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What we can learn from medieval mystics

By Mary DeTurris Poust. What the medieval female saints highlighted in Pope Benedict XVI’s recent audiences can teach us

Website connects young women to vocations

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Imagine Sisters aims to bring higher profile to religious life and attract more vocations

Vocations testimonials: Receiving ‘a gift from our Lord’

Though the path hasn’t always been straight, two priests and three sisters value their vocations.

Vatican launches assessment of U.S. women's religious orders

This article has free access for all visitors. By Ann Carey. Citing declines, top Church official says 'all is not well with religious life in America'

U.S. Catholic Church split over health care

By Russell Shaw. This year, the health care debate. Last year, the president at Notre Dame. Do the bishops count?

Two American holy women to be saints

By Thomas J. Craughwell. Papal decree opens way for canonization of Blesseds Kateri Tekakwitha and Marianne Cope of Molokai.

Tomorrow’s challenge

This column has free access for all visitors. By Greg Erlandson. Even with a vocations’ surge, the number of priests certainly will plummet. Here’s what we need to do

The good and bad of celluloid sisters

Our Takes. It's about time for the good works of women Religious -- and their male counterparts -- to get their closeup.

Thank the women

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. News of conflicts involving some women religious shouldn’t detract from good works that sisters do

Texas nun takes plunge after students beat Haiti fundraising goal

By Sarah Hayes. School principal sees skydiving stunt as a way to encourage generosity in pupils

Sisters witness to the Faith in the classroom

By Jim Graves. Once ubiquitous in Catholic schools, women religious are slowly increasing their presence among students across the country

Sister’s bald attempt to fight childhood cancer

By Stephanie Kornexl. She and student-survivor shed their hair to help conquer dreaded disease

Siblings support one another in priestly and religious life

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Priests, sisters from homes with multiple vocations credit parents’ witness

Saluting sisters' service and sacrifice

Our Takes. Women Religious are getting some much-deserved kudos

Report offers glimpse into discernment factors

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Family support and encouragement of vocations directors seen as vital

Religious sisters hit Billboard No. 1

Community's Advent CD touches hearts of music listeners.

Playing the name game

Whatever term you use, a person who leaves the Church is a rootless soul who can return

Parsing good news in the numbers of the world’s Catholics

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. The Catholic Church is growing slowly but surely

Out of the ashes of 9/11, a call to serve Christ

By Mary DeTurris Poust. How the terrible events of that fateful 2001 day spurred the vocations of a deacon who survived the attacks, a priest and a woman religious

OSV Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about election 2012, sacraments, Christmas, and women religious.

Openers: Welcoming 15 million new Catholics, and other fun facts

By John Norton. Every year about this time, the Vatican releases a new version of the Annuario Pontificio ("pontifical yearbook")

Openers: Vatican statistics on global Catholics has some surprises

By John Norton. The Vatican has released its annual report on global Catholic Church membership.

Openers: Rekindled debate over religious habits and their benefits

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. In several corners of the Internet these days there’s an interesting debate on the pros and cons of habits for religious women (and men)

Marking 800th anniversary of 'luminous' saint's consecration

By Barry Hudock. Clare of Assisi’s life of prayer, radical poverty resonates eight centuries later

Making sense of assessment of sisters' group

By OSV staff. Reactions to Vatican’s call for reform of LCWR ranges from ‘stunned’ to ‘it’s about time’

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor for May 24, 2009

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor for December 20, 2009

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about religious habits, modesty and migrant workers.

LCWR, Vatican struggle for common ground

By Brian Fraga. Despite calls for dialogue and conversation, tensions between the LCWR and Vatican remain

Joy to the World

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Benedictine monastery's eclectic Nativity collection demonstrates that Jesus is truly savior of all people

Investigations have some Religious on edge

This article has free access for all visitors. By Valerie Schmalz. Vatican’s apostolic visitation and inquiry of umbrella group of sisters aim to look at future of religious vocations in the United States

Interview: Mending souls

By Emily Stimpson. Sister Briege McKenna on the power of sacraments to heal and her work with priests in need of healing

Interesting facts about your new ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’

Openers column by John Norton. Last year, 122 women and men professed perpetual vows as religious in the United States.

In Focus: Disorder among the orders

This article has free access for all visitors. By Ann Carey. With vocations shrinking and financial problems looming large, some women Religious find themselves at a crossroads.

Head of visitation sees opportunities for dialogue

This article has free access for all visitors. Rather than 'investigations,' the on-site visits have given sisters a chance for self-reflection on charisms

Gift of women religious

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Number of sisters may be on decline around world, but some communities have managed to thrive

Former Olympian finds glory in God

Our Takes. Members of the religious order can come from any background and any walk of life

Editorial: Vocations — a lifetime of service

There is something powerfully affirming in the fact that the vast majority of priests ordained today report extraordinary rates of satisfaction. The same holds true for many women religious, for religious brothers and even for bishops.

Dominicans see God’s work in Oprah spotlight

By Ann Carey. Sisters used opportunity to show the talk queen's audience what authentic religious life looks like

Desire for community, balance draws inquirers

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Those who work in vocations say that community life rooted in prayer is what attracts members

Culture Reviews

Culture Reviews for February 28, 2010

Cousins keep service to God all in the family

In Focus (Spring Religious Vocations) article. By Mary Ellen Pellegrini. The five relatives heard call to religious life and joined the same order

Community spreads Gospel through life of radical poverty

Religious vocations article by Tom Hoopes. Little Sisters of the Lamb are raising funds for new monastery to be a light in low-income neighborhood

Communities have varying ways of forming new sisters

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Some are seeing many candidates seeking to begin process, while others experience lack of interest. Subscription required

Catholic contributions to the Civil War

By Thomas J. Craughwell. On this month’s 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s beginning, a look at Catholic contributions of both the North and the South

Briefs: A look at Catholicism in the culture

Culture Reviews for March 28, 2010

African-American women Religious look to the future

By Peter Finney Jr. Although faced with the challenge of declining numbers, three agingcommunities are discovering new opportunities for renewed growth, ministry