The following article details the response of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) to recent unfolding national and world events.
LCWR Responds with ‘Grave Concern’
to Shifting Government Policies
~ by Dan Stockman, Global Sisters Report
As we witness a global and national shift in values and priorities that go against Catholic teachings, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) said, sisters must be fearless in embracing and embodying the Gospel.
The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Guadalupe Province, members of LCWR, support the following LCWR Response highlighted and linked below.
A statement released Jan. 28 by, LCWR, a canonically recognized and nonpartisan organization, which represents about two-thirds of the nearly 36,000 Catholic sisters in the United States, said sisters have 
watched the changes “with grave concern,” as they are “negatively impacting the health of the planet and the lives of millions of its most vulnerable inhabitants.”
The statement addresses “policies enacted by many governments, including our own in the United States, as well as choices being made by citizens,” that “point to a rapid dismantling of values that we consider bedrock for the future of the global community.”
After a time of reflection and discernment the LCWR published their response and invitation to all consecrated women and men to “live our vocational call as women religious with a depth that may have never been required of us previously.
“The statement said what is happening goes against the principles sisters have nurtured and protected for centuries, including:
• The inherent right to life and dignity of all human beings;
• The Gospel demands of love, welcome and care for all, especially the most vulnerable;
• The duty to welcome immigrants and provide care and aid to all;
• Standing against violence in all its forms;
• Dismantling systemic racism;
• Care for planet Earth;
• “Respect for the journey of all persons into the wholeness of their humanness”;
• Alleviating poverty in all forms.
“Staying steadfast to these principles in the face of powerful forces working towards contrary purposes may be one of the hardest challenges we will encounter — collectively and individually,” it said. “The efforts to be the face of compassion and hope amid actions that create chaos and fear will not be easy. This is a time when we will need one another, and a time when we can lend our voices and our support to many of the organizations and people of faith who are laboring to bear witness to the dignity of each person.” To read the entire account, please click here