I hold memories of the Easter Triduum dear. They take me to special times and places in my life. They speak to the grace and new life found in these Easter days, the joys and hopes of faith revealed. The lessons of these days were bold: Faith is what we carry with us through the darkness; it burns brightly when we cannot see. The feet we wash lead us out to serve, making the days of Triduum stretch far beyond the three days they occupy on the calendar. This year was not like that. This year, my Triduum celebration, liturgically speaking at least, was a bust.

St. Joseph Sr. Bette Moslander, "a quiet woman of small stature" who for the past 50 years was a powerful voice for women in the church, died March 22 at age 92. In addition to 18 years in leadership positions in her own community – the Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia – Moslander had national and international roles throughout the decades following the Second Vatican Council.

Patients from all seven states in the northeastern region find healing power in Sr. Monica George, a native of the southern Indian state of Kerala. She is a member of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (MSMHC), also known as the Ferrandini Sisters, the region’s first indigenous religious congregation, and uses traditional methods of healing to serve people where they are. “With a little knowledge of alternative health care practices,” George said, “and a lot of faith that God can bring about healing and wellness for his suffering children through you, anyone can provide immediate relief to the suffering patient.”

" . . .be harbingers of peace, forgiveness and love, respecting and working for the dignity of women and the girl child. . . ."

See for Yourself - "Keep an eye out for a parking space, Nancy. You know the kind we need." "OK, Grandma," I chirp eagerly as she slowly negotiates her blue sedan up and down the grocery store parking lot aisles. I’m in the front seat next to her, eagle-eyed, as she and I both fix our gazes on the parking prospects around us.

“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.”

GSR Today - Women religious leaders representing 29 regions of the world and 80 percent of religious worldwide gathered recently outside Rome with the goal of finding common issues that they could address together, believing that global solidarity is the way forward to making significant changes in systems of society and the church.

From A Nun's Life podcasts - If you choose to do something risky and then pray for safety, does that equate to testing God?

Three Stats and a Map - After several years of work, last week the Pew Research Center released its projections for the future of world religions. Researchers analyzed data from 2,500 sources to predict what the populations of various religious groups might look like in the next three decades.