A Nun’s Life Ministry produces live-streamed podcasts about prayer, faith, community, spirituality, and many other topics. Sister Maxine Kollasch, IHM, co-founder of A Nun’s Life Ministry, interviewed Sr. Jean Marie Fernandez in June 2017. Sr. Jean Marie was attending the Vocations Ambassador Program with a vocations team from the Province of Mid-North America when A…
Every year Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) draws a large gathering of people who want to be a force for change for the betterment of all. In April more than 1,000 people of faith attended EAD to challenge what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called the giant triplets of chaos: racism, materialism and militarism. Throughout the…
Sisters of the Good Shepherd take human trafficking to heart and do something about it through their ministries. Two Good Shepherd Sisters joined other women religious for a three-day retreat in May at Bon Secours Conference Center in Marriottsville, Maryland. Sisters Stella Mangona and Gayle Lwanga Crumbley attended the retreat to strengthen ties between Catholic…
Missouri Sierra Club held a Science Roundtable in St. Louis on May 18, 2017. I attended the event with Sister Sharon O’Grady, who serves on the Eco-Zeal Team for the Province of Mid-North America. The panel-style event built upon the recent March for Science and People’s Climate March in Washington, DC. The purpose of the…
The People’s Climate March connected people to a cause and each other. As for me, I’m connected to an online group that goes by the name of Elders Climate Action. The national grassroots group of people over age 50 is focused on understanding the science of climate change so we can use that knowledge to…
The most recent art exhibit at Good Shepherd Gallery — Beauty Will Save the World — focused on the ultimate beauty of God. The exhibit opened with an artist reception on May 7, 2017. The exhibit featured the works of St. Louis Catholic Sisters and archdiocesan priests. This was the second year the gallery featured…
