By Abigail McDonald, Mercy Associate — Growing up in Guyana I thought of myself as Guyanese and Catholic. To be Black and woman was fraught with too many stereotypes that I did not know how to deal with. Yet still, I could not escape how my black skin affected every aspect of my life.
By Sister Pat Kenny — Let us rejoice in that, and let us pray for the grace to grow in the understanding of both others and ourselves and sharing that understanding generously and wisely.
By Sister Patricia McCann — If we apply the moral teaching of “Brothers and Sisters to Us” to contemporary problems, it will move us closer to resolution of the racial divide that prevents us from actually being brothers and sisters in God’s human family.
Mara became strikingly aware of clean water shortages in Africa and other parts of the world. She decided right then and there that she was going to do something about it!
Three students from Sisters Academy of Baltimore (Maryland) were honored to receive the top three awards in a middle school essay contest during Loyola University Maryland Field Trip Day in fall 2021. The essay question? How can we make the world a better place?
By Sister Jan Hayes — The awarding of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists was a clear recognition of the importance of press freedom as a protector of liberty and human rights.
For three agonizing days after Super Typhoon Rai struck the Philippines in mid-December, local Mercy leaders waited for word from Sister Jean Delgado in the badly affected region of Southern Leyte, which was without power or internet service.
By Sister Pat Kenny — Our life spans outlast a butterfly’s by decades; they must do in a few days what we have years to accomplish, but don’t let that discrepancy fool you. There is purpose in every life.
By Sister Luz Eugenia Alvarez – The beginning of a new year usually is a time when we make New Year’s resolutions, trying to be better people.
By Rowshan Nemazee, Mercy Associate — I didn’t think I was leaving my native country for good. Little could I have imagined that I would one day live in Vermont and become a Mercy Associate with the Sisters of Mercy.
By Sister Helen Libo-on – In the Philippines, we have the tradition of praying the nine days of novena to the Blessed Virgin Mary before celebrating the Feast of the Nativity.
By Sister Diane Guerin — In Advent, we, too, wait in joyful hope. What is our expectation? Do we welcome Jesus as a Prophet of Nonviolence? How are we, who profess in our Critical Concern of nonviolence, challenged to live this commitment each day?