Gail DeGeorge

GSR Today - Catholic women religious have been working to improve the lives of others long before the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. Now you can see how sisters' ministries contribute to the overall U.N. plan.

Sr. Nancy Sylvester said that the spiritual balm offered through a regular practice of contemplation is more important than ever, during GSR's first Witness & Grace: Conversations with Sisters program.

GSR Today - Leading up this year's virtual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, I'd been thinking a lot about past LCWR assemblies and previous presentations that now seem prescient.

GSR Today - The retreat and workshop offered by the Institute for Communal Contemplation and Dialogue, "Enter the Chaos: Engage the Differences to Make a Difference," had a lot of effect on me, including finding ways to learn to live and act out of our deepest selves.

GSR invited readers to share how congregations reach out to younger women, and about new members under age 40. They describe new ways of instruction that encourage exploration of inner strengths and struggles.

Global Sisters Report invited readers to share how congregations reach out to younger women, and about new members under age 40. One avenue is to reach out to women pursuing vocations internationally.

Global Sisters Report invited readers to share how congregations reach out to younger women, and about new members under age 40. Readers informed GSR that the key is developing personal relationships.

Adrian Dominican Sr. Corinne Florek spoke to GSR about leading the Religious Communities Impact Fund. The fund's members, all women religious communities, pool their investment money, which enables larger loans, less paperwork and more effective financing.

At a recent conference, Sr. Pat Daly said that new proposed SEC rules could hamper the ability of smaller shareholders to push for change, while other experts promoted the next tier of impact investing that moves beyond divestment and focuses on social and environmental change.

Religious sisters, grantees and partners convened in the U.S. and in Zambia for the Hilton Foundation's discussion of ways to achieve the goals of its Catholic Sisters Strategic Initiative Strategy.

Today, we're pleased to introduce GSR in the Classroom, a supplementary curriculum that adapts articles and columns for use in Catholic middle and high schools and faith formation programs. 

Challenging women religious and those who speak on their behalf to be prophetic voices, Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister provided a clear call to counter forces that perpetuate the problems of poverty, injustice and inequality in the world and the church in her keynote address at the Communicators for Women Religious (CWR) conference.

GSR Today: Welcome to Global Sisters Report's new website! This is our first major redesign since our start in April 2014, and the new look should seem familiar to readers of National Catholic Reporter.