Sister Campbell, the social justice activist made famous by headlining “Nuns on the Bus” tours, announced she will step down from her post leading Network Lobby this March.
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Remembering Sister Ardeth Platte, a prophet of peace in a culture of aggression
Sister Platte would be overjoyed to see just war theory challenged and nuclear weapons condemned at the level of a papal encyclical, a moral vision she championed for over 40 years.
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Women religious want sisters’ voices heard in post-pandemic planning
The campaign launch featured short videos from Cambodia, India, Brazil and Kenya recounting how, in response to new problems and new needs raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, women religious and their congregations switched gears.
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Religious orders have saved the church before—and they can do it today
It is some comfort to recall that Catholics have already survived many difficult periods like our own.
Posted inFaith, News
Father James Martin and Sister Simone Campbell among faith leaders to speak at Democratic convention
Four faith leaders from three religious traditions are scheduled to speak on Thursday, the convention’s final day.
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Spotlight needed on abuse in women’s orders, says Jesuit journal
Novices and women religious, especially those who have been assigned to a country where they don’t know the language, can be particularly vulnerable to abuses of power and conscience by superiors, and sexual abuse by their formators, said an article in “La Civilta Cattolica.”
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Felician sisters bear loss of 13 sisters to COVID-19: ‘Our most tragic time’
The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice in Livonia, Michigan are coping with the loss of 13 sisters to COVID-19 since April.
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Women religious honored for work on pandemic’s front lines
In a recent symposium sponsored by the American and British embassies to the Holy See, women religious were recognized for being “on the front lines” in combatting the pandemic with faith, generosity, and compassion.
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In Togo, a Catholic nun fights coronavirus for the sake of her AIDS patients
Born in Togo in 1967, Sister Marie Stella Kouak attended nursing school in Belgium and returned in 1998 to work at a pediatric hospital in Dapaong run by her congregation, now known as the Sister Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Covid-19 won’t stop America’s women religious from fulfilling their vocation
The coronavirus has had a devastating impact on retired Catholic sisters, write two members of the School Sisters of St. Francis. Women religious are seeking to honor their past while continuing their legacy of service.