Benedictine Sr. Barbara McCracken is a longtime member of Mount St. Scholastica of Atchison, Kan. Her ministry has been primarily in Kansas City. Currently she is an associate director of Keeler Women's Center which provides programs and services for inner-city women. Her past ministries include peace and justice consultant for the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas, a staff member of Shalom Catholic Worker House, providing hospitality to homeless men, and doing justice and nonviolence education in parishes.
by Nancy Wiechec
Contributor
May 19, 2014
Young people living on the Arizona side of the U.S.-Mexican border are inspired by Minim Daughters of Mary Immaculate and the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist to cross over to volunteer their time at an aid center for deported migrants in Nogales, Sonora, that is part of the Catholic-run Kino Border Initiative.
Freelance journalist and photographer Nancy Wiechec is a veteran Catholic media professional based in the Phoenix, Ariz., area. She is formerly of Catholic News Service in Washington, D.C. In 2013 she was a finalist for the St. Francis de Sales award, given by the Catholic Press Association for outstanding contributions to journalism. Follow her @nancywiechec on Twitter.
This story appears in the Apostolic Visitation feature series. View the full series.
May 19, 2014
Three Boston College professors, Sr. Jean Bartunek, Simona Giorgi and Sr. Margaret Guider, recently published their study on the effects of the Apostolic Visitation on U.S. women religious as seen through the lens of organizational theory; their findings explore the concept of "productive resistance," a concept with wider implications than just within consecrated life.
by Michael O'Loughlin
NCR Contributor
May 16, 2014
NETWORK lobby director Sr. Simone Campbell talks about her new book and the need for increased justice in American policy.
by GSR Staff
May 16, 2014
"It is a symbol of love that protects and saves. It is the mother who sees her children suffering and suffers with them, even with those who do not love her. For she wants to save them all and not to lose any of those the Lord has entrusted to her. Her heart is a safe refuge."
This story appears in the Sisters Making Mainstream Headlines feature series. View the full series.
May 16, 2014
GSR Today - Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto have a gorgeous new residence designed by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects that takes advantage of its natural setting; students at St. Joseph Catholic Academy in Kenosha, Wisc., learn meditation; and other stories from around the non-NCR news this week.
May 15, 2014
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May 15, 2014
From A Nun's Life podcasts - Award-winning filmmaker Mary Fishman talks about her documentary "Band of Sisters" and the inspiration for the film’s focus on social justice.
May 15, 2014
Kenyan Sr. Anne Kiragu, a Daughter of St. Paul, works in South Sudan, in part for the Juba Catholic Archdiocese's Bakhita Radio station and running the Pauline Book and Media Center, and also with the people who live in a war-torn country slowly regaining some stability.