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Monastery makeover: Nuns leave lasting legacy of service in Watertown, SD
19+ hour, 25+ min ago (1341+ words) South Dakota News Watch Throughout their entire adult lives, the women of the Benedictine Sisters of Mother of God Monastery have served others as educators, healthcare providers and spiritual leaders. The Catholic nuns, many highly educated, have taught and ministered…...
Discerning Deacons plans forums for Catholic sisters on women in the diaconate
19+ hour, 26+ min ago (530+ words) The heads of women's religious orders leave an audience with Pope Francis in Paul VI hall at the Vatican May 12, 2016. During that session with members of the International Union of Superiors General, sisters asked Francis about the possibility of women…...
What synodality means for religious life and the Catholic Church
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (406+ words) Xavière Missionary Sr. Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, speaks Aug. 12 in Orlando, Florida, to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious' annual assembly. (GSR/Dan Stockman) by Sr. Joyce Meyer I had the privilege of…...
With haircuts and health care, Catholic nun ministers to Santa Barbara's poor
3+ week, 2+ day ago (802+ words) In the bustling room of a strip mall, Daughter of Charity Sr. Oanh Tran mixes bath salts with warm water in a plastic basin, much in the same way she mixes the worlds of cosmetology, faith and her love of…...
When liturgy welcomes us — and when it doesn't
3+ week, 2+ day ago (233+ words) by Sr. Jane Marie Bradish One's experience is simply that, experience. Neither positive nor negative. The experience largely depends on so many factors. For me personally, the ritual and word can feel very welcoming and inclusive one time and anything…...
In Orlando, LCWR seeks a new harmony for the church
4+ week, 1+ day ago (768+ words) Sr. Vicky Larson, outgoing president of LCWR, gives the presidential address Aug. 12 at the group's assembly in Orlando, Florida. (GSR/Helga Leija) "If melody reveals the beauty of our distinct voices, harmony reveals what becomes possible when those voices meet....
Head of India's women religious appointed consultor to consecrated life dicastery
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (281+ words) Apostolic Carmel Sr. Maria Nirmalini, who heads Catholic women religious in India, has been appointed a consultor to the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life for five years. The appointment by Pope Leo XIV was…...
Pope Leo XIV to LCWR sisters: 'The church needs you"
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (335+ words) Pope Leo delivers a pre-recorded video message to attendees at the LCWR assembly Aug. 12, 2026, in Orlando. (GSR/Dan Stockman) Pope Leo XIV, in a pre-recorded video message, told hundreds of Catholic sisters gathered for a leadership conference that the church…...
Assembly speakers discuss key role of nuns in an unstable media environment
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1313+ words) Sr. Nina Krapić, deputy director of the Holy See Press Office, right, speaks to Sr. Jane Wakahiu, associate vice president of the Catholic Sisters Initiative at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Both were speakers at the SIGNIS World Congress in…...
Thousands in Denver venerate St. Margaret Mary Alacoque relics
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1044+ words) A father and daughter kneel in prayer before a reliquary holding first-class relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque at Denver's Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Aug. 3, 2026. (OSV News/Denver Catholic/André Escaleira Jr.) St. Margaret Mary Alacoque's relics drew…...