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'Look and find and act': Sisters share complexities of anti-trafficking fight
… three girls, but one of them was snatched and dragged to Ivory Coast" and later taken to Ghana, Bryant said. The sister in Nigeria, knowing Bryant was involved in anti-trafficking , … Sr. Gabriella Bottani , the international coordinator of Talitha Kum, for a contact in Ghana. An umbrella network of networks, Talitha Kum unites sisters all around the world who are …
Q & A with Sr. Ann Therese Kelly, teaching the art of stained glass
… latest project is the 8-foot-tall eucharistic window for Christ the King Cathedral in Sunyani, Ghana. It shows African designs in the background with the Holy Spirit with a whole circle around … In the full window, you can see the Earth with the Eucharist over the Earth and encompassing Ghana. This has been a little over two years in process because it takes a long time to design …
Consecrated partner to fight trafficking
… religious, volunteers and facilitators from all over Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Ghana, Egypt, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Zambia, Italy and the Philippines. The diverse topics …
Sisters count on the 'multiplication factor' of lay partners in their ministries
… of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit. She began her ministry in a school in Ghana as an account clerk, helping with registration and admission. Later ministries there …
Finding God in Ghana
… call to prayer. It sounded at 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. in the predominantly Muslim town of Sang, in Ghana, West Africa. I traveled to Ghana in March, accompanying a volunteer team of dentists and audiologists who travel there …
Meet the new sisters panel for the third year of The Life
… this year are from, have ties to or work in: Australia, the Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Ghana, India, Kenya, Lithuania, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Senegal, South … or life as a sister." … Meet the 2019-20 panelists for The Life: … Sandra Wiafewa Agyeman, Ghana / Philippines … Sandra Wiafewa Agyeman (Ofia) is a Ghanaian member of the Missionary …
Flying joyfully with my sisters: key lessons learned in religious life
… this year are from, have ties to or work in: Australia, the Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Ghana, India, Kenya, Lithuania, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Senegal, South … of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit. She began her ministry in a school in Ghana as an account clerk, helping with registration and admission. Later ministries there …
Sandra Wiafewa Agyeman
… of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit. She began her ministry in a school in Ghana as an account clerk, helping with registration and admission. Later ministries there …
Think locally, act locally: We are all neighbors
… Uzogara … is a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Born in Nigeria and raised in Ghana, she has ministered in both countries, teaching science and other subjects and serving as … She is studying educational administration in graduate school at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. … Little Success and her mother went to visit her mother's family, a few kilometers away …
May God expand our too-small hearts
… of bringing Christ into our own day and time. As I arrived in France on a flight from Accra, Ghana, after a two-week immersion with other faculty from the University of Dayton, it hit me: … Agen were accommodating me early for several days since there was a gap between my program in Ghana and Togo and the beatification. That meant I got to help them with needed tasks, like …
African sisters find that when you work collaboratively, 'you get going'
… "It's a very easy relationship," said Hasford. But in recent years, the ties between the two Ghana women religious have grown stronger, with Hasford, superior general of the Society of the … reported the area is "a crowded maze of ad-hoc buildings where transplanted refugees from Ghana's severely underdeveloped northern region live. Sodom and Gomorrah is its derogatory …
The Life: Ecumenism in experience, sisters share their spiritually enriching encounters
… Uzogara … is a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Born in … Nigeria and raised in Ghana, she has ministered in both countries, teaching science and other subjects and serving as … is studying … educational administration in graduate school at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. … In my seven years as the headmistress of a school in Delta State, Nigeria, I worked with …
Mary's role in dismantling racism
… and ministered in seven countries on the African continent . In 2011, sisters serving in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Sierra Leone and The Gambia came together to form the SSND Province of …
Incoming LCWR president Sharlet Wagner sees herself as 'citizen of the world'
… that." Wagner's time in immigration law was interrupted in 2006, when she was sent to Kasoa, Ghana, for a year to help Holy Cross Sisters study the feasibility of an education project. … as first councilor, which she remains today. She serves as a liaison for Holy Cross Sisters in Ghana and Uganda and previously served as a liaison for Bangladesh and India. But "going back to …
Chris Herlinger
… decade has reported from Ukraine, Poland, Bosnia, Croatia, South Sudan, Haiti, Lebanon, Italy, Ghana, Uganda and El Salvador, among other locales. Chris has won numerous awards from the …
Damian Avevor
… media organization that reports on religion and social development. He formerly worked with Ghana's national Catholic weekly, The Catholic Standard , for 17 years as a reporter, senior …
Seeing 'Africa' with new eyes
… and I traveled through Togo as part of our Global Education Seminar . Three weeks in Ghana and Togo were the culminating experience of a yearlong seminar aimed at developing deeper … and educational needs, however, doesn't do justice to the wonderful capacities we saw in Ghana and Togo. We marveled at the strength and dignity of a people who had been ravaged by the …
Meet new sisters panel for second year of The Life
… charisms. Our panelists this year are from or work in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ghana, Haiti, India, Ireland, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, South Africa, … of the Conference of Major Superiors in Zimbabwe through Jan. 10, 2019. … Clarence N. Uzogara, Ghana … Clarence N. Uzogara is a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Born in Nigeria …
Down is the new up: learning the lessons of religious life
… many congregations and are from (or are working in) Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ghana, Haiti, India, Ireland, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, South Africa, …