by Barbara Mayer
Contributor
The United States ranks fifth among the countries of the world in the number of executions, and is one of the few developed countries that still retain the death penalty. As part of their witness to God's mercy and dedication to the sanctity of life, many women religious here are working to end it.
Barbara Mayer is a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kan. She is a freelance writer and poet and the editor of Benedictines magazine.
by GSR Staff
"We cannot at once keep sacred the miracle of existence and hold sacrosanct the capacity to destroy it."
by Jan Cebula
GSR Today - Images of light flash in my mind. Life-changing, history-changing occurrences. One is destructive, the other revelatory. It’s difficult to juxtapose them; hold them at the same time. Yet, that is what is asked of me, of us, this day, August 6.
Three stats and a map - Millennials love their social media. A 2010 poll from the Pew Research Internet Project found that 72 percent of Millennials use sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. But what about social media and religion? Are Millennials using the Internet and social networking sites to read and disseminate religious information? In short, no.
by Kate Oatis
Contributor
Since 2001, the Sisters of St. Francis, Sylvania, have had a working presence in Haiti, helping with basics like water and healthcare and gaining partners along the way. Sr. Josephine Dybza: “We must be a discerning presence. We get other people to buy in so we can continue to help. It isn’t so much what we’re doing there that matters. It’s that we’re opening the door for others to help.”
by GSR Staff
“My friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory, the old Lie: Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori.”
GSR Today - I don’t normally play games on my phone, so the last week has been an informative experience; Sr. Kathleen Bryant wrote about detoxing in the digital age last week. In describing the pervasiveness of the Internet, Bryant talks about feeling drained at the end of a long day, yet somehow managing to muster up the energy to check email anyway.
The 2014 Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly will take place Aug. 12-15 in Nashville, Tenn. Our coverage of the 2014 assembly can be found here. Below are links to National Catholic Reporter's and Global Sisters Report's previous LCWR news coverage to help you prepare.
Zimbabwean-born Diana Rodrigues is a freelance writer with a wide range of interests including art, cookery, literature and religion. She has a BA (Hons) London degree in English and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from Bristol University, England.
