Dan Stockman

Fort Wayne

National Correspondent at National Catholic Reporter

National Correspondent at Global Sisters Report

National Correspondent for National Catholic Reporter's Global Sisters Report. Writer and father who's inexplicably fascinated by chickens.

Articles

Francis the comic strip: Only love

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Pat Marrin |Rhina Guidos |Dan Stockman

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California sisters form coalition to help migrants on border

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Rhina Guidos |Dan Stockman

As organizations that help migrants and refugees find themselves under fire, more than two dozen U.S. congregations of women religious have pledged up to $300,000 to help the work of sisters who serve in immigration-related ministries on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego. "It's the solidarity issue," Sr. Ann Durst, a lawyer and member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, told Global Sisters Report about the effort.
'The struggle goes on': Sisters of St. Joseph remember Selma marches

1 week ago | globalsistersreport.org | Dan Stockman |Rhina Guidos

Sr. Barbara Moore of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet speaks about her participation in the civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. (GSR photo/Dan Stockman) Sr. Barbara Moore didn't know what she was getting into when she accepted an invitation from the bishop of Kansas City to be part of a civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. "There was no hesitation," Moore recalled. "Like a fool, I said yes."But the Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet found out quickly.
Easter is a time to celebrate 'deep resurrection'

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Daniel P. Horan |Elizabeth Johnson |Rhina Guidos |Dan Stockman

Last year, drawing on the wisdom of the late Jesuit theologian Fr. Karl Rahner, I argued for "an ecological approach to Holy Week." This year, I want to return again to that theme, inspired by the quickly approaching celebration of Earth Day on the Tuesday after Easter, and following my own argument that we need a theology of abundance, which I wrote about in my last column.
Tone-deaf Holy Week cartoon shows The New Yorker's disdain for religion

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Dan Stockman |Phyllis Zagano

The cartoon in question boggles the mind and disappoints any thinking person. Its apparent disdain for religion also comes on the heels of the magazine's awkward errors in usage in an article about Catholic sisters in Texas visiting female death row inmates in its Feb. 17-24, 2025, issue. Perhaps the most respected literary journal published in the United States, The New Yorker was once a paragon of precision; its fact-checking was legendary.
Vance's Easter visit to Vatican could help resurrect his Catholic credentials

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Christopher White |Stephen Schneck |Victor Gaetan |Dan Stockman

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is heading to Rome over Easter weekend on a visit that could offer the high-profile Catholic convert a chance of a public reconciliation with Pope Francis following his nasty row with the pontiff and the U.S. bishops over immigration policy earlier this year. Vance is set to arrive here in the Italian capital on Good Friday (April 18) on a visit primarily aimed at deepening the Trump administration's ties with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
'The struggle goes on': Sisters of St. Joseph remember Selma marches

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Dan Stockman

Sr. Barbara Moore of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet speaks about her participation in the civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. (GSR photo/Dan Stockman) Sr. Barbara Moore didn't know what she was getting into when she accepted an invitation from the bishop of Kansas City to be part of a civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. "There was no hesitation," Moore recalled. "Like a fool, I said yes."But the Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet found out quickly.
First LCWR regional assembly offers 'different ways of doing things'

2 weeks ago | globalsistersreport.org | Dan Stockman |Damian Avevor

Congregations of women religious from across Indiana and Michigan gathered April 4-6 to try to write a new, regional story across charisms. The Leadership Conference of Women Religious holds an annual general assembly, and the leaders of its several regions meet regularly. But this first-ever regional assembly was for any sisters the congregations wanted to bring, not just those in leadership.
Monday Starter: Trump ends funding for legal services for migrant children

2 weeks ago | globalsistersreport.org | Dan Stockman

On March 21, the Trump Administration essentially ended funding for legal services for unaccompanied immigrant children, a move the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, known as CLINIC, said will affect about 26,000 children who may have to represent themselves in immigration court.
St. Louis sisters' arts center 'narrows gap' for children in poverty

4 weeks ago | globalsistersreport.org | Dan Stockman

It's Tuesday morning, and that means Open Studio at the Presentation Arts Center, when the older adult students can bring projects they're working on and get help or advice, find fresh ideas, or just work with other people. Today three or four people work on projects in the paint studio.