Amid the devastating effects of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon, Sr. Janefrancis Kinyuy struggles to balance keeping children safe, providing education, and being the hope needed for society.
Kuzhinapurathu spoke to Global Sisters Report about various challenges faced by the religious congregations in India — dwindling vocations, aging members and the culture of working together.
As a result of the crisis between the minority Anglophone and the French-speaking Cameroonians, the plight of the refugees has become a major focus for Anikwem's congregation.
For over 20 years, Sr. Joséphine Kimbolo's ministry has been to help people discover "all the colors of their soul" and find where God is calling them. Her approach has a “particular color,” as she says.
Holy Cross Sr. Monju Maria Corraya works with street children addicted to drugs in Dhaka, Bangladesh. "I think society and family are responsible for those children," she said.
Sr. Marjory Mwansa, a physiotherapist administrator at St. John Paul II Mission Orthopaedic Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, said the state-of-the-art medical facility is a beacon of hope for children with disabilities.
St. Joseph Sr. Teresa Lynch oversees a staff of 12 working with 230 students in Santa Ana, California. The hours are long and the challenges are daunting, but "St. Anne is more than a school. It's a family."
Sr. Anne Marie Lamoureux helped create Seeds of Hope, a program at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton that offers retreats for people on society's margins — addicts, the homeless, the poor and isolated.