Starting in 1971 as a small rural health care center, Monze Mission Hospital has grown to be the premier hospital in the area, specializing in combating high maternal death rates.
When Pope Francis ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to assert "the death penalty is inadmissible," it gave the church "official teachings so we couldn't have bishops going against it," said St. Joseph Sr. Helen Prejean.
In 1978, Good Shepherd Sr. Louise Horgan founded the Fatima Self-Help Centre in Bangkok, dedicated to helping women and girls break the cycle of poverty through skills training, enabling them to secure livelihoods.
"We invite all women scholars and women who work in pastoral or professional fields and are interested in theology and its relationship to their work," Puen said.
Sr. Laurentina Suharsih received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indonesian government for her anti-trafficking ministry. Suharsih spoke to Global Sisters Report about her work.
"I truly believe in the power of community initiatives to drive social change," says Sr. María Torres Pérez, or Pepa Torres as people know her. "We have to raise our voices and gritar to denounce injustices."
