GSR Today - NETWORK, a national Catholic social justice lobby cheered last week’s news that President Obama would use executive action to begin immigration reform, noting it is something the group has pushed for years. But there is still a long way to go, said Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell, NETWORK’s executive director.
by Carol K. Coburn
Contributor
Five Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry whose ages cross four generations, live and work in one of the poorest sections in Cochabamba in one of the poorest countries in South America. True to their 17th-century foundation in France, Sisters of St. Joseph are “compelled to live and work with the common people, sharing their struggles and their hopes,” serving the “dear neighbor.”
From A Nun's Life podcasts - In this LOL Nun Outtake, we talk about an "innovative" concept for resolving conflict: dragging people to Jesus in prayer.
Educational training and hands-on therapy are tools to help returning child soldiers in northern Uganda rebuild their lives. One group of Sacred Heart of Jesus sisters adapted programs at St. Monica Girls Tailoring School to accommodate the waves of female soldiers returning from the bush with children from Kony’s soldiers, incorporating therapy into vocational training, to equip the girls with tools for economic and emotional independence.
Related - African tradition blends with religion to illuminate path to forgiveness
by GSR Staff
" . . . those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood."
by GSR Staff
"What if we were willing to shift our hold on our individual truth so as to affirm the emerging truth of the whole?"
GSR Today - Just try to resist reading a story under this headline: “Golf cart nun to retire at 93.” I couldn’t do it this week. So read on.
Truly, the deeper I got into it, the more discernment felt like dating. I had to pay attention to what felt attractive and comfortable. I’d track what caused me to feel joy and peace. Did we like each other? Did we fit? Was there a spark between us? Was this a community I could imagine spending the rest of my life with?
Carol K. Coburn is a professor emerita of religious studies and director of the CSJ Heritage Center at Avila University. She is also a consultant for the Buchanan Initiative for Peace and Nonviolence at Avila University. Coburn has published and presented extensively on the topic of American Catholic sisters, including a co-author book with Martha Smith, CSJ, Spirited Lives: How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920.
From A Nun's Life podcasts - How is prayer a way for Carmelite nuns to reach out to the needs of the world?
