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Global Sisters Report gives voice to women religious and their contributions to human development worldwide. We are a project of @ncronline.bsky.social.
Our "Out of the Shadows" series will wrap up next March, but, just like the sisters who walk with the most vulnerable, our commitment to reporting on this important topic will continue.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Our "Out of the Shadows" series will wrap up next March, but, just like the sisters who walk with the most vulnerable, our commitment to reporting on this important topic will continue.
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In late July, Mercy Sr. Pat Murphy died at age 96. Mercy Sr. JoAnn Persch — Murphy's partner in "crime" — died Nov. 14. She was 91. The impact these two Catholic sisters had on the world cannot be measured.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In late July, Mercy Sr. Pat Murphy died at age 96. Mercy Sr. JoAnn Persch — Murphy's partner in "crime" — died Nov. 14. She was 91. The impact these two Catholic sisters had on the world cannot be measured.
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Some Catholic parishes, such as the Jesuit Parroquia Sagrada Familia, chose to honor this year a group of people whose presumed demise is at odds with the cheerfulness of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations: the disappeared.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Some Catholic parishes, such as the Jesuit Parroquia Sagrada Familia, chose to honor this year a group of people whose presumed demise is at odds with the cheerfulness of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations: the disappeared.
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Behind the prison walls of the Kirikiri Correctional Facilities in Lagos, Nigeria, Sr. Edidiong William Etim has felt transformed by her ministry. In her role as prison chaplain, she empowered 182 inmates through hands-on vocational training.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Behind the prison walls of the Kirikiri Correctional Facilities in Lagos, Nigeria, Sr. Edidiong William Etim has felt transformed by her ministry. In her role as prison chaplain, she empowered 182 inmates through hands-on vocational training.
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"Everyone has a piece of the work of justice to do, so what's yours?" —Sr. Simone Campbell
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October 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Everyone has a piece of the work of justice to do, so what's yours?" —Sr. Simone Campbell
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"I believe that young consecrated people can be the answer for those who have suffered the most from the war in Ukraine, who have lost all hope for peace and justice." —Sr. Scholastica Oleksandra Hulivata
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October 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"I believe that young consecrated people can be the answer for those who have suffered the most from the war in Ukraine, who have lost all hope for peace and justice." —Sr. Scholastica Oleksandra Hulivata
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Sr. Nancy Sylvester writes about what 'Downton Abbey' and 'Hamilton' taught her about forgiveness and history.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sr. Nancy Sylvester writes about what 'Downton Abbey' and 'Hamilton' taught her about forgiveness and history.
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The arrest and detention of a Catholic sister in connection with the death of a fellow nun in Meru comes just weeks after another scandal in Asumbi, raising questions about accountability and conflict in religious communities.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The arrest and detention of a Catholic sister in connection with the death of a fellow nun in Meru comes just weeks after another scandal in Asumbi, raising questions about accountability and conflict in religious communities.
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My journey in cinematography began not in a studio, but in the silence of a convent, writes the "Camera Nun" Sr. Lismy Parayil.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My journey in cinematography began not in a studio, but in the silence of a convent, writes the "Camera Nun" Sr. Lismy Parayil.
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Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died. She was 106.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died. She was 106.
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Sr. Mary Lilly Driciru has been sustainably building peace, harmony and development in rural African communities in Northern Uganda. She hopes support for this effort spreads throughout the entire country.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Sr. Mary Lilly Driciru has been sustainably building peace, harmony and development in rural African communities in Northern Uganda. She hopes support for this effort spreads throughout the entire country.
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Sr. Ritamary Brown has dedicated her life to caring for the sick. Within her ministry she puts together clean birth kits to mothers without access to medical facilities.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Sr. Ritamary Brown has dedicated her life to caring for the sick. Within her ministry she puts together clean birth kits to mothers without access to medical facilities.
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Sr. Rosily Kolencherry has organized more than 60,000 women into self-help groups across Bihar state, empowering them to tackle social issues and launch income-generating projects during her four decades of ministry in eastern India.
