"Myanmar is like an isolated country with everyone feeling insecure and frightened with repeated natural calamities and civil unrest," said Servite Sr. Josy Mary, whose congregation has been involved in humanitarian works since the March 28 earthquake.
The member of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth says her work is "human rights-based and upholds the constitutional rights that treat everyone equal."
The absence of humanitarian aid has left places like Mexico City's CAFEMIN, a sister-run migrant shelter, scrambling to meet needs that go beyond food, shelter and companionship.
In a farewell interview, former GSR editor Gail DeGeorge reflects on what media gets wrong about sisters, trends in religious life, and how sisters influenced her spirituality.
Moved by the cruel treatment faced by many widows in Ghana, Mary Immaculate Sr. Gabriel Nonaah started St. Monica Widows Association to provide these vulnerable women with empowerment, education and self-reliance.
Starting in 1971 as a small rural health care center, Monze Mission Hospital has grown to be the premier hospital in the area, specializing in combating high maternal death rates.
On any day, Zimmerman said, "you can be talking to someone who clung to their rosary in a bathtub during a tornado, a chaplain on death row, a senator speaking out for immigrants, or a cloistered sister making Communion wafers."
