Greta Gaffin

Greta Gaffin is a freelance writer from Boston, Massachusetts. She has a master of theological studies degree from Boston University and a bachelor's in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Sr. Terri Schell, a second-year novice of the Dominican Sisters of Peace, poses with a chicken. She is director of the Shepherd's Corner Ecology Center, an ecological ministry the congregation founded in 1992 in Blacklick, Ohio. (Courtesy of Kay Bodmer)

Q&A with Sr. Terri Schell, sharing a Catholic approach to ecology and faith

Sr. Terri Schell is director of Shepherd's Corner Ecology Center, which she said "invites us into a wider way of relating" to Earth. 

Benedictine Sr. Jeana Visel instructs propaedeutic-year seminarians in icon painting at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in Indiana. (Krista Hall)

Q&A with Sr. Jeana Visel, Benedictine iconographer and teacher

GSR talks to Sr. Jeana Visel, a Sister of St. Benedict at the Monastery Immaculate Conception, about her ministry as an iconographer who teaches about icons at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in Indiana.

Cathy Buchanan, left, and Tram Bui make their first vows for the Dominican Sisters of Peace in 2023.

Dominicans cite their charism for slight rise in vocations

"The Dominican charism is particularly timely," one sister said. "Veritas — the search for truth — the continued education of people, preaching. It's really badly needed in the 21st century." 

Three women stand together in a field. They are wearing back and gray dress with a cross on the front and teal veils.

3 sisters form Sisters of the Little Way, a private association of the faithful

Three former Daughters of St. Paul sisters have founded the Sisters of the Little Way of Beauty, Truth, and Goodness. They plan to minister to the wounded, the doubting and the marginalized.