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More than 10,000 people have achieved holistic recovery at the Nazareth Nature Care Centre in Kunnoth, India, over the past nearly four decades. 

Following catastrophic flooding in Nepal and an earthquake in eastern Indonesia, Catholic sisters are providing aid while reeling from the damage the disasters left behind.

Farmer-managed natural regeneration training helped sisters in Isiolo, Kenya, equip themselves and the wider community with practical skills for restoring degraded land.

After a deadly earthquake left convents and ministry in ruins, women religious in Colombia make pleas for aid on social media.

La crisis energética mundial golpea con fuerza a India, pero para la Hna. Nameeta Renu también es una invitación a que la vida consagrada abrace la sobriedad y el desapego material como testimonio evangélico. "Las hermanas podrían reinterpretar las prácticas religiosas tradicionales desde la perspectiva de la ecología integral, ya que la salud espiritual, la justicia social y el medio ambiente están íntimamente relacionados", escribe.

The resourcefulness of ordinary people has much to teach us. How could we apply it to consecrated life in today's India? How do we live through the energy crisis in the spirit of the Gospel?

The Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood work with children from around Nairobi, rescuing them from the streets, rehabilitating them, and reintegrating them back to school and into the community. 

Religious sisters are working with Venezuela's religious conference, Caritas and others to provide food, supplies and support.