Mary Ann McGivern

Mary Ann McGivern, a Sister of Loretto, works with people who have felony convictions and advocates for criminal justice. She lived at a Catholic Worker house for 28 years. She has been a public radio commentator and written plays and a cookbook. She lives in St. Louis.

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Members of the Mixed African Choir of St. Augustine-Our Lady of Victory Parish in the Bronx, New York, sing during the annual Black History Month Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York Feb. 5. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Sing, listen, love

NCR Today: Each of us has our own story and one of our tasks as members of a community is to draw that story out of others and to love them for who they have become.

Friendship Bridge clients in Guatemala make tortillas to sell.

Circles of women strengthen development efforts

NCR Today: Microlenders see how women support and advise one another, and make better use of smaller amounts of money, helping one another make business decisions.

We still have the blanket authorization for the use of military force

Getting small things done right: the economy is a women's issue

Resist despondency during dog days of summer

A way the church shields sex offenders

Don't glorify terrorism -- offer hope

To stand in darkness in the middle of the day

The border is a death trap that doesn't deter migrants

Going to the border as a witness

Pray to St. Barabbas for released prisoners

Throwing money at problems

Getting my mind around the military we have

On abortion today

Addiction to presidential wiretaps and other excitement

Preparing in case of deportation

One way to stand with undocumented immigrants

Legal whistle blowing or illegal leaks?

Does government aid weaken our moral fiber?

Law and order on the new White House website

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