Vietnamese nuns work to end human trafficking

Ho Chi (real name withheld), a survivor of human trafficking, feeds poultry at her garden in Vietnam's Quang Tri province. Nuns have given her financial and emotional support to rebuild her life. (Joachim Pham)

To combat human trafficking in Vietnam, Catholic sisters support survivors and act to protect vulnerable people by establishing avenues to employment and sustainable livelihoods.

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Servant of Jesus Sr. Angèle Gapio addresses refugees on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Repulic off Congo border (Courtesy of Dieu Donne, Pax Christi International.)

Sr. Angèle Gapio braves danger to teach nonviolent communication in Congo

Servant of Jesus Sr. Angèle Gapio brings a message of peace to rebels and solidarity to the displaced in the war-ravaged region of Ituri, in the Bunia Diocese in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Sr. Nodelyn Abajan interacts wih a baby at a campus child care center in San Francisco in February 2014. She said she's grateful for the trust and sacred nature of working with babies and families. (Courtesy of Nodelyn Abajan)

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Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, Ireland (Julie A. Ferraro)

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The Kylemore Benedictines' long road to a monastery

Plans are in place to shift the emphasis from Kylemore Abbey as a tourist destination to that of welcoming visitors to the Benedictines' home and sharing the prayer-work-study balance essential to Benedictine spirituality. 

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Sr. Janefrancis Kinyuy, a member of the Daughters of the Holy Family of Bafoussam, holds the flag of Cameroon during the All-Africa Conference: Sister to Sister convening in Entebbe, Uganda, April 10.

Q&A with Sr. Janefrancis Kinyuy, who provides a home for Cameroon's displaced children

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.

Ho Chi (real name withheld), a survivor of human trafficking, feeds poultry at her garden in Vietnam's Quang Tri province. Nuns have given her financial and emotional support to rebuild her life. (Joachim Pham)

Vietnamese nuns work to end human trafficking

To combat human trafficking in Vietnam, Catholic sisters support survivors and act to protect vulnerable people by establishing avenues to employment and sustainable livelihoods.

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Monday Starter: WATER hosting 'Saving Grace of Fun' liturgy

Each month, Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual creates a feminist liturgy that honors wise women, celebrates holidays or raises a feminist justice issue.

Q&A with Sr. Elizabeth Lopez, who lives out calling in immigration court

Social Service Sr. Elizabeth Lopez is as comfortable serving a bowl of soup to migrants on one side of the border as she is fighting for them in immigration court on the other. 

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The aurora borealis is seen in Washington state in May 2024. (Wikimedia Commons/RailworksAmerica)

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800+ gather in Brazil to celebrate 70 years of consecrated religious life

The Conference of Religious in Brazil celebrated its 70th jubilee year, with more than 800 religious women and men throughout the country, gathering at the end of May in Fortaleza to celebrate.

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As France welcomes D-Day veterans, bishop recalls religious sisters lost in Allied bombing

It was an emotional welcome when 48 veterans from around the U.S. arrived at the Deauville-Normandy Airport June 4 on board a special flight from Atlanta to celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6.

A depiction of Jesus is seen in a detail from a 12th-century Spanish fresco. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Sr. Minita Chisim hands out food to residents of the Bangladeshi village of Mariapolli, who lost their house, foods, and clothes in a storm April 9. Amid a cyclone May 26-27, the Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions Sisters also arranged shelter and provided food in their school for people in the southern village of Bagerhat. (Courtesy of Sr. Sukriti B. Gregory)

With storms affecting Bangladeshis, Catholic nuns offer shelter, support

Locals took refuge in sister-run schools after severe storms in May and April destroyed their homes, with sisters offering food and support in the aftermath.

Workers collect tea leaves at a plantation in Pussellawa, Sri Lanka. (Thomas Scaria)

Women congregations empower Sri Lanka's exploited tea plantation workers

Behind every cup of Ceylon tea, there is a story of exploitation and bonded labor, says Apostolic Carmel Sr. Maria Amali, whose congregation has worked among Sri Lanka's tea plantation workers for almost 100 years.

Sr. Judith Auma, a member of the Little Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, plays with two children on Jan. 17 at St. Josephine Bakhita Babies Home in Busia, a town in western Kenya on the border with Uganda. Religious sisters are taking care of abandoned children, especially those born out of incest. (GSR photo/Doreen Ajiambo)

Sisters in Kenya shelter infants born of incest and high maternal mortality

At St. Josephine Bakhita Babies Home in Busia, western Kenya, religious sisters and social workers take in abandoned and orphaned newborns in a region that has seen rising cases of incest and maternal mortality.

Srs. Jane Wakahiu (right) and Alessandra Smerilli during the May 30 convening sessions organized by the Hilton Foundation's Catholic Sisters Initiative at Taj Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia's capital. (Doreen Ajiambo)

Sisters attend Hilton convening in Zambia to network, share best practices

Roughly 100 sisters came together in Lusaka, Zambia, for a gathering organized by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's Catholic Sisters Initiative, May 29-31, to collaborate and share best practices.

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