SEATTLE – Archbishop Paul D. Etienne has appointed Dominican Sisters Sharon Casey and Sharon Park to serve as liaisons to women in religious life in the Archdiocese of Seattle.

TACOMA – More than 600 Catholics of all ages were inspired, educated and encouraged in their faith during the recent Cornerstone Catholic Conference, “United for Life & Justice.”

Dominican Sister Cele Gorman is a Seattle native who has spent nearly her entire ministry serving in Western Washington. For two decades, she and Sister Kath Silverthorn were featured on KIRO Radio’s The Dori Monson Show in the popular “One-on-One Against the Nuns” segment, where they’d pick the winners of each week’s NFL games. She’s an honorary chair of the Archdiocese of Seattle’s Called to Serve as Christ campaign supporting retired priests, women religious and parishes.

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican can move at a snail’s pace but looking back over the past six years, the profile of women, especially women religious, at Vatican events has risen sharply.

Sister Lorene Heck isn’t slowing down after 55 years in ministry

Women religious join the team of lay teachers at Bremerton school

From orphans to undocumented minors, Sister Phyllis Kelleher has a heart for helping the young

The U.S. Catholic Church celebrates National Vocation Awareness Week Nov. 5–11. It sounds like an event the church is putting on for us, but it is really a call to action for members of the church. A vocation is a calling, and we are all called to serve Jesus. But Vocation Awareness Week highlights those special vocations of service for the church: priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life. This week reminds us of the need for holy and dedicated persons to fulfill these vocations.