Julie A. Ferraro

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Dan Stockman |Julie A. Ferraro |Chris Herlinger

Berta Sailer and Corita Bussanmas — both Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary — had hoped to work themselves out of a job. They weren't able to do that, but the nonprofit they started in 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri, is still going strong, even though Bussanmas died in 2021 and Sailer died in January 2024 and both had retired years before. In some ways, the institution known as Operation Breakthrough is stronger than ever.

1 week ago | globalsistersreport.org | Dan Stockman |Julie A. Ferraro |Chris Herlinger

Berta Sailer and Corita Bussanmas — both Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary — had hoped to work themselves out of a job. They weren't able to do that, but the nonprofit they started in 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri, is still going strong, even though Bussanmas died in 2021 and Sailer died in January 2024 and both had retired years before. In some ways, the institution known as Operation Breakthrough is stronger than ever.

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Julie A. Ferraro |Thomas Reese

A file photo shows the entrance to the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington. (OSV News/Reuters/Larry Downing) While some religious leaders are loudly condemning the Trump administration's budget policies and getting arrested for demonstrating against them, the U.S. Catholic bishops are quietly criticizing the administration in a letter to Capitol Hill — but not demonstrating.

Dec 11, 2024 | globalsistersreport.org | Julie A. Ferraro

One of the organizers of the Monastic Land Stewardship series serves on the board of the Brandt Oyster River Hermitage Society. He asked me some months ago to spread the word about the contemplative-in-residence program initiated by that organization, which allows individuals of any faith background to spend three months to a year nurturing their contemplative practice.

Sep 2, 2024 | spokesman.com | Julie A. Ferraro

Before the official start of autumn on Sept. 22 there’s a special season that many Christians – including us at the Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude – will be celebrating. It’s the Season of Creation. A brief bit of history: “Sept. 1 was proclaimed as a Day of Prayer for Creation for the Eastern Orthodox Church by Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I in 1989,” according to the 2024 Celebration Guide, which can be found on the Season of Creation website.