by N.J. Viehland
At the Fatima Center for Human Development, children learn farm and other trade skills to become self-sufficient in the Philippines, thanks to the dedication of Sr. Felicitas De Lima and other Daughters of St. Augustine.
Julie Vieira (she/her) is a writer, presenter, and thinker in spirituality with particular attentiveness to living the darkness and light — the poetry and rough prose — of everyday life. She is a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) of Monroe, Michigan. In addition to her freelance work, she serves as the director of the Margaret Brennan Institute and as a volunteer crisis counselor for LGBTQ+ youth. She also works as a consultant in the unfolding of religious life and mission. She holds a Master of Arts in Theology from St.
Sr. Maxine Kollasch co-founded A Nuns Life Ministry, a vibrant online community where Catholic sisters engage with people worldwide around faith, vocation and finding joy in everyday life. Founded on the Internet in 2006 with Sr. Julie Vieira, the ministry is present online and in many social media.
A Nun’s Life Ministry helps people discover and grow in their vocation by engaging questions about God, faith and religious life.
The ministry is partially funded by a grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
Catholic Sisters Week is an annual event that shines a spotlight on women religious, raising awareness of their charisms and engagement in their ministries. It is an effort of Communicators for Women Religious.
National Religious Vocation Conference is an organization of vocation ministers of both women and men religious institutes. Its goal is to help women and men discern a religious vocation, to assess candidates interested in becoming Catholic sisters, brothers and priests, and to welcome new members to religious life.
International Union of Superiors General (UISG) is a worldwide, canonically approved organization of superiors general of institutes of Catholic women religious. UISG and the Union of Superior Generals (men) also share a website Vidimus Dominum.
Talitha Kum is an international network of women religious against human trafficking. Its goals include prevention, protection and assistance, awareness raising and denouncement of human trafficking.
Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) is comprised of the national associations of women religious from nine African nations: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Republic of Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan and Zambia.
From a Nun's Life podcasts - Maryknoll Sr. Bernadette Lynch ministered for many years in Peru, El Salvador and Guatemala and has worked with families affected by HIV/AIDS. She is also the subject of the classic vocations book, Bernie Becomes a Nun (1956).
