by Helen Kasaka
GSR Today - Religious women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) have been challenged to put God first in their plans. Speaking when he celebrated Mass at the 16th ACWECA General Assembly, Fr. Charles Chilinda urged the sisters to carry out Christ’s mission in society today.
by Helen Kasaka
GSR Today - Catholic Relief Services country representative for Zambia Dane Fredenburg has called upon the religious women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) to celebrate their heroic works in the region. Fredenburg spoke August 20 at Andrew’s Motel during a presentation on transparency, leadership, accountability, financial management and budgeting.
GSR Today - If you’re a fan of Catholic sisters, you’ve probably heard already about Nicholas Kristof’s column in The New York Times over the weekend. Now I’m certainly a fan. But I didn’t see the Kristof piece until now, catching up with the news from Lusaka, Zambia, where I’m attending a gathering of women religious leaders from nine African countries.
by GSR Staff
"God never made an ugly landscape. All that the sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild."
Catholic News Service
Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu told Catholic nuns from eastern and central Africa they deserve a commendation for doing a difficult and challenging job for the marginalized.
Sr. Josephine Huynh Thi Ly, a member of Da Nang Province of Saint Paul de Chartres, is one of the first Catholic nuns invited to give medical treatment to people with HIV/AIDS at the Central Hospital run by the government in Hue City, central Vietnam.
AIM USA is an organization composed of 140 communities of women and men in the United States and Canada who follow the Rule of Benedict and more than 450 English-speaking monasteries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Sisters of Earth is a network of women, founded by Catholic sisters, who share a deep concern for the ecological and spiritual crises of our times and support one another in work toward healing the human spirit and restoring Earth’s life support systems.
U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking is a collaborative, faith-based national network that offers education, supports access to survivor services and engages in advocacy in an effort to eradicate modern-day slavery. It is a member of Talitha Kum, the international anti-trafficking network.
by Jill Day
Contributing writer and editor
Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly help 130 lay staff care for 380 residents at Santovenia home for the aged and for 140 daytime visitors needing food and other support in the capital of Cuba, and the Catholic Comunidad de Sant’Egidio has 200 volunteers in Havana who pair older people with the young to enrich the lives of the poor of all ages.
