Leaders of the largest organization representing women religious in the United States issued a statement Monday that they will continue the dialogue with church officials demanding reform, but they will also protect the integrity of their group.
Official site of the Holy See, which includes statements and teachings of current and former popes. The site's primary language is Italian, but also is published in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and German. Some content also is available in Chinese, Arabic and Latin. The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, which addresses women and men religious, has a page within this website.
The National Black Sisters’ Conference (NBSC) is an organization of Black Catholic women religious and associates from across the United States.
The North American Conference of Associates and Religious (NACAR) is a membership organization that serves, empowers and promotes the associate-religious relationship.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is the official organization of the Catholic hierarchy in the U.S. Its puposes include coordinating and promoting Catholic activities, organizing religious, charitable and social welfare work, aiding in education and caring for immigrants.
Giving Voice creates spaces for younger women religious to give voice to their hopes, dreams and challenges in religious life.
by Janet Gildea
Contributor
A makeshift detention center in a remote New Mexico town has been called "a deportation machine" by attorneys volunteering to provide services to refugee migrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala; due process is at risk as rights are glossed over and hearings are rushed. Sisters and other Catholics are concentrating on advocacy.
GSR Today - For a break from LCWR-related news, a few headlines from around the world, including one from Memphis, Tenn., where two Dominican Sisters of St. Cecelia are the first sisters to teach at St. Benedict at Auburndale High School in 20 years.
Sacred Heart sisters say money plays god in Korean society today, deploring the opening of a major building for off-track race horse betting. It stands only a stone's throw from Sacred Heart Girls High School where South Korean President Park Geun-hye graduated in 1971.
by GSR Staff
“Walking by faith is to seek a world other than the one from which we are swiftly being ejected.”
