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Ghanaian nun's association supports widows who face dehumanizing traditional rites
… Damian Avevor … Sr. Gabriel Nonaah of the Sisters of Mary Immaculate in Ghana was moved by the cruel treatment faced by many widows in the name of traditional rites by … Monica Widows Association in the Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District in the Upper West Region of Ghana to provide these vulnerable women with empowerment, education and self-reliance. Nonaah, …
'A pope for the world': Sisters around the globe share hopes for Leo XIV's papacy
… superior general of the Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church, from Ho, in the Volta region of Ghana, said she is "very excited that he's an American," calling that a sign that the church is …
Sisters in Africa urge Pope Leo XIV to uphold Francis' commitment against trafficking
… dignity of the human person," said Sr. Olivia Umoh, the national coordinator of Talitha Kum Ghana and director for Safe-Child Advocacy. "He demonstrated deep and profound love for the poor …
Mary Mother of the Church Sisters in Ghana empower young women to be self-reliant
… training program, some school dropouts and teenage mothers in the Afram Plains of Ghana have been empowered with the knowledge and skills in many handicrafts such as dressmaking … are estimated to live below the poverty line, according to the Vicariate of Donkorkrom. Ghana's total unemployed population in 2024 was about 592,000, a slight increase from 2023, when …
Q&A with Sr. Janefrances Ihekuna, providing health care in Nigeria's waterfront communities
… you doing it alone? … We have four sisters in total, but one of them is currently studying in Ghana. The three older sisters were recently transferred, and a new sister joined us earlier this …
Q&A with Sr. Agnes Lucy Lando, publishing about Catholic sisters in non-Catholic institutions
… do. At the end of October 2024 we went to Nairobi to meet a new cohort of 18 sisters from Ghana and Kenya who will come to Georgetown the following spring for another two-week program. …
Catholic sisters embrace the study of theology in full swing in Africa
… 15 African countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Namibia and South Sudan. Others will be in …
Former directors reflect on ASEC's gifts, 25-year milestones
… piloted at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (Kenya) and the Catholic University of Ghana (Sunyani). The second model was entirely onsite at local African universities. I am proud …
Over 25 years, ASEC programs to educate sisters have evolved
… basic technology workshops in Africa were held for 36 sisters in summer 2005 in Kenya and Ghana. A year later, five African sisters traveled to the U.S. to receive training to become … to sisters serving select countries — Kenya, Uganda and Zambia in East Africa, and Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria in West Africa — where access to information and communications technology make …
Cultural and spiritual differences can challenge us, enrich our faith journeys
… After her college presidency, she taught literature in India, Australia, China, Japan and Ghana. Feeley has a master's degree in English from Villanova University and a doctorate from …
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa continue ministry at Montreal intercultural center
… Center visitors hold a special appreciation for both sisters. Ruth Baah Donkor arrived from Ghana two and a half months ago. She met Toutant at the hospital, where they both volunteer. … center." Bonnefoy worked as an educator in a secondary school in Algeria, a small seminary in Ghana and a local school in Malawi. She also formed youth to enter their convent in Europe and …
Domestic servitude and early marriage crimes are against our children
… Faith and Justice Network in collaboration with Dominicans for Justice and Peace Nigeria and Ghana in January 2024. The workshop drew members from different spheres of life — religious …
Media training in Ghana empowers sisters to tell their stories
… Damian Avevor … In Ghana, women religious are pioneers in social intervention projects of the Catholic Church, but … of the Church, an English tutor at Our Lady of Apostles Girls Senior High School at Ho in Ghana's Volta region, "This program is a dream come true for those of us who have journalistic …
Pandemic challenges open door to new training format
… a particular part of the world. On July 3, 15 sisters of the institute from Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana and Nigeria were selected to begin their journey towards becoming safeguarders. The …
Whatever our ministry or role, we are each 'the miracle of an original'
… After her college presidency, she taught literature in India, Australia, China, Japan and Ghana. Feeley has a master's degree in English from Villanova University and a doctorate from …
GSR amplifies voices and activities of African sisters beyond the continent
… in Africa a space for expressing their collective credible voice in the public square in Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nigeria as they tackle …
Catholic Sisters Initiative webinar highlights support for human-trafficking survivors
… telling their families, she added. The woman didn't bring them to Italy, however, but to Ghana, where she informed the young women that they must prostitute themselves. "That's when she …
Q & A with Sr. Angela Mbalu Bangura, provincial superior for 3 countries
… as a leader was to unify all three West African provinces in three countries — Sierra Leone, Ghana and Gambia — which are under her authority. She referred to this move as "living the …
Q&A with Sr. Dusty Farnan, working at the UN toward gender equality
… director and justice promoter. As a formation minister working with Indigenous sisters in Ghana and Kenya, she saw how few rights are granted to African women. In 2015, as part of a …
From clericalism to communion: The church's never-ending conversion
… After her college presidency, she taught literature in India, Australia, China, Japan and Ghana. Feeley has a master's degree in English from Villanova University and a doctorate from …