Pandemic vignettes

Lovers of the Holy Cross nuns hold a "Christmas market" serving food with budget prices to local people on Dec. 12 at Pho Thach Parish in Phong Dien District of Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam. (Peter Nguyen)

Re-creating Christmas: In global pandemic, sisters adapt their celebrations

Sisters worldwide are finding ways to highlight the season with the people they minister to and within their own communities, despite COVID-19 restrictions. Here's a sampling of such efforts from around the world.

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Notre Dame Sr. Mary Rashmi Mattappally teaches Masai women in Simanjiro, Tanzania, in fall 2019. (GSR file photo)

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