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Joanna Kozakiewicz

Joanna Kozakiewicz is a Catholic freelance writer and journalist for Global Sisters Report. She has a bachelor of arts degree from McGill University, a communications diploma and a design certificate.

She specializes in Catholic communications for nonprofit organizations. Her articles have been published in Our Sunday Visitor (Radiant) and The Catholic Register. Before joining GSR, she worked as a writer and photographer for a nonprofit organization in Canada.

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The Benedictine sisters of the Abbey of Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Quebec pose for a photo gathered around a harp in their community. (Courtesy of Serge Therrien)

Documentary captures life behind a grille for Quebec Benedictine nuns

For nearly two years, the Benedictine Abbey of Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes in Canada opened its doors to filmmaker Lessandro Sócrates, resulting in the documentary "De l'autre côté" ("On the Other Side").

Franciscan Oblates of St.-Joseph Srs. Gabrielle Servant and Pierette Bertrand visit a Syrian family and their newborn in 2017. They started working with refugees in 2012 when Syrian refugees came to Canada after the war in Syria.

Sisters sponsor refugees in multicultural town outside Montreal

 In Bordeaux-Cartierville, the first stop for many immigrants and refugees after they arrive at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport, two sisters welcome, install, and help integrate new arrivals. 

Sr. Joséphine Kimbolo distributes these colorful promotion cards to people she meets.

Q&A with Sr. Joséphine Kimbolo, discovering 'the colors of the soul'

For over 20 years, Sr. Joséphine Kimbolo's ministry has been to help people discover "all the colors of their soul" and find where God is calling them. Her approach has a “particular color,” as she says. 

Mater Dei Sr. Natalia Vazquez visits Fr. Gérald Quintal at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal in November 2023. (Courtesy of Natalia Vazquez)

Mater Dei sister serves out charism to support elderly priests in Montreal

The goal of Mater Dei Sr. Natalia Vazquez's ministry is to accompany retired, ill and senior priests so that they can live their vocation fully and flourish in the service of Christ and the church.

Sisters of Ste. Famille Bordeaux participating in a 10-day program on interculturality pose in Rome in November.

Q&A with Sr. Maria Rogalska, establishing link between synodality and interculturality

Sr. Maria Rogalska, a Polish nun with the Ste. Famille Bordeaux community in Canada,  attended a 10-day session on interculturality and received a blessing from Pope Francis.