Pétronille Chibelushi Tisa

Pétronille Chibelushi Tisa is a member of the Ursuline Nuns of Tildonk in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Her academic background was in French-African history and linguistics, and she taught in several different secondary schools. After studying spirituality in Rome, she taught at a major seminary in Lubumbashi, and for four years directed the Maria Malkia Higher Institute, a work of the Union of Major Superiors of Katanga. She also served for several years as deputy secretary general/secretary general of the Union of Major Superiors of the DR Congo in Kinshasa, and has served in congregational formation and leadership. Since 2005, she has been a member of the Pontifical Congregation of the Ursulines of Tildonk. Presently she ministers with vulnerable young girls at the Angela Merici Social Literacy and Sewing Center Lubumbashi.

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Women sit outside a dwelling amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease March 23, 2020, in Goma, Congo. (CNS/Olivia Acland, Reuters)

In Congo we endure conflict, COVID-19 and confinement

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ursuline Sisters have four communities in the Katanga province, an area with constant conflict. COVID-19 has impacted our ministries and our spiritual life, but God guides us.