The Life - Our sister panelists consider: When have you engaged with people whose life experiences are vastly different from your own, and how did these interactions transform your long-held ideas about life?
Her congregation's general chapter "felt like a synodal journey as we engaged in dialogue, listening, prayer and discernment to shape our future for the next six years," writes Sr. Sujata Jena.
When Sr. Mary Nguyen visited a Dominican monastery in Vietnam, she encountered an old friend. "This visit reminded me of the importance of spending more time in prayer for the poor, the suffering and the world," she writes.
Eight Missionary Sisters of the Gospel, ages 79 to 98, live at Chêne de Mambré, a béguinage in Angers, France. Twenty-six residents ages 70 to 100, most of them laypeople, live there as well.
GSR is looking for women religious to participate in the 2024-25 panels for The Life and La Vida. If you are interested in writing about your experiences in religious life, we would love to hear from you.
Some 38 religious sisters emerged from two Missouri parishes where Sr. Rose Weidenbenner grew up. "These sisters have witnessed to me — and to all of us — how God's love and call leads us to be of service in many places," she writes.
