Mercy Now – September 10, 2026 Newsletter for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Leadership message Recently, while on retreat, I found myself going back to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) 2025 presidential address by Sister Kathy...
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Mercy Now – September 10, 2026 Newsletter for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Leadership message Recently, while on retreat, I found myself going back to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) 2025 presidential address by Sister Kathy Brazda, CSJ. Her exquisite reflection focused on facing her cancer diagnosis while in the midst of leadership and the courage she discovered in the midst of her very own sisters. Throughout her reflections, she challenged listeners: “Let us keep remembering; dread is not of God.” Living in a world that is one crisis after another, it would be so easy to place ourselves in a position of dread: To live in fear. Instead, we are called to recognize and be held in the unconditional love of God in a world that confronts us each day with violence and polarization.
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