Daughters of St. Paul Sr. Anne Kabura Kiragu is from central Kenya. She attended Our Lady of Fatima Kiriko Girls High School , a mission school run at the time by the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN), who helped shape her interest in joining religious life. She studied philosophy at Consolata Philosophicum Nairobi, and theology at the Jesuits School of Theology, Hekima College, Nairobi She has worked in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and South Sudan and speaks Kiswahili, English, Italian and Arabic.
by GSR Staff
April 28, 2014
"For the very same kind of people Jesus attended to as he walked from Galilee to Jerusalem, sisters give themselves away. Like Jesus, they refuse to abandon the refugees that so many today call lepers. . . ."
by GSR Staff
April 28, 2014
Sr. Giovanna Rita Sguazza is the provincial of the Comboni Missionary Sisters of South Sudan, coordinating the ministries and formation of more than 50 sisters and networking with religious and civil authorities. Born in 1945, a devoted student and music lover, she left school to help support her family as a young teenager then was inspired by the mission work in Africa when she met a Comboni sister in Erba, Italy.
by Carol Stanton
Contributor
April 28, 2014
What is the legacy of the Notre Dame Sisters at Hope CommUnity Center in the small, still rural town of Apopka, Fla.? Director Sr. Ann Kendrick took a brightly colored Russian matryoshka doll off of her shelf.
April 28, 2014
Contemplation is a form of prayer that is wordless, a form of prayer I have been practicing close to 30 years and believe it is part of the spiritual journey for everyone as we explore how to integrate our faith into the realities of our 21st-century lives.
by Carol Stanton
Contributor
April 28, 2014
At a time when women religious are concerned about passing on their legacy, the sisters at Hope CommUnity Center in Appoka, Fla., have a kind of certainty that theirs will live on in the generations of people they have walked with, educated and empowered.
by Jan Cebula
April 28, 2014
GSR Today - New experiences bring new knowledge. For example, the nature of sisterhood is indeed global, as a recent trip to the Jesuit School of Theology shows. In only a few days in Berkeley I met sisters from 15 different countries, including Slovakia, Uruguay, Malaysia, Philippines and Portugal.
April 25, 2014
Since launching on Wednesday, Global Sisters Report has had more than 21,000 page views and been viewed in almost 100 countries across the world from the United States and Canada to Uganda and Kiribati, just to name a few. Caitlin Hendel, NCR's president, reaches out today to thank those involved, especially the sisters!
Caitlin Hendel joined NCR in July 2013 as managing editor, returning home to Kansas City after 16 years in
Washington, D.C., where she covered the U.S. economy for Bloomberg and Congress for CQ Roll Call. She
also spent 10 years at The Kansas City Star and is a graduate of the University of Kansas. She and her husband
of 30 years, John, have two children. While in Maryland, she was active in various advocacy groups for
This story appears in the Sisters Making Mainstream Headlines feature series. View the full series.
April 25, 2014
Blogging, tweeting, doing battle in court – just a few of the things that mainstream media have been reporting about women religious this week.