From A Nun's Life podcasts - In this Random Nun Clip, sisters field questions from a listener who is wrestling with conflicting feelings about religious life; they offer him a way forward, and also discuss whether God communicates to us in dreams.
Horizons - For people who live within 100 miles of the U.S./Mexico border, the surveillance, having your photo taken every time you cross, seeing Border Patrol vehicles everywhere, passing through checkpoints and having to announce your citizenship — this is part of daily life.
For half a century, thousands of missionaries, sisters, brothers, priests, educators and lay church members have sought education and renewal through annual programs at the Maryknoll Mission Institute.
Despair only lets the darkness win. God, the Light, is ever present in our world. If we really look, we will find that Light, the rainbow of events that reflect God's goodness.
For over 16 years I have worked on a campaign for shelter rights for the urban poor of Patna. After we had worked so long to get the administration and government of India to listen to the pleas of people on the periphery, an opportune time finally arrived.
Sr. Redemptor Ikonga a plants an average of 10 trees every day. She and the sisters of her congregation began to work toward the need for environmental sustainability because they believe care of the environment is inherently connected to the care of the poor.
Nancy Westmeyer is a Third Order Regular Franciscan from Tiffin, Ohio. Besides giving workshops, missions and retreats around the U.S., much of her ministry in Ohio has included teaching and parish ministry, working as a diocesan director of pastoral services, and serving as the executive director for a pastoral alliance of 16 parishes committed together to renew their parishes. She started a 501(c)(3) organization, Vision Time, to lead parish missions, priests' retreats and parish renewal workshops, and to provide leadership assistance with structural change for small businesses.
Missionaries of Charity nuns in India celebrated the birthday of their order's founder, St. Teresa of Kolkata, three years after her canonization, breaking a Catholic convention in which only a saint's feast day – normally the anniversary of death – is celebrated. But Mother Teresa's birthday was a major celebration in the house when she was alive, and the nuns continue that today.
Several women's religious orders, individual women religious and Catholic organizations such as Pax Christi and Jesuit Refugee Service were among more than 500 religious leaders and groups who signed an Aug. 23 letter to President Donald Trump urging his administration not to go through with plans to possibly end the country's refugee resettlement program.
Contemplate This - He was not what I expected from an Uber driver. It was a contemplative sitting as I opened myself to listen to this young man, to hear the voice and experience of the future.