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'Everything is connected': How sisters are responding to the climate crisis
… Gifty Atampoka Abane is a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus from Ghana. She is a teacher in a Catholic girls' high school in Ghana and serves their province in leadership. … a subject with an ecological component, at our Holy Child Secondary School, Cape Coast in Ghana, I deliberately incorporate into my lessons the need for healing of the Earth. Perhaps … Faith and Justice Network , about 100 students from two Holy Child schools in Cape Coast, Ghana, and in Lagos, Nigeria, participated in a three-day online workshop on care for the Earth. …
Sisters nurture young children in Zambia by teaching mothers parenting skills
… by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and is being implemented in Malawi, Zambia, Kenya and Ghana . In Zambia , as part of a holistic approach to early child development, SCORE-ECD project …
Congregations and cultures mix as novices learn and grow together
… moved from Ghana to Columbus, Ohio, nearly six years ago. In addition to navigating the challenges of the …
Q & A with Sr. Kathleen Feeley, author of a history of SSNDs in Africa
… 74, she went to Western Africa to teach at the newly founded Catholic University College of Ghana. When she wasn't teaching, she gave workshops on the educational philosophy of the School … a blood clot. She inspired me to return to Africa in her stead. I spent nine years teaching in Ghana and was blessed with a new understanding of myself because of what my students and my life … In the first year of my teaching at CU of Ghana, I taught a freshman class to write memoirs. When Francis, a sophomore, saw the exhibit of …
Language of advocacy strengthens African sisters' efforts to improve society
… language could not be an obstacle to her mission. After working in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon, she and Dominican Fr. Aniedi Okure (former executive director of …
With our vow of obedience, we make decisions in the light of Christ
… Gifty Atampoka Abane is a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus from Ghana. She is a teacher in a Catholic girls' high school in Ghana and serves their province in leadership. …
Sisters in Northern Ghana engage in early child development care
… newly delivered twin babies for vaccination at Our Lady of Rocio Catholic Clinic in Walewale, Ghana, Nov. 15. Jabaru's gesture is thanks to the intervention of Integrated Mother and Babies Course (IMBC), an initiative by the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious - Ghana that trains sisters and health care volunteers to address the welfare of infants and … N. Hilton Foundation, which also funds Global Sisters Report, and Catholic Relief Services Ghana support this project, with the religious conference supervising the effort.) St. Louis Sr. …
Advent: 'Moments of waiting that fill the heart with joy'
… Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia, the British Isles, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Mexico, New Zealand, …
Meet the new sisters panel for the sixth year of The Life
… Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia, the British Isles, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Mexico, New Zealand, … Gifty Atampoka Abane is a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus from Ghana. She is a teacher in a Catholic girls' high school in Ghana and serves their province in leadership. Maco Cassetta is a member of the Congregation of …
Gifty Atampoka Abane
… Gifty Atampoka Abane is a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus from Ghana. She is a teacher in a Catholic girls' high school in Ghana and serves their province in leadership. …
Event affirms how networking and collaboration can support Catholic sisters
… of St. Vincent de Paul and coordinator of Safe-Child Advocacy in the Archdiocese of Kumasi, Ghana, spoke about sisters networking and working with government officials to address the issues …
Program in Ireland helps religious women and men discern spiritual and pastoral paths
… degree. She spent 30 years working as a secondary school teacher, first in Nigeria and then in Ghana. After that she went to Rome and earned a degree in psychology and psychotherapy. She …
In Kenya and Mexico, nuns discover the need to coordinate resources for aged care
… sisters' communities in caring for their elderly and infirm sisters in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Mexico, and the United States. The researchers have discovered that, in many …
Sisters' vaccination campaign boosts number of Ugandans protected from COVID-19
… the initiative in Uganda and other African countries, including Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sr. Jane Wakahiu, a Little Sister of St. …
Despite challenges, being a missionary is a grace
… perspectives, and followed my conscience down the path toward becoming a missionary in 2019 in Ghana, West Africa. During my novitiate program in India, South Asia, I gained a greater insight … hands to any part of the world at all times. In the beginning, the missionary experience in Ghana wasn't easy for me. I wanted to return to my motherland. Life had given me the best of everything until I reached Ghana. At home I was privileged with easily accessible amenities like medical facilities, food …
As a world in pandemic seeks a return to normal, leaders urge vigilance, vaccines
… months, as of March, only 15% of Africans had been fully vaccinated. Religious sisters in Ghana, Kenya, Zambia and Uganda also have initiated campaigns to urge millions of people to get …
God wants me here: New insights into missionary life
… sisters who spent years in Japan, Korea, India, Pakistan, Liberia, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines … We are not always aware of how …
Sisters in Africa debunk myths and educate people to get the COVID-19 vaccine
… Hometowu, superior general of the Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church , said vaccine myths in Ghana and other African countries had led many citizens to forego vaccinations as virus cases and … doses in the country. The campaign led by the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious in Ghana in collaboration with the Vatican COVID-19 Commission is to create awareness, educate, … are participating in the campaign. The vaccination education effort by Catholic sisters in Ghana is also happening in other African countries. In March of last year, the Catholic Sisters …
In Burkina Faso, Muslims and Christians show how to live as one
… Burkina Faso is a landlocked country bounded by Mali, Niger, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. The country obtained its independence in 1960 from France and was then known as Upper …
A vibrant Zoom liturgy during COVID lockdown leaves lessons for church
… congregation to join in Liturgies of the Word. Holy Cross sisters in Brazil, Bangladesh and Ghana began regularly logging in. Each session was recorded, making it possible for groups to …