The number of Ebola cases has leveled or dropped in Guinea and Liberia, according to the World Health Organization, but have increased dramatically in Sierra Leone. Catholic Relief Services is working on educating citizens there to change this trend. Holy Rosary sisters, who operate a counseling and peace center in Bo for vulnerable girls, reported last month that 70 percent of people in the country believed that Ebola had something political about it.

See for Yourself - Against my nature to enjoy shopping but within my nature for adventure, I tag along when Brenda asks me to go to an antique show. Of course we have to be one of the first cars in the parking lot – and we are. Why? If you park close, it’s not so far to carry your purchases back to the car multiple times. Ah, yes, purchases . . . .

GSR Today - It can be difficult keeping track of all the humanitarian crises in the world, and even harder to keep track of the response to those crises. One way is to follow the organizations that always seem to be where there is the most need: Organizations like the International Rescue Committee.

Three Stats and a Map - In April, more than 200 Nigerian girls were abducted by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. In the immediate aftermath, Nigeria had the world’s undivided attention and in October, a rumor began circulating that the girls would be returned as part of a cease-fire agreement between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government.

Franciscan Missionaries of Mary reflect on living with Indigenous peoples of Argentina in a time of economic, political and cultural change - The issues seemed bigger in the past – the school, the land issue. Today people have better political connections but smaller horizons. As a result, the sisters feel at times they are being sidelined. Things from the outside – urbanization, a change in diet, the desire for work over a nomadic life, the embrace of consumer society – were not of the people's own making, but rather feel imposed.

Deirdre Brennan is an Irish-born actress and writer living in New York City. She talks with Sr. Camille about growing up in Ireland, her family, faith and work.

GSR Today - The church’s missionary role is beckoning sisters from the Global South to go wherever they are called or needed. However, for missions to be successful, spiritual, human and professional formation is imperative to make the impact sustainable. Poverty can stifle the missionary impulse, but sisters in Africa are finding new ways to engage in fund raising to make their work sustainable.

Ten years after film’s premiere, Sr. Jeannine Gramick’s “journey of faith” continues - The film chronicles Gramick’s journey from quiet nun to groundbreaking advocate and minister to the Catholic gay and lesbian community, and it explores her response to her silencing by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. It returns to the festival circuit as part of Believe Out Loud’s Level Ground film festival, Nov. 14-16 in New York City. GSR sat down with director Barbara Rick to talk about the 10th anniversary edition.

“If I know so little about my family four generations ago, the assumption follows that in four generations, they will know little about me. It changes the way you think about your life.” On the first day of 2014, my dad made that comment in a casual discussion. I expect he was thinking more about wanting to be personally remembered by his descendants, but the comment resonated differently for me. Envisioning future generations dramatically reframes the question, “Is there life after death?”

"Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. . . ."