Global Sisters Report, with its global outreach and trusted reputation, has been a real gift to African sisters and to me, in my capacity as the coordinator of Africa Faith and Justice Network's Women Empowerment Project.
Sr. Bernardette Healy, who works with Irish Travellers, Gypsy and Roma groups in Nottingham, England, said her faith "has been strengthened and enriched by living and working among these people."
Sr. Magdalena works with children with disabilities in Outer Mongolia. But she came to understand that God brought her to the ministry "to test my capacity to love through my service with them," she writes.
Horizons - At Jamaica Mustard Seed, the residents and their caregivers can laugh, dance and sing with the hope of God's love. And we, on our Good Friday journey through Jerusalem, can find joy as well.
I am an Assumption Sister of Nairobi, Kenya, working in Jamaica. I never dreamed I would be a missionary, but it is a wonderful vocation. Working with the community here continues to bring me much joy.
In San Antonio we held our city's first "Festival of Faiths." It was a time of hearing each other's stories, taking comfort in each other's music, and experiencing the joy of each other's dance. We learned and we laughed.
My congregation sent me to Maryland Vocational High School in Lesotho, South Africa, to assist as the bursar, and I love my work because it has opened my eyes to many things.