by Kathy Coffey
More than 500 adults have been served at the Brunner Literacy Center since it opened in July 2011 in Trotwood, an area in greater Dayton, Ohio, of high unemployment, crime and poverty, where businesses are dying. Here, a team of Precious Blood sisters share their patience, compassion and teaching skills to help people achieve independence and pride.
by Deogratias Mmana
Contributor
Sr. Emma Kulombe’s call to serve deaf and blind children dates back more than a decade when she was a special-needs education student. As part of her studies, she was asked to complete an assessment for a child unable to see, hear or speak.
Deogratias Mmana is a Malawi-based journalist. He holds a bachelor’s of science degree in mass communications from Share World Open University. He taught in government schools from1995 to 2000 before joining the Malawi News Agency as a reporter until 2005. He also has worked as a reporter for Blantyre Newspapers Limited and as a reporter and bureau chief for Nation Publications Limited until 2013.
by GSR Staff
"Humankind, full of all creative possibilities, is God’s work . . . ."
by Joyce Meyer
International Liaison, Global Sisters Report
Sr. Priscilla Yein Wulaiwimia helps keep the wheels turning at the provincial office of her order, the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis, in Cameroon’s Northwest Region. Since 2007 she has served as provincial secretary.
GSR Today - Over the past month many friends have shared links on my Facebook page of Ursuline Sr. Cristina Scuccia, the singing nun featured on Italy’s “The Voice.” I have to be honest in saying that up to this past weekend I have resisted watching any of the clips, silently objecting to the stereotypical image of a Catholic sister in popular media.
by Megan Sweas
As more Central American migrants cross into the Southwest United States, the Department of Homeland Security wants community organizations to help care for detained families. Churches and nonprofit organizations are working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ensure that the families have access to food and services upon their release, said Ruben Garcia, director of Annunciation House, at a press conference Monday.
On Saturday, people had an opportunity to learn first-hand about spiritual leadership – the LCWR's particular flavor of contemplation-based, collaborative leadership – at an all-day conference at Catholic University sponsored by Solidarity with Sisters and the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies.
by Delia Robertson
Contributor
Dominican Srs. Sheila Flynn and Mary Tuck established Kopanang Community Trust in 2001 to help South African women who face grinding poverty and are affected directly or indirectly by HIV/AIDS. There, they offer spiritual support, access to medical care and therapy, and their embroidery program allows the women to make money to feed their families and improve their homes.
Related - Sharing her art: A profile of Sr. Sheila Flynn
Delia Robertson is a South African writer and editor who was foreign correspondent for Voice of America for three decades, covering southern Africa. She is the great-great grandniece of Archbishop Charles Constant Jolivet (1826-1903), the first Catholic bishop and archbishop in what is now South Africa; his sister, Mother Margaret Mary (Céline Léonie Marie Jolivet, 1846-1881), was first Superioress of the Loreto Convent, Pretoria, Transvaal.
