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Kathleen Feeley, a School Sister of Notre Dame, served as president of College of Notre Dame of Maryland (now Notre Dame of Maryland University) 1971-92. She has taught college, high school and elementary students. After her college presidency, she taught literature in India, Australia, China, Japan and Ghana. Feeley has a master's degree in English from Villanova University…
Meet the new sisters panel for the sixth year of The Life
… Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia, the British Isles, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Mexico, New Zealand, … for The Life: … Gifty Atampoka Abane is a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus from Ghana. She is a teacher in a Catholic girls' high school in Ghana and serves their province in …
Gifty Atampoka Abane
… Gifty Atampoka Abane is a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus from Ghana. She is a teacher in a Catholic girls' high school in Ghana and serves their province in leadership. …
Event affirms how networking and collaboration can support Catholic sisters
… of St. Vincent de Paul and coordinator of Safe-Child Advocacy in the Archdiocese of Kumasi, Ghana, spoke about sisters networking and working with government officials to address the issues …
Program in Ireland helps religious women and men discern spiritual and pastoral paths
… degree. She spent 30 years working as a secondary school teacher, first in Nigeria and then in Ghana. After that she went to Rome and earned a degree in psychology and psychotherapy. She …
In Kenya and Mexico, nuns discover the need to coordinate resources for aged care
… sisters' communities in caring for their elderly and infirm sisters in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Mexico, and the United States. The researchers have discovered that, in many …
Sisters' vaccination campaign boosts number of Ugandans protected from COVID-19
… the initiative in Uganda and other African countries, including Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sr. Jane Wakahiu, a Little Sister of St. …
Despite challenges, being a missionary is a grace
… perspectives, and followed my conscience down the path toward becoming a missionary in 2019 in Ghana, West Africa. During my novitiate program in India, South Asia, I gained a greater insight … hands to any part of the world at all times. In the beginning, the missionary experience in Ghana wasn't easy for me. I wanted to return to my motherland. Life had given me the best of …
As a world in pandemic seeks a return to normal, leaders urge vigilance, vaccines
… months, as of March, only 15% of Africans had been fully vaccinated. Religious sisters in Ghana, Kenya, Zambia and Uganda also have initiated campaigns to urge millions of people to get …
God wants me here: New insights into missionary life
… sisters who spent years in Japan, Korea, India, Pakistan, Liberia, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines … We are not always aware of how …
Sisters in Africa debunk myths and educate people to get the COVID-19 vaccine
… Hometowu, superior general of the Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church , said vaccine myths in Ghana and other African countries had led many citizens to forego vaccinations as virus cases and … doses in the country. The campaign led by the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious in Ghana in collaboration with the Vatican COVID-19 Commission is to create awareness, educate, …
In Burkina Faso, Muslims and Christians show how to live as one
… … Burkina Faso is a landlocked country bounded by Mali, Niger, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. The country obtained its independence in 1960 from France and was then known as Upper …
A vibrant Zoom liturgy during COVID lockdown leaves lessons for church
… congregation to join in Liturgies of the Word. Holy Cross sisters in Brazil, Bangladesh and Ghana began regularly logging in. Each session was recorded, making it possible for groups to …
White supremacy obscures the history of Black Catholic sisters, scholar says
… Catholic Chapel established in sub-Saharan Africa is at Elmira Slave Castle in what is now Ghana — it sits over the dungeon. In the early days of European colonization, "the vast majority …
Woman religious who crusaded against nuclear weapons dies at 91
… received a master's degree from Boston College. She spent serval years teaching in Nigeria and Ghana, from 1962 to 2004. In the 1980s, Sister Rice got involved in the anti-war movement, …
Monday Starter: Bon Secours sisters join 'critical mass' supporting Laudato Si' Action Platform
… that has reached more than 800,000 children since 2019 with the help of health partners in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, UN News reported . Thousands of Catholic sisters in Africa work in …
The Sankofa bird teaches us about the future
… had earrings with the Sankofa bird on them. My cab driver to the airport came from Ghana, where the myth originates. And my Immaculate Heart of Mary congregation chose the Sankofa …
The role of dance in African culture
… amazing. To name a few: Indlamu from South Africa, related to Zulu culture; Kpanlogo from Ghana; Moribayassa from Guinea; Eskista from Ethiopia; and many others. But, no matter how these …
Bloom where you are planted
… leading to the blossoming of our lives and mission as religious. Unlike some others, I came to Ghana, West Africa, in 2019, out of obedience to my superiors. "Experience is the best teacher" is true in my life also. The experiences I have had in Ghana have been beautiful and awesome. It is not as important how many people you transformed or …