"To draw others to God," writes Sr. Rosemary Wanyoike, "we must fully immerse ourselves in ministry to bring out the best in another person while also transforming ourselves."
Women in Zambia spoke to GSR about how the Sisters of the Holy Cross helped improve their futures. The women benefited from the sisters' support and dedication to education, via Holy Cross Girls Secondary School in Mongu.
It would be appropriate to treat women and men equally in terms of dignity and respect. That is our desire — to see a just and inclusive society, writes Sr. Robancy A. Helen.
"Although caring for malnourished children may have begun as a responsibility and urgent necessity, it is now the love of my life," writes Sr. Felicitas Asoh, who runs a health center in Cameroon.
For over seven years, in San Juan de Lurigancho, Peru, a creative apostolate involving four religious communities has been supporting transgender women who provide sexual services in the area.
Known among the Musim community for their social ministries, the Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King were chosen to help organize the observance of Ashara Mubaraka.
Today (July 30). in recognition of the United Nations' World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, we at GSR would like to highlight sisters' efforts in protecting victims and rehabilitating survivors.
Salesian sisters in Zambia take in girls from the country's most feared slum, pulling them out of addiction and offering them a home while providing vocational training to them and a wider vulnerable population.
Child advocates, former victims and even entire families who serve as advocates vouch for the difference the parish-based Salvatorian Pastoral Care for Children has made in the lives of children, teens and adults.
