Jessy Joseph

Jessy Joseph is a New Delhi-based freelance journalist who earlier worked with Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), Asia's largest Church news agency, for nearly 25 years. She is now a correspondent for Matters India, a news portal that collaborates with GSR and focuses on religious and social issues.

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Holy Cross sisters welcome a new patient to Shanti Avedna Sadan in New Delhi. Standing from left: Holy Cross Srs. Alexia Pullooruthukkariyil, Tabitha Joseph and Felcy Mullor (Jessy Joseph)

Sisters of the Holy Cross help terminally ill cancer patients in India die peacefully

Led by Sisters of the Holy Cross at three branches in India, the hospice Shanti Avedna Sadan ("Home of Painless Peace") takes in terminally ill cancer patients to spend their last days in peace and love.

Seminarians and Sr. Preetha Varghese, a member of the Sisters of Imitation of Christ who is in charge of the Food for Hungry program, cook food at the cathedral hall to distribute to those who are in need. (Jessy Joseph)

Q & A with Sr. Preetha Varghese, providing food and clothes to those who need it in New Delhi

"Hunger is more dangerous than coronavirus," said Sr. Preetha Varghese, who has been feeding hundreds of people living in poverty in the streets of New Delhi after her arrival in the Indian capital in 2016.

Four congregations work in common cause for girls with disabilities

At the six houses of Sanjoepuram Children's Village in Chandpur, India, 17 nuns from four congregations serve 64 girls and women with disabilities, in one of the few institutions that offer inclusive education.

Mothers and children wait at Kaushambi Bus Terminal on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border to go to their villages in eastern India hundreds of kilometers away. (Jessy Joseph)

Indian nuns aid migrant laborers stranded on way home during lockdown

Hundreds of Catholic nuns are on the front lines as the church reaches out to migrant laborers affected by India's lockdown, considered the world's largest and toughest attempt to contain the pandemic.

Q & A with Sr. Anastasia Gill, rushing in to assist victims of Delhi riots

After a controversial citizenship law sparked rioting, Presentation Sr. Anastasia Gill was one of the first Christians to personally reach out to victims. As a member of the government's minority commission, Gill also coordinated relief and medical efforts.