Sr. Barbara Moore entered the St. Louis Province of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1955. Having spent most of her religious life in Kansas City, Mo., she ministered at St. Joseph Hospital, Avila University and Samuel U. Rodgers Community Health Center. She went with the 22-person Kansas City delegation in March 1965 to Selma, Ala., to march for Civil Rights.
Minors and sex work - A new report published in the May issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science takes a critical look at the methods traditionally used to report on minors working in prostitution in the United States. According to the report’s authors, a mistaken reliance on the testimonies of former sex workers has created a false narrative in which pimps enslave and exploit vulnerable minors.
The German cardinal who has been called the "pope's theologian" said fresh Vatican criticism of American nuns was typical of the "narrower" view that officials of the Roman Curia tend to take, and he said U.S. Catholics shouldn't be overly concerned.
GSR Today - The Feast of St. James the Apostle was Saturday, and a homily given at a local church named for him called to mind the need for us to become "part of the story." That resonated with me, and what I have found since coming to Kansas City nine months ago: sisters have no shortage of stories to tell.
From NCRonline.org - The discussion between U.S. women religious and Vatican officials that followed "blunt," confrontational opening remarks by the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was "frank and open," says a U.S. archbishop present at the April 30 meeting.
Sr. Helen Maher Garvey, BVM, is an organizational consultant for religious congregations. Presently she serves on the Board of the National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company. She was the director of the LCWR History Exhibit, Women and Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America. Garvey held the position of Director of the Office of Pastoral Services for the Diocese of Lexington for 10 years. She served in the presidency of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) from 1986 to 1989 and was a U.S.
Ilia Delio, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Washington, D.C., is the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University. She is the author of 16 books, including Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology and Consciousness (Orbis Books 2015), and the general editor of the series Catholicity in an Evolving Universe.
by Clare Nolan
NCR Contributor
Three Good Shepherd Sisters started work in Kolwezi last October to start a school, agriculture co-operative and other programs to help people who live in poverty amid a land rich with natural resources; see what progress they made in only four months.
Sr. Clare Nolan recently retired as training coordinator of the Good Shepherd International Justice Office. Good Shepherd is an international woman's religious congregation that is involved in providing social services in about 70 counties, with a particular focus on women and girls in vulnerable situations. The organization has special consultative status with ECOSOC (Economic Social Council) of the U.N.
by Sharon Abercrombie
From NCRonline.org - A recently released free online booklet – Earth as Our Home – does just that, offering tips for living more sustainably with the planet. The 16-page illustrated pamphlet comes from the Catholic Sisters for a Healthy Earth, an environmental group comprised of eight women religious congregations.
