In 2014, GSR's Melanie Lidman held her first writing workshop with 35 sisters from a variety of small congregations who were completing preparation for their final vows. The workshop took place in a retreat center run by the Nigerian Conference of Women Religious in Enugu, Nigeria. Here is her workshop template.
by GSR Staff
April 22, 2015
Global Sisters Report has been its own website for 364 days now, and our stories are being read by people in 147 countries. We have plans to expand coverage into Europe, Central and South America and other reaches of the world, but so far we have shared stories from nearly 40 different countries. Here’s a selection of some favorites from each.
by GSR Staff
April 22, 2015
"Each day I cry for the state of the world and then I laugh.”
This story appears in the Writing Workshops feature series. View the full series.
April 22, 2015
As Global Sisters Report celebrates our one-year anniversary, we are also celebrating the connections we have made with sisters in Africa, where women have even less of a voice in the global conversation. In Kenya, due to more widespread Internet usage, sisters are becoming more and more familiar with Global Sisters Report. While in Kenya in January, I ran two writing workshops for more than 100 sisters.
April 22, 2015
From A Nun's Life podcasts - In this Random Nun Clip, we offer advice on how to act like a nun to a college student who is preparing for a role in the play Sister Act; looking into what sisters do – social justice work, life based in Scripture, living in a community – can apply to anyone wanting to understand religious life more.
April 22, 2015
Three Stats and a Map - Earlier this month, the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication took data it had gathered between 2008 and 2014 and released an interactive map that allows you to see what people in the United States think about climate change. You can sort data by specific opinions (e.g., Will climate change harm me personally? Will global warming harm future generations?) And you can sort the data by U.S. states, congressional districts and counties.
by Joan Brown
April 22, 2015
I am a realist and yet a woman steeped in Franciscan tradition whose roots extend deeply into mystery, love, action and trust. Ultimately we do not know what might happen. We are called to make the path by walking. We are called to love and give ourselves to love, if we believe in the greatest commandment to love God, self and neighbor (meaning human and non-human).
by Dorothy Fernandes
Contributor
April 21, 2015
Even though the government of India brought into effect the Street Vendors Act 2014, the police have still been violating this act and continue their old practices of harassing the vendors, who do not have education or connection to better jobs or the resources to open a shop. They live day to day, and Aashray Abhiyan, a small organization, campaigns continuously for their right to work unimpeded.
April 21, 2015
GSR Today - People are always surprised when I tell them how small the Global Sisters Report staff actually is. The fact of the matter is, while we have correspondents all over the world (that’s how we get all those global stories!) there are just four of us in the Kansas City office. Personally, I think we get a lot done for such a tiny group, but there are still times I wish we had more hands to do more things.
April 21, 2015
Benedictine Sr. Angela Hoffman thinks there’s a chance plants and fungi could provide a natural cure for cancer. She hasn’t found anything yet, but as a biochemist and professor at Portland University, she – along with her research students – continues to log hours in the lab looking. Earlier this month, the 2014 Oregon Academy of Science award winner for outstanding higher education in science and mathematics spoke to Global Sisters Report about her work.