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1 week ago | 
globalsistersreport.org | Christine Schenk |Nathaniel Tinner
The Oblate Sisters of Providence, the nation's oldest operating Black Catholic religious order, have elected Sr. Marcia Hall as their new superior general, the 21st in their 196-year history. The order elected their new administration on April 24 in Baltimore, where they were founded in 1829 by Venerable Mary Lange and the Sulpician Fr. James Nicholas Joubert.
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1 week ago | 
globalsistersreport.org | Dan Stockman |Monique Tarabeh |Christine Schenk
"Evolving Religious Life," a continuing series from Global Sisters Report, explores how Catholic sisters are adapting to the realities of congregations in transition and new forms of religious life. While we write often about these trends, this particular series will focus more closely on sisters' hopes for the future. It's a normal Tuesday evening in the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, and five sisters are relaxing in their common area.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
ncronline.org | Christine Schenk
As I watched former President Jimmy Carter's funeral on Jan. 9, the testimonials of his courage, wisdom and integrity — delivered within the context of worship and Christian witness that anchored Carter's life — moved me deeply, particularly in contrast to the 47th president who will soon be sworn into office. Like many others, I remembered Jimmy Carter more for what he did after he left office than for any policies he enacted.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Christine Schenk
Esther Ngemba was 5 years old when civil war came to her city in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2005. As the soldiers banged at the heavy front doors of her home, Esther's two teenage sisters hid between mattresses upstairs to avoid being raped or abducted. Esther remembers her mother cuddling her tightly as she descended the stairs. "Usually if you are holding a baby the soldiers show more empathy," she told me. But it didn't help.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Christine Schenk |Dan Stockman |Stephan Rozario
Editor's Note: This is an updated version of an essay that originally appeared in the spring-summer edition of ImagineOne, a publication of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph. In May 2019, Pope Francis invited young economists and entrepreneurs from all over the world to brainstorm ways of making the global economy more responsive to the poor and to the planet.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Christine Schenk |Helga Leija
Ok, I'll admit it. I'm pretty much a political junkie. It's probably because I grew up in the '60s amid civil rights marches, political assassinations and the peace movement. I quickly learned that big, positive, changes in my country only come after months or years of planning, educating and organizing. I developed a lifelong habit of assiduously reading news, including our online Cleveland Plain Dealer, The New York Times and various online blogs most days of the week.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Christine Schenk
Ok, I'll admit it. I'm pretty much a political junkie. It's probably because I grew up in the '60s amid civil rights marches, political assassinations and the peace movement. I quickly learned that big, positive, changes in my country only come after months or years of planning, educating and organizing. I developed a lifelong habit of assiduously reading news, including our online Cleveland Plain Dealer, The New York Times and various online blogs most days of the week.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Dan Stockman |Christine Schenk |Mary Hunt
Mercy Sr. Theresa Kane, who fought for decades for the equality of women in the Catholic Church — famously publicly challenging the pope on the issue — died Aug. 22. She was 87. Kane's congregation, the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, announced her death.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Dan Stockman |Christine Schenk |Mary Hunt
Mercy Sr. Theresa Kane in June 2019 during a liturgy when four Mercy sisters professed their perpetual vows. Kane, who fought for decades for the equality of women in the Catholic Church — famously publicly challenging the pope on the issue in 1979 — died Aug. 22 at age 87. (Courtesy of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas) Mercy Sr. Theresa Kane, who fought for decades for the equality of women in the Catholic Church — famously publicly challenging the pope on the issue — died Aug. 22.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Christine Schenk |Thomas Scaria
I was surprised recently to learn that Rome's Dicastery for the Clergy two more parish merger recourses opposing St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski's decision to merge their parishes. This makes an unprecedented three merger appeals won by St. Louis Catholics determined to defend their parish homes. Historically Rome has upheld bishops in merging a parish but upheld Catholics who appealed the relegation of their church to profane use — usually prior to being sold.
