Trudelle Thomas lives in Cincinnati where she has been an Associate of the Brown County (Ohio) Ursulines since the 1970s (even before they had a formal associate program). She taught English at Xavier University for 30 years and is now a professor emerita.
This story appears in the Sustainable Development Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals feature series. View the full series.
by Nuri Vallbona
August 1, 2019
About 20 sisters from 16 congregations in the San Antonio Archdiocese are serving as part of an interfaith collaboration to minister to the surge of immigrants who are seeking safety in the United States. Sisters are building relationships with both the border crossers that they assist as well as those in authority.
Catholic News Service
July 31, 2019
An elderly religious sister who worked for many years at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the papal residence, was at her congregation's house recovering from surgery when she received an unexpected visit from Pope Francis.
July 31, 2019
Focus on Human Trafficking - "It is here, in our neighborhoods, and requires attention now," Sr. Michelle Loisel said at one of the gatherings of anti-trafficking advocates held to mark the U.N. World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
This story appears in the Homelessness feature series. View the full series.
by Jean Quinn
Contributor
July 31, 2019
Homelessness is an human rights issue, and we urgently need a paradigm shift away from the many abusive attitudes and beliefs that circulate around it. So the sisters of UNANIMA, with various partners, are embarking on a research project to explore the root causes and drivers, challenges, good practices and wider issues surrounding family homelessness.
by Mary Petrosky
July 30, 2019
When Jesus defends the woman caught in adultery, John's Gospel says that it was the elders who were the first to leave the scene. Do we women religious need to take more seriously the importance and obligation to use our voices and our writings to confront sexual abuse and other big issues?
by Rose Achiego
Contributor
July 30, 2019
Given the high number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Siaya in Kenya and the stigma associated with the disease, especially among children, Sr. Mary Nafula of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Anna and her team have created a welcoming environment for such youth.
July 29, 2019
Contemplate This - As the tiniest of seeds holds within itself the power to germinate — becoming a plant providing energy, beauty and food — so, too, do all the acts for social justice, peace, human rights and ecological justice.
Mary Petrosky is a psychiatric social worker and a spiritual director who has served her religious community, the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, in the United States, Australia and Papua New Guinea. She has served in leadership roles, including as provincial of the United States, and is a published author. She lives at her community’s retirement center in North Providence, Rhode Island, where she continues to write and do spiritual direction.
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by The Life Panelists
July 29, 2019
The Life – As this feature begins its third year, the panelists tell us how they were led by the Spirit to "the boondocks," behind the former Iron Curtain, on the back of Mother Eagle, and by the people to whom they ministered. In stories of radical openness and encountering Christ, they share what they have learned from ministry and life as a sister.