The first unified troops who graduated on August 30 in South Sudan need to be guided by the “Spirit of peace” for a successful mission, a Catholic Nun serving in the country’s Catholic Diocese of Malakal has said. On August 30, South Sudan graduated over 21,000 new troops that are to constitute a unified national army, police, and…
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Margaret McGrath, FMSJ who died peacefully on 27 August 2022. Catherine McGrath was born in Glasgow on 4th August 1940, the fourth child of Daniel and Catherine McGrath. She is predeceased by her sister, Margaret, and survived by her brothers Thomas and Daniel. Catherine entered…
KISUMU, AUGUST 17, 2022 (CISA) – Rev Sr Mary Gabriel Juma Okango FSSA, the first African Superior of the Franciscan Sisters of St Anna-Lwak (FSSA) died on August 10 at the age of 75, after a bout of illness at the Agha Khan Hospital, Kisumu. Sr Gabriel as she was commonly known, was born Mary Juma…
With the push for new leadership roles for women in the Catholic Church continuing to gain steam, the largest global umbrella group of women religious is highlighting what their members are already doing across a variety of fields. On Wednesday, July 13, the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) launched the second installment of a…
The message of Pope Francis on the day of Consecrated Life has heartened a number of women religious in India. It is based on his prayer intention for the month of February: “Let us pray for religious sisters and consecrated women, thanking them for their mission and their courage; may they continue to find new…
his month, we will pray in a special way for religious sisters and consecrated women. What would the Church be without religious sisters and consecrated laywomen? The Church cannot be understood without them. I encourage all consecrated women to discern and choose what is best for their mission in the face of the world’s challenges…
A member of the Institute who has served in Kenya for close to six decades has shared with ACI Africa what she calls their “biggest and absolute joy” ahead of the Centennial Celebration scheduled for Saturday, January 29 at Loreto Convent Msongari in Nairobi. Sr. Caitriona Kelly, a native of Ireland, looks back at the…
Your prayers are requested for the repose of the soul of SISTER NORBERT SOROHAN who died at Franciscan Convent, Burnley on 1st January 2022 Anna Mary Philomena Sorohan was born on 8th April 1931 in Ballinagh, County Cavan, Ireland, the eldest of twelve children to her parents John and Mary Sorohan. The first of her…
The Missionaries of Charity was founded in 1950 by the late Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun who devoted most of her life to helping the poor in the eastern city of Kolkata. She won the Nobel Peace Prize and was later declared a saint. Her organization runs shelter homes across India. According to the Hindu…
Your prayers are requested for the repose of the soul of SISTER VIRGINIA KALONDU MAINGI who died at The Coptic Hospital, Nairobi on 10th November 2021 Virginia Maingi was born on 2nd October 1990 in Kaewa, Machakos, Kenya, the youngest child of Daniel and Martha Maingi. She had three brothers, Julius, Martin and James and…
Sister Helen Prejean grew up in the Jim Crow South, joined the Sisters of St. Joseph at the age of 17, and emerged to become the leading voice against the death penalty in the USA. This film by Joe Cardona and José L. Vázquez documents the influences that shaped Sister Helen’s path from a cloistered…
Catholic pontifical and charity foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, has announced plans to support the psychosocial training of Sisters in Cameroon’s Bamenda Archdiocese who the foundation notes have been traumatized by the ongoing violence in the Anglophone region of the Central African country. In a Wednesday, September 8 report, ACN notes that…
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