Sciano had not planned to enter religious life. She wanted to be a lawyer, specifically one who works with needy families. And then there was the matter of a boy she met at the retreat.
Now retired, Sr. Winifred Doherty of Ireland and Sr. Teresa Kotturan of India remain passionate advocates for the causes they championed while in New York.
The sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Nagasaki, is president of Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University and is committed to educating her students on peace and nuclear disarmament.
A Franciscan Sister of the Holy Cross, Hanna is the director of one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in the Middle East, Hôpital Psychiatrique de la Croix.
Ahanihu's book explores the sustainability of religious congregations "that do not maintain a presence in the Global South" and what it means for the future of those communities in the U.S.
With hundreds of thousands of followers across TikTok and Instagram, Sr. Josefina Cattaneo from Argentina has wielded social media as a tool for evangelizing.
Scalabrinian Sr. Carla Luisa Frey Bamberg is on the front lines of Africa's trafficking crisis, as leader of the Angolan church's Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People.
"My focus is on contemporary themes that touch lives," says Sr. Seby Thomas, a member of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate. "I keep observing films, news and issues that come up in society."
"I am surprised to see so little presence of Black people in religious communities. This should be a call to reflection, especially for congregations," the Afro-Colombian sister said.
