"We cannot care for all the poor, so it's wonderful for the laity to make contributions," says Sr. Mary Hoang Yen, whose congregation is among those with an association that enables laypeople to join their mission.
More than 200 nuns from around 100 congregations joined a blind walk through the streets of Bengaluru, India, as part of their campaign to promote eye donation and protect eyesight, especially among children and youth.
The study of theology in Africa has been male-dominated, left only to those interested in the priesthood. But the Hilton-Hekima Sisters Scholars Program is changing that for religious and laypersons.
During these days of being elderly, there is sometimes sadness as we hang up the energy that fueled us for so many years, as we worked shoulder to shoulder to help gentle the life of this world.
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Her congregation's general chapter "felt like a synodal journey as we engaged in dialogue, listening, prayer and discernment to shape our future for the next six years," writes Sr. Sujata Jena.
When Sr. Mary Nguyen visited a Dominican monastery in Vietnam, she encountered an old friend. "This visit reminded me of the importance of spending more time in prayer for the poor, the suffering and the world," she writes.
Eight Missionary Sisters of the Gospel, ages 79 to 98, live at Chêne de Mambré, a béguinage in Angers, France. Twenty-six residents ages 70 to 100, most of them laypeople, live there as well.
