"There is something deeply disturbing about the entrenched resistance of women in the church, as sufficient reasons for full inclusion are lacking in terms of theology, biology and culture," writes Franciscan Sr. Ilia Delio.
Run by Sr. Maria David Magbanua, St. Rachel Center offers a safe alternative for parents from the refugee and migrant community, whose children are often looked after in overcrowded, unregulated day cares in Israel.
More than 300 nuns from 12 congregations are on a faith renewal mission among Catholic families to help the Palai Diocese in southwestern India celebrate its platinum jubilee.
In Cordova and Lapu-Lapu on Mactan Island, the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God support the education of children and offer livelihood training to their parents in poverty.
Sister Mary Lisa Renfer, a Religious Sister of Mercy of Alma, Michigan, is the medical director of St. Mary's Legacy Clinic, a ministry of the Diocese of Knoxville.
Catholic sisters in India have enhanced their youth ministry, with the aim to bring young people closer to the church, "understanding and accepting them as they are with their dreams, weaknesses and strengths."
After she received letters from Hispanic inmates asking for spiritual materials in Spanish while in U.S. prisons and jails, Sr. Elsa Narváez Rodríguez in Boston began evangelizing to them by mail.
"To draw others to God," writes Sr. Rosemary Wanyoike, "we must fully immerse ourselves in ministry to bring out the best in another person while also transforming ourselves."
