Mercy Sister to Receive Irish Fair Award
August 28, 2015Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach speaks with Mercy Sister Caroline Tweedy, who will receive the Kathleen Slattery Woman of the Year Award at […]
Topic: Religious Life
Religious Orders
August 16, 2015Fr. Gabriel Gillen, director of the Dominican Foundation, Matthew Sutton, associate professor at St. John’s University, and Elizabeth Sutton, assistant professor at […]
A Canonization With Controversy
August 10, 2015California’s soon-to-be first saint, Blessed Junipero Serra, doesn’t come without controversy. To some, Serra embodies the system that promoted massive cultural genocide. […]
Nuns, Guns and the Wild West
August 5, 2015Billy the Kid, a notorious bank and stage-coach robber of the Wild West, met his match in the most unlikely of people […]
Consecrated and Serving
July 30, 2015What is consecrated virginity? Correspondent Katie Breidenbach investigates this largely unknown vocation as part of Currents’ continued coverage of the Year of […]
Faith, Nature and Inherent Value
July 23, 2015During a visit to the Dominican Sisters of Amityville, Currents News Director Ed Wilkinson spoke with the community’s spiritual director, Sister Margaret […]
Nun Goes to Jail Over Nuclear Weapons Opposition
July 22, 2015Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach speaks with Sister Megan Rice, who spent two years in jail for breaking in breaking in to the […]
Religious Sister Remembers Bishop Kearney as “Uncle Ray”
July 21, 2015During a trip to Long Island, Currents News Director Ed Wilkinson spoke with the President of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Sister […]
Sister Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matera
July 19, 2015The Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará (also known as Servidoras) are contemplative sisters within the missionary Religious Family of the Incarnate Word. […]
Dominican Sisters’ Organic Co-operative
July 9, 2015Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach and News Director Ed Wilkinson visit an organic co-op farm on the grounds of the Dominican Sisters of […]