Through Vatican initiative, sisters help vulnerable children in El Salvador

Through the Sowing Seeds of Hope project, Catholic sisters from various congregations in El Salvador promote a dignified future for vulnerable and impoverished children.

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Horizons - A space of welcome and respect provides dignity for older women at a care home run by the Servants of St. Joseph. Sr. Daylenis Lara Rodríguez reflects on how volunteering there has deepened her appreciation for life.

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Through Vatican initiative, sisters help vulnerable children in El Salvador

Through the Sowing Seeds of Hope project, Catholic sisters from various congregations in El Salvador promote a dignified future for vulnerable and impoverished children.

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Girls walk by the Auxilium Skills Training Center in Makeni, Lusaka, Zambia. Along with the Home for Girls at Risk and the Open Community School, the center is part of City of Hope, run by the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco. (GSR photo/Derrick Silimina)

Girls at risk in Zambia find residency, skills training with Salesian sisters

Salesian sisters in Zambia take in girls from the country's most feared slum, pulling them out of addiction and offering them a home while providing vocational training to them and a wider vulnerable population.

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Girls walk by the Auxilium Skills Training Center in Makeni, Lusaka, Zambia. Along with the Home for Girls at Risk and the Open Community School, the center is part of City of Hope, run by the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco. (GSR photo/Derrick Silimina)

Girls at risk in Zambia find residency, skills training with Salesian sisters

Salesian sisters in Zambia take in girls from the country's most feared slum, pulling them out of addiction and offering them a home while providing vocational training to them and a wider vulnerable population.

Salvatorian Sr. Cyrel Peralta is the book reading program and advocacy coordinator for the Salvatorian Pastoral Care for Children program in Metro Manila, the Philippines. The program's mobile library for book reading on the Gospel and children's rights has toured communities regularly since it began in 2004. (Courtesy of Salvatorian Pastoral Care for Children)

Philippine Salvatorians' pioneering program protects children from abuse

Child advocates, former victims and even entire families who serve as advocates vouch for the difference the parish-based Salvatorian Pastoral Care for Children has made in the lives of children, teens and adults.

Sr. Minita Chisim hands out food to residents of the Bangladeshi village of Mariapolli, who lost their house, foods, and clothes in a storm April 9. Amid a cyclone May 26-27, the Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions Sisters also arranged shelter and provided food in their school for people in the southern village of Bagerhat. (Courtesy of Sr. Sukriti B. Gregory)

With storms affecting Bangladeshis, Catholic nuns offer shelter, support

Locals took refuge in sister-run schools after severe storms in May and April destroyed their homes, with sisters offering food and support in the aftermath.

Workers collect tea leaves at a plantation in Pussellawa, Sri Lanka. (Thomas Scaria)

Women congregations empower Sri Lanka's exploited tea plantation workers

Behind every cup of Ceylon tea, there is a story of exploitation and bonded labor, says Apostolic Carmel Sr. Maria Amali, whose congregation has worked among Sri Lanka's tea plantation workers for almost 100 years.

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Each lesson connects articles about sisters or columns written by sisters to the good news found in scripture and church teaching. Action ideas and compelling prayer bring new learning alive. Teacher guides provide vital context and engaging activities to launch group discussions.