What I found was disturbingly out of step with the teachings I hold dear, and since all the commentaries on Project 2025 I've seen lack the perspective of nuns, I thought I'd offer a few observations.
Everyone who met Bishop Gumbleton left with an understanding that the world was his congregation and you were simply lucky to have found your way to the center of it.
Sr. Christine Schenk wanted to pay her respects to Bishop Thomas Gumbleton. She found a personal and heartfelt memorial service at the motherhouse of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters in Monroe, Michigan.
Sr. Helen Prejean accompanied Ivan Cantu through his Feb. 28 execution. Her act "mirrors that of the many courageous women who stayed with another man executed for a capital crime," writes Christin Schenk.
"Today we have a platform to share our problems without fear of retribution," said one of the nuns who attended a training on the Grievance Redressal Cell, an initiative of the Conference of Religious Women India.
A webinar hosted by the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Commission, addressed some troubling consequences of the global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, especially in regard to mining efforts.
With their ministries and presence in towns that continue to suffer from Colombia's 50-year-long conflict, nuns contribute to the peace process through accompaniment.
FutureChurch, an Ohio-based Catholic reform group, announced that its director, Deborah Rose-Milavec, is retiring. Colleagues told NCR that she led her group with persistence, collaboration, creativity and passion.
