July 3, 2024

team having a team huddle with hands on top of each other.

Leading with Humility

Paul Lipowski July 3, 2024

The values of humility, compassion, and service have guided Franciscan spirituality for centuries.

Let Go of the Hurt

Richard Rohr, OFM July 3, 2024

We need to be in right relationship with people, so that other people can love us at deeper levels, and so we can love them too.

Children are pictured in an undated photo enjoying an outdoor session at the Montessori school managed by Sister Pupika Perera, of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, at Nuwereliya, Sri Lanka. (OSV News photo/Thomas Scaria, Global Sisters Report)

Women religious empower, educate tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka

OSV News July 3, 2024

Behind every cup of world-famous Ceylon tea, there is a story of exploitation and bonded labor, said Apostolic Carmel Sister Maria Amali, whose congregation has worked among Sri Lanka's tea plantation workers for almost 100 years.

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