Sister Mary Lisa Renfer, a Religious Sister of Mercy of Alma, Michigan, is the medical director of St. Mary's Legacy Clinic, a ministry of the Diocese of Knoxville.
Scripture for Life: Today when we confront obnoxious self-aggrandizing, bullying, divisive people, these readings challenge us to the core. When we find ourselves provoked and tending toward retaliation, James calls us to tame ourselves.
After she received letters from Hispanic inmates asking for spiritual materials in Spanish while in U.S. prisons and jails, Sr. Elsa Narváez Rodríguez in Boston began evangelizing to them by mail.
Horizons - My healing work has taken a lot of time. Having the freedom for that personal work, I've been asking questions about how we make healing possible in this world, for each and every person.
"To draw others to God," writes Sr. Rosemary Wanyoike, "we must fully immerse ourselves in ministry to bring out the best in another person while also transforming ourselves."
No one lives harmlessly. But we are capable of choosing where we aim, capable of laying down our savage arms, and unpacking unexamined ideas and lethal words that create victims and enemies of our earthly family.
Some 38 religious sisters emerged from two Missouri parishes where Sr. Rose Weidenbenner grew up. "These sisters have witnessed to me — and to all of us — how God's love and call leads us to be of service in many places," she writes.
"As younger women religious, we often find ourselves as minorities within our own communities: fewer in number, yet filled with the same passion and commitment of older generations," write Giving Voice members who attended LCWR 2024.
