Q&As

Sinhala guests of a Tamil family plant a coconut tree in memory of their live-in experience as Salvatorian Sr. Dulcie Peiris looks on. (Courtesy of Dulcie Peiris)

Q & A with Sr. Dulcie Peiris, working for peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka

Jan 18, 2022

Although the end of Sri Lanka's civil war brought some relief, suspicion and tension remain between Sinhalese and Tamil communities. Bridging the gap between the hearts needed much [more] effort than political willpower.

Sr. Tresa Palakudy of the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, right, poses with Sr. Julia Mulvihill of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia at Nyumbani Children's Home for orphans living with HIV/AIDS. (Wycliff Oundo)

Q & A with Sr. Tresa Palakudy, supporting children in Kenya’s forgotten HIV/AIDs epidemic

by Wycliff Oundo

Jan 11, 2022

Because of the spread of COVID-19, Kenya has experienced a massive shortage of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), threatening the lives of HIV/AIDS patients. Sr. Tresa Palakudy has provided the children she cares for at the Nyumbani Children's Home, an orphanage for children living with HIV, with ARVs, shelter and food so that they could withstand their intense medical treatment.

Sr. Mildness Chinake, right, visits welders. Vocational skills training is a key component of empowering refugees at the Tongogara Refugee Camp in Harare, Zimbabwe. (Courtesy of Mildness Chinake)

Q & A with Sr. Mildness Chinake, caring for refugees in Zimbabwe

by Marko Phiri

Jan 4, 2022

Despite grabbing global attention for its own crises, Zimbabwe hosts refugees from across Africa. At the Tongogara Refugee Camp, Carmelite Sr. Mildness Chinake is a project director with the Jesuit Refugee Service.

Environmental activists recently gather in the southeast New Mexico region, known as the Permian Basin, to assess problems related to methane pollution by a company apparently in violation of state law.

Q & A with Sr. Joan Brown, on the complexities of the shift to sustainability

by Chris Herlinger

Dec 28, 2021

As executive director of New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light, Franciscan Sr. Joan Brown's work focuses on the need to both end environmental damage and find solutions for sustainable energy and employment.

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Q & A with Sr. Dulcie Peiris, working for peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka

Q & A with Sr. Tresa Palakudy, supporting children in Kenya’s forgotten HIV/AIDs epidemic

Q & A with Sr. Mildness Chinake, caring for refugees in Zimbabwe

Q & A with Sr. Joan Brown, on the complexities of the shift to sustainability

Q & A with Sr. Anne Onyancha, educating with excellence in Kenya

Q & A with Sr. Patricia Ryan, defending Indigenous rights amid land exploitation

Q & A with Sr. Reba Veronica D'Costa, working to spread religious harmony

Q & A with Sr. Cora Marie Billings on Black Catholicism and her life of 'firsts'

Q & A with Sr. Dianne Fanguy, protecting the environment in Louisiana

Q & A with Sr. Dorothy Okoli, transforming lives of women trapped in prostitution

Q & A with Sr. Robancy Amal Helen, an activist for Dalit Christians in India

Q & A with Sr. Imelda Wickham, sharing insight into the reality of prison life

Q & A with Silvia Gutierrez, helping people who live in their cars in Los Angeles

Q & A with Sr. Rosemary Nicholson, ministering to migrant children at the Tijuana border

Q & A with Sr. Ann Kendrick on 50 years serving farmworkers in central Florida

Q & A with Sr. Lipy Gloria Rozario, whose videos help thousands with their mental health

Q & A with Sr. Margaret Castro, whose San Diego parish ministry saw both loss and growth during pandemic

Q&A with Sr. Theresa Crasta, who worked with special needs children before evacuating Kabul

Q & A with Sr. Tessy Kodiyil, comforting accident victims' relatives in India

Q & A with Sr. Percylee Hart on 50 years in education and cheering on Olympian Sydney McLaughlin

Q & A with Sr. Rita Wynne, educating adults in inner-city Dublin

Q & A with Sr. Rebecca Ann Gemma, new president-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious

Q & A with Sr. Mary Elizabeth Clark, writing mealtime prayers for 'ecological conversion'

Q & A with Sr. Shephali Khalko, strengthening the Catholic faith in Papua New Guinea

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