Catholic News Service
The first International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking has been announced for Feb. 8, the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese slave who eventually was freed and became a Canossian nun.
Three Stats and a Map - Thanksgiving is a loaded holiday – depending on who you are, the United States’ annual Turkey Day can illicit feelings ranging from blissful gratitude to indignation (reasons for the latter including the historical mistreatment of Native Americans and the current culture of overconsumption).
Gemma Cruz, Ph.D., is senior lecturer in theology at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Edmund Kee-Fook Chia, Ph.D., is co-director for the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue and senior lecturer in the School of Theology at Australian Catholic University in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
A decade ago, some Lovers of the Holy Cross of Nha Trang nuns noticed that over 30 graves were in bad condition at Dong Tien parish cemetery. The other tombs were decorated with incense, candles and flowers, as is customary in Vietnam to show respect for the dead. The nuns took it upon themselves to weed the grass and wild plants from those neglected graves. Their ministry inspired others to help rebury unmarked graves into proper tombs in the Catholic cemeteries.
by N.J. Viehland
A year after Haiyan struck, the work of various foreign and local civic groups who jumped in to help continues. Aside from Catholic church agencies, an Israeli military team and an American Jewish group are among those providing assistance.
Want to add something special to your Thanksgiving feast? Look no further! NCR contributor and host of The IN Network's INNdustry with Sr. Rose, Sr. Rose Pacatte and Ruthie Blacksea joined forces to make savory grape and gorgonzola truffles on this special Thanksgiving edition of Blacksea's show.
by GSR Staff
"The winter promise of life to come – evergreen!"
GSR Today - A new six-week show premieres tonight on the Lifetime network; Global Sisters Report talked with two of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, one of the three communities that opened their doors to the TV cameras filming five young women beginning to discern religious life.
Every sister has a unique vocation story, but Benedictine Sr. Heather Jean Foltz’s seems to take a more creative route: from the United Methodist Church to the Benedictines, with stops at an ecumenical religious community and a prison along the way.
