GSR Today - If you’re a fan of Catholic sisters, you’ve probably heard already about Nicholas Kristof’s column in The New York Times over the weekend. Now I’m certainly a fan. But I didn’t see the Kristof piece until now, catching up with the news from Lusaka, Zambia, where I’m attending a gathering of women religious leaders from nine African countries.
by GSR Staff
"God never made an ugly landscape. All that the sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild."
Catholic News Service
Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu told Catholic nuns from eastern and central Africa they deserve a commendation for doing a difficult and challenging job for the marginalized.
Sr. Josephine Huynh Thi Ly, a member of Da Nang Province of Saint Paul de Chartres, is one of the first Catholic nuns invited to give medical treatment to people with HIV/AIDS at the Central Hospital run by the government in Hue City, central Vietnam.
AIM USA is an organization composed of 140 communities of women and men in the United States and Canada who follow the Rule of Benedict and more than 450 English-speaking monasteries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Sisters of Earth is a network of women, founded by Catholic sisters, who share a deep concern for the ecological and spiritual crises of our times and support one another in work toward healing the human spirit and restoring Earth’s life support systems.
U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking is a collaborative, faith-based national network that offers education, supports access to survivor services and engages in advocacy in an effort to eradicate modern-day slavery. It is a member of Talitha Kum, the international anti-trafficking network.
by Jill Day
Contributing writer and editor
Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly help 130 lay staff care for 380 residents at Santovenia home for the aged and for 140 daytime visitors needing food and other support in the capital of Cuba, and the Catholic Comunidad de Sant’Egidio has 200 volunteers in Havana who pair older people with the young to enrich the lives of the poor of all ages.
by Camille D'Arienzo
NCR Contributor
In her 70s, Mercy Sr. Mary Gomolka decided she needed a change from teaching full time. So she went to Jerusalem. "I have always had a desire to share my musical talents with others. I enjoy a capacity for seeing the potential for peace and good in others and the ways in which music can move that forward. I am enlivened by contacts with those of diverse cultures and faiths and seek ways to share my faith experiences."
GSR Today - The situation in Iraq for Christians and others is growing desperate, as there is enormous lack of supplements, food, water, clothes, medication, housing and money. And Erbil cannot accommodate all these people. However, we are doing what we can. All sisters, who are able to work, leave every morning and are out until evening, trying to help people settle and provide some food, with the help of the church and refugee centers.
