Attraction to religious life is on the rise in Vietnam, where in Hue City last month, a vocation fair held by the Daughters of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Congregation drew more than 550 participants.

GSR Today - The topic of girls and education has been front and center in the news this week as the situation of the missing school girls in Nigeria continues to make headlines. There is no doubt that educating women transforms society.

Sr. Camille interviews the chief development officer at the Ukranian Catholic Education Foundation, Alex Kuzma, who says he wants the world community to stand in defense of Ukraine during this time of political upheaval.

Sr. Mary Wambui is director of a program for vulnerable children and women near Nairobi. Born in Kenya into a family of 11 children, she joined the Missionary Congregation of the Evangelizing Sisters of Mary after high school and graduated from Tangaza College. She celebrated her silver jubilee in 2008. Wambui previously worked in several parishes as a social worker, especially with women’s groups. The program she now works with grows directly out of her congregation’s mission.

From NCRonline.org - On May 9, 2013, I wrote the following headline: "For LCWR, the more the papacy changes, the more it stays the same." One year later, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, sadly, has confirmed my suspicions.

Commentary on NCRonline.org - Barbara Marx Hubbard responds to comments about conscious evolution made by Cardinal Gerhard Müller during a meeting of officials of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

GSR Today - So many noteworthy events and stories are already coming across our desks and computer screens here at the office of Global Sisters Report. We’d like to be able to make them all into feature stories but that just won’t be possible. From time to time in the GSR Today blog we will be calling your attention to news items you may have missed. Here are a few that have happened since GSR has been up and running.

Sr. Karen Dietrich is head of a successful quintet of Catholic grade schools in Camden, N.J. Established in 2009, Catholic Partnership Schools is a non-profit management organization that pooled resources to eliminate debt and bring technology, services and extra-curricular activities to the 1,000 students they serve. Without it, three of the five schools would have closed.

Global Sisters Report asked several sisters in Nairobi to describe themselves and their work, which includes teaching, broadcasting and advocating for women. They are Srs. Adelaide Ndilu, Dr Ephigenia Gachiri, Agnes Wamuyu Ngure and Lina Wanjiku.