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Christmastime generosity brings light and hope for sisters' communities
… the Child Jesus as their light and hope in this time of great challenges. Sisters in Ghana throw Christmas parties for local children and build community with groups of ministry …
Meet the new sisters panel for the 9th year of The Life
… Sister of the Society of the Infant Jesus, an Indigenous women religious congregation in Ghana. She is a full-time media personnel who works with CAFDIL TV in the Catholic Archdiocese of …
For 30 years, leaders have promised climate action. The Earth has waited in vain.
… are living the reality of climate change that three decades of COPs have failed to contain. In Ghana, rising sea levels are swallowing entire fishing villages along the coast. In places like …
Ghanaian nun's association supports widows who face dehumanizing traditional rites
… 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, … the family declared no responsibility towards her well-being," Nonaah said. Widow's rites in Ghana vary. Some women must prove their innocence through a series of dehumanizing rites and …
A Healthcare Forum on Mental Wellness: Zoom Chat
… Sr. Editrudis! Sr. Elena- Greetings from Mexico. Hello Everyone! I am Sr Esther Entsiwah, CSC, Ghana. Mary Peters, Chicago, IL. Sr Angelica Mwangi, Cameroon. From B A Harbison - Greetings from … Question : How to overcome this stigma? Question : Is there any contact counselor in Ghana? Pregunta : Por qué muchas personas psiquiátricas se niegan a tomar la medicación? Pregunta …
'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 … N. Hilton Foundation in collaboration with the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious Ghana. (Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is a major funder of Global Sisters Report.) The initiative … 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
… 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 … have completed degrees under the program, and half have won degree awards or honors. In Ghana, Sr. Mavis Ackaah Mensah, a HESA graduate, serves as the senior finance officer and head of …
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 …
When the wings of migrants rest in Bantabá
… en los invernaderos crecía, comenzaron a llegar personas de Marruecos, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Costa de Marfil, Mali y Mauritania. Hoy en día, estas personas son esenciales para …
Media training in Ghana empowers sisters to tell their stories
… In Ghana, women religious are pioneers in social intervention projects of the Catholic Church, but … them. The poor media publicity given to the activities of women religious congregations in Ghana has led to some sisters to be trained as communicators to tell and publish their own … Sister Communicators, a project organized by the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious Ghana , in collaboration with the Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church . The Conference of Major …
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 …