Sr. Corita Kent joined the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary shortly after high school, following in the footsteps of family members, and taught art as the chair of the department at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles in the 1960s. The first full retrospective of her pop-art era prints and other work has made its way back to Los Angeles. Her work stood apart as different from other religious artwork even from the very beginning. Co-curator Ian Berry says one of the main goals of the show is to introduce her work to new generations of artists and viewers. “She doesn’t come up enough in art history,” he says, “but those of us who organized the show think she is a critical part of American art history and contemporary art of the 1960s.”

"We do not fear change, but prayerfully allow the Spirit to work in and among us."

Notes from the Field - I have been an international Good Shepherd Volunteer in Nong Khai, Thailand, for the past year, working with an organization led by the order of Good Shepherd Sisters ministering here to provide care, resources and income-generating opportunities for individuals affected and infected with HIV/AIDS.

Being a young religious sister means you represent a lot of things to a lot of people. You are an anomaly; you are the image of a teacher/counselor/nurse/confidant/relative from the past; you are a beacon of hope or a bearer of harsh realities. You come to embody the church. And, whether you like it or not, you will be called upon, time and time again, to represent issues and viewpoints much larger than yourself. 

"So much happens beneath the surface of our daily existence. Our depths are filled with color and God life waiting to be revealed. Can we take the time to look?"

See for Yourself - Dad paid everything with bills; he hated change in his pocket, and he would usually say, after handing over the currency, “Keep the change.”

Dominican Sr. Sue Gardner is not Native American, but she has had a love for native people since she was a child, and has worked closely with them for the past eight years. Now she is the director of the Native American Apostolate for the diocese of Gaylord, Michigan, and the pastoral administrator of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Suttons Bay, Michigan, about 20 miles northwest of Traverse City.

Sr. M. Ivanna B. Ennemoser knows how to make a budget stretch. Ennemoser runs the Kariobangi Cheshire House for the Aged, which serves destitute and disabled elderly people in Nairobi, Kenya. The home is on the edge of an urban slum called Korogocho, where more than 700,000 people live in hastily erected shacks crowded into muddy alleyways. With less than $4,000 per month, Ennemoser cares for 35 heavily disabled live-in residents and provides twice-weekly lunches for 240 more people who suffer from diseases such as leprosy and HIV/AIDS.