Global Sisters Report

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.

1 week ago | globalsistersreport.org | Cathleen Kaveny |Rhina Guidos

We are overrun with words. They pester us incessantly, demanding our attention, orally and in writing; digitally and in print; through books, magazines and newspapers; on Facebook, Twitter (X) and TikTok. Many are fast food for the mind, no less ephemeral, disposable and ubiquitous than are paper wrappers in what Pope Francis calls our "throwaway culture." But some are meant to be treasured. English and Latin have only one common word for "word," but ancient Greek has multiple.

1 week ago | globalsistersreport.org | Rhina Guidos

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, middle, holds a sign calling for the liberation of her husband Kilmar Abrego Garcia, during a Holy Week vigil near the White House on April 14 in Washington. Catholics joined the interfaith gathering to pray for the liberation of Abrego and other immigrants sent to a prison in El Salvador.

1 week ago | globalsistersreport.org | Rhina Guidos

Las hermanas hablaban sobre mapping, 'módulos'  y 'estudios longitudinales', vocabulario más común en la vida de un experto en datos que en la de una religiosa. Pero algunas, como la Hna. Brenda Hernández, de la congregación mexicana Hijas de María Inmaculada de Guadalupe, dicen que el mundo de la investigación y la recopilación de datos tiene mucho que ver con la vida de las religiosas.

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.