Farming on the up-and-up

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A $15,000 investment is revolutionizing food production in Nigeria. Sister Irene O’Neill explains how Sisters Rising Worldwide empowered Catholic Sisters to empower the people. Host: Sister Maxine Kollasch.

vertical farming

IGF049 In Good Faith with Sister Patricia Flass, in service to rural communities around Selma, Alabama

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Sister Pat has ministered for over 20 years in small towns around Selma, Alabama, in some of the most impoverished areas of our nation. She talks with Sister Maxine about her ministry in Alabama, her perspectives on poverty, and her hopes for the future.

In Good Faith with Sister Patricia Flass, in service to rural communities around Selma, Alabama

A garden view

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The gardens of the Dominicans of Mission San Jose are a double victory: they offer a glorious view, and they produce food enough to share with the community.

vegetable garden

Actively caring for the Earth with spiritual motivation

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Pope Francis calls us to become aware of and dare to turn what is happening to the world into our own personal suffering and, in so doing, discover what each of us can do about it. Like the young boy in the story, we have dared to let the pain of our Mother Earth penetrate our hearts.

Caring for the earth blog

Lessons learned from my ministry and life as a sister

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The adventures of missionary life always intrigue me; every day, they require trust in God, myself, and the people I serve. Thinking of my last mission to Wau, South Sudan, I think of a quote from Paulo Coelho: "Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so." When I arrived in South Sudan, it looked like tragedy.

Lessons learned from my ministry and life as a sister