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October 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Sr. Rosily Kolencherry has organized more than 60,000 women into self-help groups across Bihar state, empowering them to tackle social issues and launch income-generating projects during her four decades of ministry in eastern India.
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This month we asked sisters:
"Who or what has shaped your response to ministry?"
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"Who or what has shaped your response to ministry?"
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October 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This month we asked sisters:
"Who or what has shaped your response to ministry?"
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"Who or what has shaped your response to ministry?"
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Typhoons Ragasa and Bualoi battered Vietnam as chapels, kindergartens and centers for people with disabilities operated by the sisters were destroyed.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Typhoons Ragasa and Bualoi battered Vietnam as chapels, kindergartens and centers for people with disabilities operated by the sisters were destroyed.
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"Military occupation, humanitarian assault, forced starvation, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, 'emptying the Strip,' genocide … whatever it's called, it is happening right now in Gaza." — Sr. Quincy Howard
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September 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Military occupation, humanitarian assault, forced starvation, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, 'emptying the Strip,' genocide … whatever it's called, it is happening right now in Gaza." — Sr. Quincy Howard
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Global Sisters Report is here at LCWR! Stop by booth 800 and say hello to us!
August 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Global Sisters Report is here at LCWR! Stop by booth 800 and say hello to us!
St. Louis Sr. Patricia Ebegbulem has dedicated 20 years to combating human trafficking. For her, it is a call to serve and "restore the dignity of women who have been trafficked and have returned to Nigeria."
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July 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
St. Louis Sr. Patricia Ebegbulem has dedicated 20 years to combating human trafficking. For her, it is a call to serve and "restore the dignity of women who have been trafficked and have returned to Nigeria."
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Moved by the cruel treatment faced by many widows in Ghana, Mary Immaculate Sr. Gabriel Nonaah started St. Monica Widows Association to provide these vulnerable women with empowerment, education and self-reliance.
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July 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Moved by the cruel treatment faced by many widows in Ghana, Mary Immaculate Sr. Gabriel Nonaah started St. Monica Widows Association to provide these vulnerable women with empowerment, education and self-reliance.
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The miraculous image of Jesus on the host at Vilakkanur seems to whisper a gentle message to all the faithful: "See me in your brothers and sisters. Treat them as you would treat me."
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June 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The miraculous image of Jesus on the host at Vilakkanur seems to whisper a gentle message to all the faithful: "See me in your brothers and sisters. Treat them as you would treat me."
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This 2.5 hour program, which will include small group discussions, is designed to help break the stigma around mental wellness, inform about new networks of sister counselors and provide resources for you, your community and congregation. Register now:
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June 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This 2.5 hour program, which will include small group discussions, is designed to help break the stigma around mental wellness, inform about new networks of sister counselors and provide resources for you, your community and congregation. Register now:
www.globalsistersreport.org/witnessandgr...
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No matter what Pope Leo XIV — or any future pope — does in regard to the death penalty, it seems none will have as great an impact as Pope Francis.
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June 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
No matter what Pope Leo XIV — or any future pope — does in regard to the death penalty, it seems none will have as great an impact as Pope Francis.
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"Many of us, religious women and men, are still living in ivory towers, unaffected by the world around us." —Sr. Dorothy Fernandes
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June 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Many of us, religious women and men, are still living in ivory towers, unaffected by the world around us." —Sr. Dorothy Fernandes
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Pope Francis made migration a priority, leaving a challenge "not to see this as an invitation we received during a particular papacy, but the depth of an inner call. Not to see it as temporal, but as universal."
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May 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Pope Francis made migration a priority, leaving a challenge "not to see this as an invitation we received during a particular papacy, but the depth of an inner call. Not to see it as temporal, but as universal."
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Horizons - During a mission in rural Media Naranja, in Argentina, a group of Catholic sisters, young and adult laypeople, families, and a consecrated laywoman shared 10 days of evangelization with families in the community.
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May 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Horizons - During a mission in rural Media Naranja, in Argentina, a group of Catholic sisters, young and adult laypeople, families, and a consecrated laywoman shared 10 days of evangelization with families in the community.
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