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Catholic sisters remain at the forefront of COVID-19 response
… organizations and the communities they serve. Sr. Stan Therese Mario Mumuni joined us from Ghana, where she is the founder of the Marian Sisters of Eucharistic Love, protecting and caring … spoke about how her sisters are working to combat the horrific human-trafficking situation in Ghana, where children are sold to fishing boats for as little as $5. Sr. Imelda Poole of the …
Women religious honored for work on pandemic's front lines
… Sr. Stan Therese Mumuni, founder and superior of the Marian Sisters for Eucharistic Love in Ghana, began her order to rescue and care for unwanted children, many of whom could have been …
World Refugee Day is June 20. Just imagine …
… it until I spent two years ministering to those living at the Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana, West Africa. All of us were there because of the outbreak of civil war in Liberia. For me, … school teacher and administrator in Massachusetts and Connecticut, she served in Liberia and Ghana for 27 years, first for two years in a refugee camp in Ghana. Later after serving as …
Mary Leonora Tucker
… school teacher and administrator in Massachusetts and Connecticut, she served in Liberia and Ghana for 27 years, first for two years in a refugee camp in Ghana. Later after serving as assistant headmistress at Notre Dame Girls Secondary School, she …
In Togo, a ministry helping people living with HIV is a sister's life work
… town in northern Togo, where roads from neighboring countries, Benin, Burkina Faso and Ghana meet. Last September, Noura joined the Fraternité Hospitalière des Serviteurs de la …
Ebola experience informs West Africa health leaders' plans and fears
… hospitalization for those with underlying health conditions. Another West African country, Ghana, has its own set of challenges, said Peter Kwame Yeboah, the executive director of the Christian Health Association of Ghana , who also spoke during the webinar. "We've never had an epidemic of such proportions …
While keeping their distance under lockdown, sisters adjust with grace
… School Sisters of Notre Dame congregations in Africa . There are 78 sisters in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Gambia. "When anyone wants to come in, we have a bucket with running …
Women accused of witchcraft in Ghana find refuge in outpost run by sisters
… Camp residents also include mentally ill women and children who are considered outcasts in Ghana, she said. Salamatu agreed there is a motive. "My father-in-law wanted to take cows, land … they would be able to take my properties." Thousands of women and their children in northern Ghana have been left homeless after being accused of witchcraft, according to a 2018 report by …
In order to be made whole
… of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit. She began her ministry in a school in Ghana as an account clerk, helping with registration and admission. Later ministries there …
Q & A with Sr. Bernardine Pemii, protecting children from abuse in Ghana
… to UNICEF . Pemii, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul from Nigeria who works in Ghana, is urging Catholic bishops to address and end the exploitation of vulnerable children in … of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul . I have been a nun for 29 years, with 16 years spent in Ghana. My work as a safeguard is part of our charism coupled with my passion. This passion was …
Communities welcome young women to the sisterhood through international outreach
… has had 19 women under 40 profess vows in the last five years from Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Ghana, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria, Poland, Slovenia and Tanzania. The women have generally completed …