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October 7, 2018
As part of the novitiate experience, novices visit Dominican Congregations in the United States to learn more about the communities.
October 5, 2018
The last few weeks and months have been filled with news that is divisive and destructive to hope in our world. In response to the current state of affairs, I chose to use my latest column for the Global Sisters Report as an opportunity to meditate on the virtue of humility and the grace that it has to offer at this time in our lives and the life of our world. Enjoy!
October 2, 2018
A Nun's Life welcomes guest blogger Sister Belinda Monahan, OSB. She is a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago.
September 30, 2018
Yesterday marks one month since I arrived at Be Like Brit, and tomorrow marks one month since I officially began working here. First months in a new position at a new place, are both simultaneously challenging and easy. Challenging because there is so much to learn, and easy because people are patient since the new person has much to learn.
September 30, 2018
We are definitely creating memories together whether on the road or at home. Here's a glimpse of how we continue to build our community life!
Traveling to Kentucky We were welcomed to St. Catherine Motherhouse by our Sisters of Peace.We explored their farm and took home enough beef to last us the whole year.
September 22, 2018
Thanks to my parents and grandmother, we now have a library of over 200 books for the children in their own language! The teachers are already making good use of the books to encourage reading and teach Science topics to the children. Last night a couple of the evening time staff members read with and to the children using the new books. Some children have stopped by my office to read the books. I'm not sure which I enjoy more, reading to the children or listening to them read to me; either way, I'm delighted. We are going to organize a library space and create a system so that we ca
September 13, 2018
A few months from now, it will be hard to remember that there was ever a time when I did not know the names of each of the children or their caregivers. Eventually, in addition to names, children's individual personalities and preferences will be revealed and known to me. Certainly, some of the faces I'm still struggling to recall names for will be etched in my memory and carried forever in my heart.
September 12, 2018
Sister Cheryl Rose, HM, is a spiritual director and a retreat director and is in vocation ministry with her congregation, the Sisters of the Humility of Mary, in Villa Maria, Pennsylvania.
September 2, 2018
Transition is hard, but the camera can still capture our smiles. After the first three weeks, our life together is beginning to settle into a rhythm that is less overwhelming than when we first began. Here's a glimpse into the highlights of our journey so far!
August 31, 2018
What is happening to our Church?
Just when it seemed there could not possibly be one more report of clergy sexual abuse, there was.
Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania grand jury released its report about the terrible abuse of hundreds of people. The report also highlighted the complicity of Church officials who routinely concealed the truth about clergy sexual predation, allowing the evil to continue.
August 27, 2018
The Collaborative Dominican Novitiate (CDN) is a joint effort by the sisters in the Dominican Order in the USA to provide its members in initial formation with an experience of the larger Dominican Family. Each year a new group of novices comes together to create its own unique experience of community with fresh spirit, abundant gifts, and eagerness to grow in the Dominican tradition.
August 27, 2018
Margaret Gonsalves is a Sister for Christian Community and feminist theologian active in the Ecclesia of Women in Asia and Indian Women Theologian's Forum. As founder of ANNNI Charitable Trust, she networks with nongovernmental organizations to run free residential programs in intensive spoken English, sustainable development skills, and workshops for the empowerment of indigenous girls and women.
August 21, 2018
Sister Emily Brabham, OSF, is a Sister of St. Francis of Clinton, Iowa and is the campus minister for social justice formation at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois.