Sr. Stella Akello has been working with young adult refugees in Chicago for the past eight years. She's now a house mother to the dozen or so 18- to 25-year-old women at Chicago's Bethany House of Hospitality.
On Jan. 27, Sr. Christine Mynsong was elected superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians. With more than 1,500 members, it is one of the fastest-growing women's congregations in India.
"My first appointment was in a conflict area, so you could say my religious journey was among war victims on the battlefield. I lived my religious life in the war zones for 26 years and even after the war."
As the administrator of the St. Joseph's Home for Children near Zagreb, Croatia, Sr. Marija Lucija Eršek gives children safety, structure and order — things that they often do not have in their families.
Sr. Maria João Prudência arrived in Mozambique in December 2023 after a six-year mission in Angola. As one of Our Lady of Fatima's Sisters of Reparation, she is "always ready to go wherever my superiors send me."
As co-director for leadership development of Strangers No Longer, Sr. Martha de la Torre Juárez creates circles of support and provides spiritual accompaniment to immigrant women in the state of Michigan.
Amid the devastating effects of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon, Sr. Janefrancis Kinyuy struggles to balance keeping children safe, providing education, and being the hope needed for society.
