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Washington's Way of the Cross calls out suffering caused by US government
15+ hour, 52+ min ago (857+ words) "We're followers of Jesus who was executed by an authoritarian power " and there is an inherent connection with our policies," said Gunn, director of the Washington-based Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, an organizer of the Good Friday Way of the…...
Good Friday invites us to decolonize our contemplative experience
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (812+ words) (Unsplash/Wim van 't Einde) Good Friday invites me into a different kind of knowing. Not the kind that comes from answers or explanations, but the kind that emerges when I choose to stay " when I do not turn away…...
Nun becomes first woman to lead India's Catholic Health Association
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (534+ words) Sr. Helen Mary Anthony, of the Sisters of St. Anne Bangalore, will take charge as the director of the Catholic Health Association of India in May. (Courtesy of Helen Mary Anthony) A Catholic sister will take up the leadership of…...
LCWR leaders meet with Pope Leo, discuss 'painful' treatment of people in the US
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (534+ words) The heads of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious made their annual trip to Rome last week, meeting with dicastery officials at the Vatican and having a private audience with Pope Leo XIV. LCWR represents about two-thirds of the nearly 35,000 sisters…...
The call that inspired the sisters' yes
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (1805+ words) "The Annunciation" (1858) by Eduard von Steinle (Artvee) by The Life Panelists There are moments in life when we sense God calling us and that invitation is not always easy to understand or follow. Listening to that call means pausing, looking…...
In Indonesia, nuns shelter women facing violence, and work to stop abuse
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (1428+ words) Sr. Flora Nirmala, second from right, the unit leader of Good Shepherd Social Services in Ruteng, Indonesia, poses with other members of her Good Shepherd community. (GSR/Chris Herlinger) Editor's note: This story is part of Global Sisters Report's yearlong…...
Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion: The face of betrayal
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (418+ words) "Entry into Jerusalem Relief," a 15th-century German sculpture (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Editor's note:Welcome toTheologians' Corner, where each week a different woman theologian from around the world offers a fresh reflection on the Sunday readings. One might wonder: Why…...
Seton Shrine exhibit explores role of nuns in shaping US history
1+ week, 1+ day ago (661+ words) Visitors view"Do the Good: The Sisters Who Shaped America"at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton on opening day, March 19. (Courtesy of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton) A new museum exhibit at the National…...
Mary's yes at the Annunciation invites all to recognize that God is with us
1+ week, 3+ day ago (873+ words) Mary's yes at the Annunciation invites all to recognize that God is with us'Global Sisters Report The Grotto of the Annunciation, beneath the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, pictured in December 2015, is believed to be the site where the…...
Missionary Benedictine Sisters in Kenya minister in herbal medicine
2+ week, 1+ day ago (877+ words) Sr. Mary Grace, a postulant of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters, and staff make cayenne pepper capsules at the Medicine at Your Door Step production unit" in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya. (Lourine Oluoch) "There is a lot of herbal medicine that we…...