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2 weeks ago | 
globalsistersreport.org | Dan Stockman |Helga Leija
There were nearly 200 sisters gathered in Rome for the five-day event and another 100 sisters joining online. But don't call it a conference. Hope 2025, a gathering organized by the Leadership Collaborative for Catholic sisters under the age of 65, was part retreat, part networking event, part guided prayer and part space for connection. But there were no keynote speakers, no workshops.
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3 weeks ago | 
ncronline.org | Helga Leija |Eduardo Lima
Brazilian Sister Marizele Isabel Cassiano Rego is seen in an undated photograph.
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3 weeks ago | 
globalsistersreport.org | Helga Leija |Eduardo Lima
A video of Brazilian nuns beatboxing and dancing hip-hop, a scene taken from a local TV show and defined by celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg as "a real life 'Sister Act,'" went viral on May 28, with millions of views all over the world. Sisters Marizele Isabel Cassiano Rego, 46, and Marisa de Paula Neves, 41, were taking part May 20 in a TV show of the Catholic network Pai Eterno (Eternal Father), in Goiás state, in order to talk about a vocational encounter the two were attending in the region.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
ncronline.org | Sara Foss |Daniel P. Horan |Helga Leija
People come to St. Joseph's Place for many reasons. Some come for coffee and cookies, quiet conversation and a place to sit. Others come to use the bathroom or phone. There is free clothing — socks, underwear, hats and more — and sometimes bagged lunches to go. For regulars, the biggest draw is the nuns, three Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in their 70s who run St. Joseph's Place. They provide comfort, care and counsel, which are intangible but very much needed.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Sara Foss |Daniel P. Horan |Helga Leija
People come to St. Joseph's Place for many reasons. Some come for coffee and cookies, quiet conversation and a place to sit. Others come to use the bathroom or phone. There is free clothing — socks, underwear, hats and more — and sometimes bagged lunches to go. For regulars, the biggest draw is the nuns, three Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in their 70s who run St. Joseph's Place. They provide comfort, care and counsel, which are intangible but very much needed.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Helga Leija |Michael Sean Winters |Stephan Uttom Rozario
Wisdom from the Global Sisterhood — Global Sisters Report's first book published earlier this year — is a powerful collection of columns from women religious all over the world. Each chapter offers a window into their daily lives, their meditations, and the incredible work they do to make the world a better place.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Helga Leija
Editor's note: "Evolving Religious Life," a new series from Global Sisters Report, is exploring 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. The book of Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time for everything under the heavens.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Helga Leija
El libro del Eclesiastés nos dice que hay un tiempo para cada cosa bajo el cielo. "Dios ha hecho que cada cosa se adecue a su tiempo, pero ha puesto lo intemporal en sus corazones para que no puedan descubrir, desde el principio hasta el fin, la obra que Dios ha hecho". (Ecl 3, 11)Creo que 'lo intemporal' que Dios ha puesto en nuestros corazones habla de nuestro anhelo de lo eterno.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Helga Leija
"Yo los saqué de Egipto y los liberé de la tierra de la esclavitud. Envié a Moisés para guiarlos, también a Aarón y a Míriam". (Miqueas 6, 4)A lo largo de la historia del judaísmo y del catolicismo se ha discutido el papel y la condición de la mujer en el antiguo Israel. Hay algunas mujeres cuyos nombres conocemos bien, como Eva, Sara y Agar, en las Escrituras hebreas, y María, Isabel y María Magdalena en las cristianas.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Rhina Guidos |Helga Leija |Dan Stockman
Religious sisters pray during Holy Qurbana July 20 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis during the National Eucharistic Congress. Holy Qurbana is the name for Mass in the Catholic Church's Syro-Malabar rite. (OSV News/Bob Roller) Global Sisters Report is looking for women religious to participate in The Life and La Vida 2024-25 panels in English and Spanish, which begin in November.
