Coronavirus: One Year Later

Coronavirus: One Year Later - The pandemic was a call for us to slow down, to stop, to reflect, to interpret reality from God's point of view. In India, the pandemic has impelled a new way of living and coping with the crisis.

Coronavirus: One Year Later - At least once a week, it seems, another sister dies from COVID-19. Sometimes, there are horrible strings of deaths, or shocking bursts of them all at once. But how many others will we never even know about?

Coronavirus: One Year Later - Leaders from the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas and Servants of Mary (Servite Sisters) of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, reflect on how COVID-19 affected their communities.

Coronavirus: One Year Later - Congregations in Croatia describe the impact of the pandemic on their pastoral ministries and communities, in parishes, educational institutions and in health and social-charitable institutions.

Mercy Sr. Maryanne Loughry, a trained psychologist, has led psychosocial and well-being trainings throughout the world. But in the last year, she was also sought out to conduct webinars on coping with the pandemic.

Coronavirus: One Year Later - While protecting themselves, sisters in the region were encouraged to come up with innovative ways of addressing issues emerging from the coronavirus pandemic.

GSR Today - We don't know yet the full extent of how the pandemic will change religious life, but I have observed this past year how sisters have demonstrated courage, one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Religious women working in Brazil's Amazonas state have been a driving force of support, helping the population cope with the devastation of COVID-19 in the region. Yet they have faced their own anguishes.