Sister Suellen Tennyson was taken late Monday “from her room in her pajamas — no shoes, no glasses, no phone, no medicine.”
Women Religious
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
I wrote the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the U.S. Here’s what I learned.
Writing the first full history of Black Catholic women religious in the United States, Shannen Dee Williams experienced the gamut of human emotions.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
How St. Katharine Drexel became part of the tax code and changed U.S. philanthropy forever
This tax season, Americans have an unexpected figure to thank for one of their most-used deductions. She wasn’t an accountant, a lawyer or even a politician, but an actual saint.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
A vocation with purpose: The new reality for religious sisters
A younger religious sister knows she can’t recreate the community of the 1950s, but she has deep gratitude for her own formation, and excitement for what is to come.
Posted inFaith, GoodNews
Meet Sister Lucía Caram, the nun who drove 4,000 miles in a weekend to save Ukrainian refugees
Sister Lucía departed from Manresa at 6 a.m. on March 4 and arrived in Romania the following evening. On the morning of March 6, she set out on the return journey to Spain, bringing six refugees with her.
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Pope Francis: The church needs women saints
The Catholic Church needs women, especially women saints, who have shown throughout history an unwavering dedication to God and to caring for their brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘The Sister Boniface Mysteries’: the rare show that gets the Catholic Church (and nuns) right
TV shows rarely get it right when depicting priests or men and women religious—but “The Sister Boniface Mysteries” offers a welcome look at a believable and positively portrayed woman in religious life.
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Nuns remain in war-torn Ukraine to serve the people
Women religious in Ukraine are facing Russia’s full-scale invasion of that nation with determined faith and a commitment to service.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A rebel nun is an exemplar of feminism in action
The tale of a medieval woman’s decision to join the convent, Marj Charlier’s historical novel, ‘The Rebel Nun,’ resonates with many of the issues faced by the church in modern times.
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Catholic sister whose rock version of Our Father topped charts dies at 84
Mercy Sister Janet Mead, who earned gold records for her 1974 hit version of the Our Father, died Jan. 26 in her native Adelaide, Australia. She was 84 and had been battling cancer.