LCWR 2021

Freedom for the emerging future

Aug 20, 2021

Horizons – Can I make space for uncertainty? For imagination? For uncomfortable moments? Mistakes? Hope? Joy? I pray for the freedom to be hospitable to the emerging future already present among us.

Sr. Rebecca Ann Gemma of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois

Q & A with Sr. Rebecca Ann Gemma, new president-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious

by Dan Stockman

Aug 19, 2021

Sr. Rebecca Ann Gemma of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois, officially became the president-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious on Aug. 13.

Sisters in the Adrian Dominican auditorium in Adrian, Michigan, give Dominican Sr. Elise García a standing ovation at the conclusion of her Aug. 11 presidential address to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. (GSR screenshot)

Catch up on GSR's coverage of the 2021 LCWR annual assembly

by Pam Hackenmiller

Aug 19, 2021

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious' annual assembly was Aug. 11-13 and was as much a retreat as a meeting. Catch up on Global Sisters Report's coverage of the talks and presentations.

Sr. Jayne Helmlinger (center), a Sister of St. Joseph of Orange, began her term as president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious at the group's 2019 assembly in Scottsdale, Arizona. (GSR photo/Dan Stockman)

3 years of LCWR leadership inspire soul work in changing, challenging world

by Jayne Helmlinger

Aug 16, 2021

Encountering sisters who were younger and older has truly enriched my life as a woman religious. We all share the same vocational call, and we express it through our particular charisms. This was a personal aha experience for me and one that I will continue to nurture for the remainder of my life.

Feature Series ›

Freedom for the emerging future

Q & A with Sr. Rebecca Ann Gemma, new president-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious

Catch up on GSR's coverage of the 2021 LCWR annual assembly

3 years of LCWR leadership inspire soul work in changing, challenging world

LCWR celebrates award recipients, looks to the future as assembly draws to a close

Sr. Mercedes Casas Sánchez to LCWR: Future of religious life requires 'space for hope'

LCWR assembly opens with 'a profound apology' for the 'perduring sin of racism'

LCWR's Lifetime Achievement Award winners have spent decades advocating for others

Sr. Jane Herb brings a collaborative approach as she takes on LCWR presidency

LCWR's second virtual assembly will be more of a retreat than a series of Zoom meetings