In Jerusalem, sisters comfort retirement home residents amid sounds of war

Home Notre Dame des Douleurs resident Sr. Rose Veplad, a member of the Little Sisters of Jesus congregation originally from Germany who has spent 60 years in Israel, enjoys a visit with home assistant manager Sisters of Daughters of Our Lady of Sorrows Sr. Claire-Emmanuel Pontroué. (Judith Sudilovsky)

"We hope with all our hearts that the war will end," said Sr. Camille Fermina Herraiz Martinez, 80. "We have to continue to live and to give war its own meaning. Life does not stop because of the war."

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Home Notre Dame des Douleurs resident Sr. Rose Veplad, a member of the Little Sisters of Jesus congregation originally from Germany who has spent 60 years in Israel, enjoys a visit with home assistant manager Sisters of Daughters of Our Lady of Sorrows Sr. Claire-Emmanuel Pontroué. (Judith Sudilovsky)

In Jerusalem, sisters comfort retirement home residents amid sounds of war

"We hope with all our hearts that the war will end," said Sr. Camille Fermina Herraiz Martinez, 80. "We have to continue to live and to give war its own meaning. Life does not stop because of the war."

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Daughter of the Eucharistic Covenant Sister Agnes (right) handles paperwork, hospital visits and conversations with local officials for Paramprasad Ashram, a shelter home for abandoned women in Akhnoor, India. (Umar Manzoor Shah)

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At Paramprasad Ashram, most of the women are elderly. Some were abandoned at hospitals, and some were rescued from abusers and traffickers. "We are here to give them dignity," says Sister Jonamma, who serves at the home.

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Sr. Gracia L. Suparti of the Daughters of Charity gets ready for a home visit. In 2019, Suparti founded the Migrant Family Association in Garum, a small sub-district near Blitar's capital, to help migrant families with their expenses and navigate poverty-related issues. (Courtesy of the Daughters of Charity)

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