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Through Africa Faith and Justice Network, sisters fight early marriage in Ghana
… of their community. Africa Faith and Justice Network , or AFJN, and our coalition network in Ghana are tackling this practice. Catholic sisters, through community engagement, are targeting … before age 18, while in West and Central Africa two girls out of five marry before age 18. In Ghana, 1 in 5 girls marries before the age of 18, and 1 in 20 marries before her 15th birthday. In Northern Ghana, 2 in 10 girls marry as children; 1 of 3 marry before age 18. To stem the tide of this …
Q & A with Sr. Assumpta Ndidiamaka Okoli, helping Nigerians get health care
… a nun. Okoli completed her yearlong postulancy at the Holy Child postulancy in Cape Coast, Ghana, in 2006, after which she had her novitiate for two years and professed vows Sept. 14, …
Women in Faith Leadership Fellowship provides hope, connection for 10 African sisters
… Peace, and World Affairs , came amid two weeks of lectures and seminars for the sisters from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. For Nyirumbe and the other sisters, "healing … believe that "the name of God permeates everything we do," said Sr. Josephine Apiagyei, a Ghana educator and a member of the Sisters of St. Louis in Kumasi. All four sisters said their …
'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 …