Mary Clare Mazzocchi is a 2014-2015 Dominican volunteer at Immaculate Conception Academy, an all-girls Cristo Rey high school in the Mission District of San Francisco. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2014 with a degree in American studies and minors in philosophy and creative writing with highest honors. Her duties in ministry include assisting in the school’s admissions office, tutoring in an afterschool study session for girls on academic probation, and chaperoning students on their corporate work-study commutes.
May 29, 2015
When Society of the Sacred Heart Sr. Betty Nakyanzi left her native Uganda to get a master’s degree in Intercultural Ministry in the United States, she knew it would be a challenge. But she never imagined it would result in her – even temporarily – being in a wheelchair. But the experience has also given her deeper insight into what so many people go through, and a new appreciation for those who help others.
May 29, 2015
GSR Today - We launched the online survey ahead of Global Sisters Report’s first anniversary in April, curious about what you liked and what you wanted us to do better or differently. Nearly 1,100 of you answered, representing 34 countries.
May 29, 2015
For the past three months, I have been happily preparing for the party of my life. This party will include a beautiful Mass, a locally-sourced dinner and a lively reception. The party of my life will celebrate my perpetual profession of vows with my community. Preparation for my final vows has been busy and enjoyable. But, not everything has been simple and easy.
by GSR Staff
May 29, 2015
"And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting."
May 28, 2015
GSR Today - Faith leaders met with White House staff May 21 and presented a letter signed by nearly 1,500 faith leaders from across the country. Among those in the meeting were Sr. Patricia McDermott, president of the Sister of Mercy of the Americas, Lawrence Couch, Director of the National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and Fr. Timothy P. Kesicki, President of the Jesuit Conference of the United States and Canada.
by GSR Staff
May 27, 2015
"Be immersed in the dance of the trinity and all will be well."
by Hildegard Pleva
Contributor
May 27, 2015
Americans are changing jobs, if not careers, more frequently than ever before. Statisticians and sociologists argue about the significance of this trend, but the effects are observable. Where once people remained in one job, plying one trade or profession, living in one town for most of their lives, it is not uncommon to see rapid, frequent and fluid movement from one career to another, one coast to another, or from one life style to its complete opposite.
by Camille D'Arienzo
NCR Contributor
May 27, 2015
St. Joseph Sr. Margaret Nacke: "When I wake up at 2 a.m. or 3 a.m., I always say a prayer for the women who are being trafficked and abused. This may be my angel nudging me to say the prayer and remember what is happening to some girls and women."
May 27, 2015
They may have waited 35 long years, but the many thousands who packed Savior of the World Plaza for the beatification of Óscar Romero took joy in the moment – and in the memory of the slain archbishop. Romero, who was martyred in 1980 as he said Mass in a hospital chapel near the start of El Salvador’s 12-year civil war, was beatified May 23. More than 250,000 people witnessed the ceremony, and spontaneous chants of “¡Viva Romero!” rang out through the crowd.