Spiritus Domini: UISG Declaration Thank you Holy Father! We express our thanks to Pope Francis for the Motu Proprio Spiritus Domini, and to all those who have contributed to the study and research for this new step that sees the ministerial participation of women in the Church. We are pleased to note that the titleRead more…

Presentation Bulletin 173 Re-imagining the future (Download the bulletin here) The Bulletin – issue No. 173 closes 2020, a particularly difficult and dramatic year for the whole world, hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The images and the words Pope Francis pronounced for the Urbi et Orbi Blessing, on 27 March 2020, in the square of St.Read more…

A JPIC Course: Building Bridges and Reconciliation February 4, 11, 18, 25 and March 4, 2021 A webinar series of five sessions from 2 pm to 4 pm (Rome Time) in EN, ES and FR. The sessions will consider the culture of encounter and dialogue in Catholic educational institutions, in creative initiatives, in nonviolence conflictRead more…

UISG, LCWR leaders discuss connections in pandemic, women in diaconate, vocations in Africa  Read the article here Global Sisters Report recently held a discussion with Sr. Jolanta Kafka, president of the International Union of Superiors General and general superior of the Claretian Missionary Sisters; Sr. Pat Murray, executive secretary of UISG and member of the InstituteRead more…

Sr Jolanta and Sr Franca send the UISG Message for Christmas   From the bottom of our hearts the cry raises even louder: Come Lord, Prince of Peace, Consoler, Admirable Counsellor, Our Brother … (cf. Is 9:5). But HE IS WITH US and does not miss any moment or human gesture! Therefore, as we celebrate HisRead more…

Why a UISG course on Interculturality and Leadership? Fr Roger Schroeder and Fr Tim Norton share some thoughts to answer this question. They are two of the speakers of this online programme on Interculturality which ends today, Dec. 18. “Interculturality is the vision and the hope of mutually enriching and challenging relationships with people whoRead more…