In a recent speech given during his tour of Canada, thee words of Pope Francis are refreshing, writes CRA President, Br Peter Carroll FMS. He honestly identifies the situation the Church faces, suggests we embrace the world in love not condemnation, recommends we are discerning, and proposes we use our God given capacities to imagine and then create the new. With God we are co-creators of the world and the Church – both of which will flourish with imagination, care and love.

Since the closure of the Plenary Council there have been a variety of summaries and assessments, comments and critiques about the process and event. Some of these have been positive, some anything but positive. This was inevitable, writes CRA President, Br Peter Carroll FMS.

The Sisters of the Good Samaritan have launched their seven Laudato Si’ Action Goals, designed to help them turn their long-time commitment to caring for creation into day-to-day practical actions at both a congregational and a personal level, reports The Good Oil.

People who join religious congregations, and particularly monasteries, have often been described as ‘leaving the world’, reflects Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ. But we can understand St Benedict only if we see life in a monastery as life in the real world. He does not offer us a recipe for leaving our world but a way of seeing and living in it.

I have been reflecting on my part in a long history of the people of Redfern, Australia, writes Sr Esmey Herscovitch RSCJ in Global Sisters Report. I stand on the shoulders of many people — some famous and some unknown — who are important to the mission.