Christine Nasimiyu Masivo is a Missionary Sister of the Precious Blood. After formation studies in Tanzania and Canada, she worked at radio stations in Kenya and Uganda as reporter, editor, news director, producer and news anchor. She is now with Capuchin TV, while pursuing graduate studies in communication.
Thomas Limacher is a Sister of the Holy Cross of Menzingen, Switzerland. She served in South Africa during apartheid and later worked at a famous pilgrimage shrine in Switzerland. She now does development work in an inter-congregational NGO that supports missionary work.
Marilyn Lacey, a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, has worked with refugees and displaced persons since 1980. In her spiritual memoir, This Flowing Toward Me (Ave Maria Press, 2009), she recounts stories of meeting God in strangers. She is the founder and director of Mercy Beyond Borders, and international nonprofit forging ways for women and girls in extreme poverty to learn, connect and lead.
Amy Hereford is a Sister of St. Joseph of St. Louis, Missouri. As an author, theologian, and civil and canon lawyer, she consults with religious communities around the world, addressing technical concerns of religious institutes and exploring the evolving nature of religious life.
Mary Hanrahan is a member of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She taught disadvantaged teenage girls in inner city Dublin, Ireland, served in leadership on both the provincial and the congregational levels, and is now chaplain in an all-male prison for men convicted of violent crimes.
Henrietta Eziashi is a Franciscan Sister of Glasgow, Scotland. After teaching and educational administration she was Provincial Superior in Nigeria, then a member of the central leadership team. Presently she does pastoral and provincial development work in Lagos, Nigeria.
by Imelda Maurer
Contributor
June 19, 2018
Given the accomplishments of women religious in educating women, founding schools and creating a health care system, what if, now that we ourselves are largely older, sisters across the country started taking a serious look at aging, if we read and discussed and debunked the stereotypes of old age? We could help create a more age-equitable culture.
June 19, 2018
Sr. Kathleen Warren of the Sisters of St. Francis of Rochester, Minnesota, spoke to Global Sisters Report about the Catholic roots of interreligious dialogue, different kinds of dialogue, and why that dialogue is so important in the face of rising Islamophobia.
Judith Anne Zielinski is a Franciscan Sister of Sylvania Ohio. An award-winning television writer, producer and filmmaker, she worked for the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, for Family Theater Productions in Hollywood and now directs faith and values programming for NewGroup Media in South Bend, Indiana.
Sr. Mercy Shumbamhini is a member of the Congregation of Jesus in Zimbabwe. She is a registered professional clinical social worker, a theologian, spiritual director, safeguarding consultant, narrative therapist, researcher and writer with an extensive background in leadership, and project management. She served in leadership of her congregation for many years, as regional leader for her congregation in Zimbabwe for eight years, and is the former president of the Conference of Major Superiors in Zimbabwe.