LCWR 2019

Dominican Sr. Elise García during a small group discussion in 2018 (Courtesy of the Adrian Dominicans)

Q & A with Sr. Elise García, new president-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious

Sep 3, 2019

Adrian Dominican Sr. Elise García tells GSR that she is used to finding herself between two worlds. At 69, she has only been in religious life for 14 years, so she identifies with both sisters her own age, and millennial sisters still relatively new to religious life. "I'm very much a bridge," the LCWR president-elect says.

Sr. Patricia Chappell, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur (second from left) speaks about racism during a panel discussion on how racism, migration and climate change are interconnected, Aug. 16 at the Leadership Conference of Women Religious annual Assembly in Scottsdale, Arizona. Also on the panel are (from left) moderator Sr. Susan Rose Francois, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace; Maria Elena Perales, director of the St. Joseph Justice Center for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, California; and Franciscan Sr. Joan Brown, executive director of New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light. (GSR photo / Dan Stockman)

LCWR commits to combat racism, serve immigrants and address climate change

by Dan Stockman

Aug 17, 2019

The vote was the culmination of nearly a year of work drafting and shaping the statement and came at the end of a session during the group's annual assembly exploring the ways racism, migration and climate change are interconnected.

Sr. Norma Pimentel, a member of the Missionaries of Jesus, speaks Aug. 16 after receiving the Leadership Conference of Women Religious 2019 Outstanding Leadership Award for her work with immigrants along the United States' southern border. (GSR photo / Dan Stockman)

Sr. Norma Pimentel, LCWR award recipient, embraces 'holy chaos' of her ministry to migrants

by Soli Salgado, Dan Stockman

Aug 17, 2019

Sr. Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, sees hundreds of migrants daily at her center, often their first stop after being released from border authorities. Pimentel and her staff welcome them and help prepare them for their rest of their journey. For her work, she received LCWR's Outstanding Leadership Award on Aug. 16.

Face facts, says LCWR president: Sisters have been part of Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal

by Dan Stockman

Aug 16, 2019

Holy Cross Sr. Sharlet Wagner, the 2018-2019 president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, spoke on the issue of abuse in her Aug. 15 presidential address at the organization's annual assembly. "It is a source of deep pain for us that in some instances, our own sisters have been perpetrators of the abuse," she said. "This is a truth we must not attempt to avoid."

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Q & A with Sr. Elise García, new president-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious

LCWR commits to combat racism, serve immigrants and address climate change

Sr. Norma Pimentel, LCWR award recipient, embraces 'holy chaos' of her ministry to migrants

Face facts, says LCWR president: Sisters have been part of Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal

Sr. Sharlet Wagner speaks to LCWR assembly about call 'to model hope' amid despair

Ending capital punishment is important work for sisters

UISG director to LCWR assembly: No need to fear doing the 'small things'

LCWR to examine: What does it mean to be a leader at this moment in time?

Sr. Jayne Helmlinger, new LCWR president, draws on analytical and intuitive sides

Diverse threads of Sr. Carol Zinn's career come together in LCWR executive role