Lisa Renze

Lisa Renze

Lisa Renze is a freelance journalist based in Indianapolis. She is the immediate past president of the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and she spent the bulk of her career at The Indianapolis Star, covering educational legislative issues. 

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Benedictine Sr. Jane Michele McClure poses outside a new Habitat for Humanity of Evansville house at St. Theresa Place. McClure, major gifts officer at Habitat, suggested the organization work with members of a closed parish to build homes on the former church's site. (Courtesy of Habitat for Humanity of Evansville, Indiana)

Rising from the razing: Catholic sister helps community rethink church

When the beloved St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Evansville, Indiana, was slated for demolition, Benedictine Sr. Jane Michele McClure led the plan to replace the buildings with Habitat for Humanity homes.

Children visit the Merciful Heart of Jesus Farm outside Marshfield, Wisconsin. The Franciscan Association of Divine Mercy formally organized in 2019, after Mother Mary Veronica Fitch received permission to pursue the new community. (Courtesy of Mary Veronica Fitch)

Hands, heads and hearts of mercy at the Merciful Heart of Jesus Farm

A new Wisconsin order, the Franciscan Congregation of Divine Mercy, has established a mission that gently encourages visitors to connect to the Gospel by connecting them to God's creatures.