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Nov 8, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Kathryn Press |Gina Christian
In August 2001, I went to the campus bookstore to buy what I needed for my Theology 101 class. I bought a used HarperCollins Study Bible (NRSV) for $21.70. Later that year I covered it with a brown paper bag for protection. That cover remained for nearly 15 years. I took Scripture classes in college, but all I really remember learning about was the life of St. Paul.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Kathryn Press |Chris Herlinger
Sr. Kathryn Press displays her Bible from college. (Kathryn Press) "Where is your family Bible?" I sometimes ask high school students. As for my own family, we have two. One comes from my mom's side of the family. It's hardbound with a white cover and has pages for the family tree and sacraments records. Sometime during my childhood, devout Lutheran family friends gave us a red-letter Bible with a tan and brown cover.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Kathryn Press
Sr. Kathryn Press, center, poses with current and previous members of the Giving Voice Core Team. They are, from left, Srs. Melissa Camardo, Erin McDonald, Chioma Ahanihu and Thuy Tran. (Kathryn Press) Deep conversations, prayer, one great dance party and a renewed sense of hope summarize my four days in Chicago at Giving Voice's 2024 National Gathering in June. Our time together included input from sister attendees, liturgy, extra long chats over meals, and space for listening.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Kathryn Press
Sr. Kathryn Press, right, poses for a photo with fellow Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus sisters near Lake Albano, Italy. (Courtesy of Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) "Broaden your perspective ... cast a wider net," my spiritual director advised me. I was a graduate student in my 20s who felt God's invitation to religious life, but where? To find the "perfect" community, I had set about with my short list of non-negotiables.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Kathryn Press |Gina Christian
The "year of doing new things" ended, and its memory faded. But God has a sense of humor! A few years later, I moved to Ireland and faced the task of becoming a legal driver. I passed my driving test at the age of 38. With more than two decades of driving experience under my belt, Ireland now categorized me as a "novice driver."My previous experience as a novice was in the two-year period of initial formation into religious life.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
ncronline.org | Kathryn Press
I've always worked with children. My sister arrived on the scene when I was 4. By age 10, I babysat for the neighbors across the road. I didn't need a job in high school because I was busy looking after someone's children every weekend. In college, I studied child development and worked at the day care on campus. All through graduate school, I taught Sunday school in the parish and nannied on the side. The theme continued.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Kathryn Press
I've always worked with children. My sister arrived on the scene when I was 4. By age 10, I babysat for the neighbors across the road. I didn't need a job in high school because I was busy looking after someone's children every weekend. In college, I studied child development and worked at the day care on campus. All through graduate school, I taught Sunday school in the parish and nannied on the side. The theme continued.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Kathryn Press
A principios de mayo tuve la extraordinaria oportunidad de asistir a la Conferencia de Liderazgo 2023 en el Royal Albert Hall de Londres. Esta conferencia anual está organizada por Alpha International, una asociación benéfica cristiana sin ánimo de lucro, cuyo objetivo es ayudar a las personas a descubrir y desarrollar una relación con Jesús. La Conferencia de Liderazgo se celebra desde hace 13 años. Esta fue su primera edición desde la aparición de la COVID-19, a principios de 2020.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Valentine Benjamin |Kathryn Press
Sr. Kathryn Press, third in the first row, is pictured with pilgrims from the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore at the vigil preparing for the missioning Mass with Pope Francis, during World Youth Day. (Courtesy of Sr. Kathryn Press) We left early Saturday morning. Our destination: a converted landfill on the outskirts of Lisbon renamed the "Campo da Graça" or "Field of Grace." Temperatures climbed above 95 F. With the crowds, it took us two hours to walk two miles.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Kathryn Press |Valentine Benjamin
Ana Gonzalez, a Dominican Sister of Peace Ana Gonzalez who ministers in the Admissions Office of Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut, lives in community with about eight other sisters. "We are living an intergenerational, intercultural and inter-congregational community." Residents include sisters who are Mexican, Vietnamese and a native of Zambia, as well as sisters from their 30s to 80s, from three Dominican communities.
