From nursing to Network, administration to asylum law, from the border to Capitol Hill, Sr. Mary Ellen Lacy has guided people through some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives.
Global Sisters Report's series "Hope Amid Turmoil: Sisters in Conflict Areas" has been awarded highest honors in the Religion Communicators Council's 2024 DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards.
Six women congregations have come together to empower "youth at risk" in Bengaluru. "This is the perfect example of synodality in action as envisaged by Pope Francis," says Apostolic Carmel Sr. Maria Nirmalini.
Sr. Philomena Okwu was presented an award of excellence for her outstanding dedication to victims of human trafficking and contribution to anti-human trafficking efforts by Nigeria's Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour.
Out of zeal to protect children and the most vulnerable, Dominican Sr. Maria Valentina Rebollos Paragas has faced extraordinary hardships as a missionary in the Philippines, Australia and East Timor.
Sisters of secular institutes in India spearhead ministries that offer a better future to children who have been living in the streets or found at bus stations, offering shelter, education and later placing them in job training.