Education is key to empowering women, says Ghanaian nun-doctor

Equal access to education is the only means by which women can get into and sustain leadership positions in society, said a Ghanaian nun and medical doctor. Speaking in advance of International Women’s Day, 8th March, Sr Lucy Hometowu, superior general of the Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church, said “women need to be empowered to have access to health, education, economic opportunities and be free... Read More

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February 10, 2021

Europe’s oldest person, French nun, survives Covid-19 ahead of 117th birthday

Europe’s oldest person, a French nun, has survived Covid-19 and will celebrate her 117th birthday tomorrow, her caregivers have said. Lucile Randon, who took the name Sr Andre when she took her vows in 1944, tested positive for Covid-19 on 16th January. She was isolated from other residents in her retirement home in Toulon, southern... Read More

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November 24, 2020

Children with disabilities may face stigma, but nun encourages parents

A Nigerian nun working in Ghana urged parents of children with disabilities to see their situation as gift from God and not a curse. Sister Olivia Umoh, a member of the Daughters of Charity, said she understands it often is difficult to care for children with disabilities, but “I want to encourage parents that they... Read More

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November 17, 2020

Priest, nun to be honoured for social justice work

Carmelite Father Peter Hinde and Mercy Sister Betty Campbell often share an anecdote when receiving foreign visitors at Casa Tabor, the home in a modest Ciudad Juarez neighbourhood near the US border where they’ve lived, worked and welcomed visitors for 25 years. In the anecdote, originating from the time when they began working together in... Read More

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October 4, 2020

Covid-19 could be turning point in fight against homelessness, charity says

Covid-19 could be a turning point in the fight against homelessness if the Government learns from the effectiveness of the temporary ban on evictions, an Irish nun and founder of a homeless charity has said. Sr Stanislaus Kennedy, Focus Ireland president, said it was important that homelessness was not allowed to become part of the... Read More

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September 12, 2020

‘We need a miracle,’ Lebanese nun says a month after Beirut blasts

Sr Marie Justine el Osta had just begun a spiritual retreat in a mountain convent 27 miles north of Beirut. Even in that remote location, the blast that rocked Lebanon’s capital on 4th August could be felt, like an earthquake. Sister Marie Justine immediately drove to the Socio-Medical Intercommunity Dispensary, where she serves as director, in... Read More

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August 20, 2020

Nun at Lebanese hospital recalls ‘mass of people…on stretchers’

Daughter of Charity Sr Ann Sauvé, a member of the administrative staff at the order’s Sacred Heart Hospital in this Beirut suburb, will not easily forget 4th August and the massive explosion in the port of Beirut. “I can still recall a mass of people sitting or lying on stretchers – sometimes even on the floor... Read More

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September 17, 2019

Saint’s relics tour better than Nelson Mandela visit, says Scottish prison officer

The visit of the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux to a Glasgow prison was more impressive than the visits of Nelson Mandela and Princess Anne, according to a prison officer. The relics, which are currently touring Scotland, stopped at HMP Barlinnie, one of Scotland’s most notorious prisons. During the visit, Philip Tartaglia, the Archbishop... Read More

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July 31, 2019

Pope makes surprise visit to nun recovering from surgery

An elderly religious sister who worked for many years at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the papal residence, was at her congregation’s house recovering from surgery when she received an unexpected visit from Pope Francis. The pope arrived at Rome’s Regina Mundi House on 28th July and greeted Sr Maria Mucci, a member of the Daughters... Read More

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