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A child sleeps in a tent April 4, 2017, at a shelter for people left homeless after mudslides in Mocoa, Colombia. (CNS/Reuters/Jaime Saldarriaga)
The Associated Church Press and the Religion Communicators Council, two professional journalism and communications organizations, have recognized Global Sisters Report and the National Catholic Reporter for work in 2020, including reporting, columns and book reviews, as well as the overall GSR website.
GSR s yearlong A Place to Call Home series, which focused on homelessness and the response by sister congregations, won an ACP Award of Excellence, the highest honor, in the series category.
The award was announced April 8 during the organization s annual convention, held April 6-9 in conjunction with the conventions of the Religion Communicators Council and the Canadian Christian Communicators Association.
A woman wearing a protective face mask holds a candle in her home while watching Easter Mass via livestream near Hanoi, Vietnam, April 12, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS/Reuters/Kham)
I found myself a couple of weeks ago in a small group of women religious reflecting on the gift of religious life to our world at this time. We believe in the paschal mystery, I said. That is our gift to this time. We believe in transformation, life from death and the presence of a loving God, I shared and felt deeply what I was saying.
I do not know where that statement came from. I was surprised I said it. However, I do know that I believe it deep down in my heart and have felt it in prayer this past year. A year fraught with fear, death, isolation, loss and feelings too numerous to name. I am sure you have some other feelings you can add. As a global pandemic was gripping our world last year, we were in the midst of Lent. A Lent that has lasted much longer than 40