Sister Mary Lisa Renfer, a Religious Sister of Mercy of Alma, Michigan, is the medical director of St. Mary's Legacy Clinic, a ministry of the Diocese of Knoxville.
Education needs to create a learning environment where all pupils, regardless of their abilities, feel welcomed and supported. A community-based rehabilitation program puts this into practice in Akure, Nigeria.
Hospitality as part of my charism is my way and the sisters' way of living out the gospel. It is my way of being in the world. This is for me the easy part. What becomes more difficult is to let myself be welcomed.
For nearly two decades, the "Korean sisters" of Bangladesh, as they're affectionately known, have set up medical camps in remote areas, and provided a homestay for girls in need.
Women in Zambia spoke to GSR about how the Sisters of the Holy Cross helped improve their futures. The women benefited from the sisters' support and dedication to education, via Holy Cross Girls Secondary School in Mongu.
It would be appropriate to treat women and men equally in terms of dignity and respect. That is our desire — to see a just and inclusive society, writes Sr. Robancy A. Helen.
"Although caring for malnourished children may have begun as a responsibility and urgent necessity, it is now the love of my life," writes Sr. Felicitas Asoh, who runs a health center in Cameroon.
For over seven years, in San Juan de Lurigancho, Peru, a creative apostolate involving four religious communities has been supporting transgender women who provide sexual services in the area.
Known among the Musim community for their social ministries, the Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King were chosen to help organize the observance of Ashara Mubaraka.