Like Dorothy, the sisters first arrived here via tornado. And in another Oz parallel, their presence led the people of Pueblo de Palmas to discover that the...
Women religious
Read stories about religious women working in powerful ways to fulfill their Catholic calling, such as studying cosmology and fighting for migrant rights.
It is no secret that religious life is at a crossroads. As the church celebrates the Year of Consecrated Life, the number of men and women in religious orders...
By Sister Simone Campbell, S.S.S. (HarperOne, 2014) Sister of Social Service Simone Campbell offers an exhilarating narrative of her remarkable life journey to...
The tough and tender mercies of women religious transform the most remote and desolate corners of poverty, misery, and heartache. It takes nerves of steel to...
This Ugandan sister is a surrogate mom to the “Lost Girls” of her nation, restoring their sense of dignity after their years in a living nightmare. When Sister...
In honor of National Catholic Sisters Week—and may I just point out that the church celebrated an entire Year of the Priest in 2009—I would like to debunk the...
Sister Nancy Sylvester has grown accustomed to the fact that life often takes unexpected turns. When Sylvester entered the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate...
When she entered religious life, Sister Nancy Sylvester, I.H.M. expected to get a habit and a new name. Instead she got a call to action. As Nancy Sylvester...
With the church at a crossroads, Catholics look to Pope Francis for guidance. LCWR president Sister Florence Deacon hopes the church rebuilds bridges with...
We were called Immaculata. We were called Concepta. We were called Chrysostom, Eusebius, and Stanislaus, after a Polish boy-saint. We were called Bernard...
