As co-director for leadership development of Strangers No Longer, Sr. Martha de la Torre Juárez creates circles of support and provides spiritual accompaniment to immigrant women in the state of Michigan.
Jerome Bongiorno and Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, whose latest project focuses on Sts. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Frances Xavier Cabrini, see their own Catholic faith as a part of their mission as filmmakers.
At St. Josephine Bakhita Babies Home in Busia, western Kenya, religious sisters and social workers take in abandoned and orphaned newborns in a region that has seen rising cases of incest and maternal mortality.
The Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans have caught the attention of Pope Francis for a planned community solar project. An estimated 350 neighbors could lower their bills through a subscription to the solar grid.
First established in 1860 to house orphaned, abused and neglected children, St. Ann's Center for Children, Youth and Families now provides numerous supportive services for single mothers, children and families.
In Bordeaux-Cartierville, the first stop for many immigrants and refugees after they arrive at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport, two sisters welcome, install, and help integrate new arrivals.
The Life - Our sister panelists explore what it means to live an authentic life as a consecrated religious, and how that might attract others to the same vocation.