by Tracy Kemme

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August 14, 2015
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Wednesday’s psalm antiphon (Psalm 66) proclaims what my heart feels after attending the Giving Voice National Conference in Kansas City last weekend. The theme “Crossing Boundaries in Religious Life,” took shape through the more than seventy sisters under the age of 50 who gathered. Srs. Tere Maya and Sophia Park gave us much to ponder in their keynote addresses. Speaking about the generational and cultural dynamics at work in the church and in religious life today, they named realities that both affirm and challenge me as a young sister. The honest conversations were powerful kindling for the flame inside of me. Let me pass on some of that honesty.

This story appears in the Notes from the Field feature series. View the full series.

by Bridgid O'Brien

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August 14, 2015
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Notes from the Field - I’ve known since taking my seat on the 32-hour journey to Nong Khai, and even before, that there would be another eerily similar flight lurking in the future. The difference would be that the next flight would be heading back to the United States, and at the time it seemed light years away.

This story appears in the LCWR 2015 feature series. View the full series.

by Dan Stockman

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August 13, 2015
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  • Read more about LCWR speaker: Quench the thirsts of the world by focusing on the Holy Spirit

The church does not have a mission — rather, God's mission has a church, a priest told a gathering of women religious Thursday morning. Divine Word Fr. Stephen Bevans told approximately 800 members of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious gathered here for the group's annual assembly that only by focusing on the Holy Spirit can they quench the thirsts of the world. To live God's mission, Bevans said, the church must live in what he called "prophetic dialogue."

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August 13, 2015
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“We speak of the great deep as a reserve of wisdom that we believe can be accessed by living a life of contemplation.”

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by Nancy Linenkugel

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See for Yourself - The public television station in the community where I live recently celebrated the 48th anniversary of its annual on-air auction to raise funds for programming. A key success factor each year is the army of volunteers who augment the event's nightly experience during the entire auction week.

This story appears in the LCWR 2015 feature series. View the full series.

by Dan Stockman

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August 12, 2015
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  • Read more about LCWR president: A new era of communion with Vatican closes 'cultural chasm'

The controversial investigations of U.S. women religious by the Vatican — and resulting tensions — stemmed largely from a "cultural chasm," the group's president, Immaculate Heart of Mary Sr. Sharon Holland, said Wednesday. But that chasm is closing, she said, and a new era of communion seems to have begun.

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August 12, 2015
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  • Read more about Changing reality of religious life takes stage at LCWR conference

In the second public address of the first full day of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious' 2015 assembly, St. Joseph Sr. Janet Mock spoke about the changing reality of religious life, likening it to the resurrected body of Christ. "If your congregation has done all it can do, you must place the collective wisdom that is yours at the service of the world through prayer and suffering, entering into the passivity of Christ for the good of the world," she said, adding that life always comes out of death.

This story appears in the LCWR and Apostolic Visitation feature series.

by Kathleen Duffy

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August 12, 2015
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  • Read more about Apostolic visitation: Sisters learn from the starlings

The announcement six years ago of an apostolic visitation of United States congregations of women religious caused a stir among many sisters. This attempt by the Vatican to exert unwanted control posed a threat to the identity and mission of the congregations and initiated a crisis. However, a good number of the congregations faced the challenge head on with a response reminiscent of the swarming behavior of starlings.

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Notes from the Field - Sitting in the shade of a mango tree, I see people go by, busy with their work and tasks. As I sit, people stare at me while they walk, some even stopping before continuing on their way. When I am outside of the sisters’ compound I get a lot of attention.

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August 11, 2015
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The 2015 annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious officially began Tuesday evening with centering song followed by greetings from Sr. Marcia Allen, president-elect; Sr. Sharon Holland, president; and Sr. Carol Zinn (past president). This is the first such gathering for the approximately 1,400 leaders of the United States' sisters in several years that is taking place without being under the cloud of Vatican investigations. LCWR represents about 80 percent of the 50,000-some women religious in the U.S., and almost 800 of the leaders are in Houston, Texas, this week for "Springs of the Great Deep Burst Forth: Meeting the Thirsts of the World."

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