Theologian and ethicist Margaret Farley begins not by talking, but by listening, by offering her merciful attention and accompaniment as another human being begins to articulate their own experiences and troubles.
It is heartbreaking to see all-girls Catholic schools close, but philanthropy can help preserve them. Investing in all-girls schools, particularly those founded by women religious, is an investment in the future.
GSR Today - Welcome to the seventh year of our monthly series called The Life. Our 2023-24 panel of 20 sisters will reflect on issues that impact the lives of Catholic women religious around the globe.
These four positions will not only support our stellar journalism, but also help us grow in the digital media space with social media, videos and audio.
I am no longer surprised at Gramick's resilience, her faith, her persistence, her endurance, her generosity, her capacity to absorb institutional assaults and remain hopeful. A prophetic talk in 1999 exemplified that.
The soap opera drama orchestrated by Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson against the Discalced Carmelite nuns of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity has everything to do with Olson's heavy-handedness and cruel treatment of women religious. NCR editors hope the Vatican will stop his abusive power play.
GSR Today - Amid the news and controversy about the Los Angeles Dodgers and the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence," GSR editor Gail DeGeorge sees a teaching moment to inform many about real Catholic sisters.
The case of Jesuit Fr. Marko Rupnik shows the immense structural and cultural change needed to deal with abuse in the church. Even more profound change is needed when it comes to abuse of women, both lay and religious.
I knew Sister Wendy through publishing U.S. editions of her books, yet I would not have considered her a "friend." But in the last three years of her life, we formed a remarkable, deep friendship in correspondence.
